[Mad Hatter]

Welcome. For me to fully appreciate pipe smoking I had to get away from what people refer to as grocery store/drug store tobaccos. You should get online and order a tin of some good stuff. You're not smoking aromatics, so maybe a VA blend or a Cavendish would be a good place to begin. These may seem a bit expensive by comparison but they burn much longer and are easier to manage IMO. If you look in our section TONIGHTS SMOKES or even First Smoke of the Day you'll see a whole bunch of tobaccos that get smoked very regularly. Listen to the guys with the most experience 'cause they have the best info to give you and search through previous posts and threads for additional info.

Also you can check out Vegas Smokes.com. They have a simple rundown of almost everything you need to know as a beginning pipe smoker on the bottom of their homepage.

Oh, and watch out for BigT.......... just don't know about that guy.......