I first started smoking a pipe at age 20, I was a broke, unemployed, cigarette smoker so my ex-services uncle gave me some pipes and a whole lot of Royal Navy tobacco rations to help me out.
Long story short, in my 40s I began smoking pipes and cigars for pleasure rather than smoking cigarettes for nicotine and now it's mostly the pipe for me.
Favourite pipes:
- Peterson standard system series. (Especially 301, 305, 309 and 312)
- Falcon classic series
- Missouri Meerschaum corn cobs
Favourite tobaccos and blends:
- Red Virginia
- Dark Virginia plugs
- Kentucky
- Twists and pigtails (Brown and Black)
- Va-pers
- English blends
- Burley
Casings
- Plum
- Black cherry
- Anise
- Rum