Why do you come to the CS Pipe Forum?

[Mad Hatter]

Naw Greg, actually I was most interested in what my pipe toting brethren had to say on the subject otherwise I would have posted in the "EVERYTHING BUT" forum. Maybe I should have posted the title a little more specifically but it is nice to hear the serious answers that come from "other than pipers" before the back slapping "what did you and Frank do this weekend" stuff kicks in. I especially liked what PaulMac and Ultravox had to say.

Don't sweat it UV, you're like our "Pip" and always welcome here so far I'm concerned.

[smokinmojo]

It's funny, I don't have a problem lighting up a cigar in a social setting. It is a rare occasion that I fire up a pipe in public. The reverse is true here in CS. I do post outside the pipe forum. I just don't have much to say about cigars. I like em, sometimes love em. The online cigar world is just a little outside my comfort zone. I actually feel the kinship here in the pipe forum.


(here in the ozarks, feeling kinship takes on a whole different meaning.)

[Bruce]

I like this pipe forum.....very comfortable here and the members are friendly and helpful. I am a member at a few other pipe sites, but some are a bit too uptight for me. CS is a much more relaxed atmosphere.

[EvanS]

Originally Posted by Bruce

I am a member at a few other pipe sites, but some are a bit too uptight for me. CS is a much more relaxed atmosphere.

I wasn't going to mention this, but it is a great point Bruce.

[earnold25]

...because eventually I'll read some pointer that will allow me to finally pack a bowl and not get tongue bite I'm up to my 20th bowl, and only 2 have been bite free. I know its possible!

I came to this forum to learn about smoking a pipe. There wasn't much to it in beginning, just a couple of pages long but it got me started (much thanks to Greg, ScottM, etc.).

Why i return? It's home and I enjoy helping pipe newbies foster a good relationship with a great form of smoking. And as most have said the regular group here is outstanding just like a group of . Smoking a basket or high grade it don't matter a bit here.


There is an art to piping and much like the pipe you get out of CS as much as you put in.


puff on now

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by earnold25

...because eventually I'll read some pointer that will allow me to finally pack a bowl and not get tongue bite I'm up to my 20th bowl, and only 2 have been bite free. I know its possible!

Practice, practice, practice, you uh...... evolving lead gorilla type dude. Glad you joined us!

[Blaylock]

As a new pipe smoker, I came to the pipe forum out of curiosity and information. I'm still sifting through past posts and I've gained tons of knowledge about "the pipe". Although I don't post all the threads, I do read them all...more than in any other forum here.

Having absorbed so much information, now I come here mostly for another reason:

I really like you guys!




The Pipe Forum is now my "home base" at Club Stogie!

[fireman43]

Lots of reading right now trying to learn, but hope to become a more contributing member once I hit the slope.

[IHT]

let's see...
i came here in Dec of '03. was a member of a couple other cigar boards although i started smoking pipes in the mid to late 90s. i didn't hit the "tobacco boards" until i picked up cigars, and i'm damn glad i did. the learning curve is steeper than the proverbial slope. my boss has been smoking cigars for decades, and there are newbs here who know more about cigars than he does in under a months time on clubstogie.

so, one of the boards i was on had a bad vibe to it. not moderated and the longtime members had to be strongarmed pricks to keep their house in order... i didn't think that was the way to treat people, so i found my way here and quickly fell in love with the atmosphere here, but i learned a sh*tload from the other forum first.

after seeing the proper way to run an online board, thanks to pds and the elder members here, i felt i fit right in and my learning curve continued, along with my own personal experiences.
i was then able to "pay it forward" with the knowledge i had gained - i still attempt that.

back then, the board was a lot slower/smaller. as an example, the current pipe forum is busier in a day than the entire board was in a week back then (and there wasn't a pipe forum yet).

a lot of the members who laid the ground work for the pipe forum are members from that period - they know what the old clubstogie was like and have found a refuge down here in our little hole. it's personal while still being about learning more about our passion and sharing our knowledge. it's not about "oneupmanship" down here. if any area of clubstogie more strictly adheres to the premise of what this board was built upon, i don't know where it's at.

i take pride in that. some of you may feel i come off like a prick by trying to keep the pipe forum that way. i'm sorry, i'm not only doing it for myself, but for the other members who've helped build this part of the forum and want it to stay the way it is.

i've almost left this entire board on a few occassions due to a few different reasons, and i'm glad some of my buds here have talked me out of it. i enjoy being helpful in whatever way i can be, even posting photos of how to use the search feature.

what keeps me coming back? it's my brothers here. the guys that take the time out of their day to say hello to me. the guys that take the time to make, with their own damn hands, tampers for their fellow pipe smokers (or a really kick ass pipe rack). the guys that enjoy giving each other a good ribbing and being able to take one. the YOUNG guys who've come in here with great ideas to enhance what we have - like the "pipe tobacco lottery" and the "newbie sampler trade for pipes" and the "forum pipe" and the "forum tobacco" (that is in its final stages) and the "secret pipe santas" and the "trading area" and the "pipe related reviews".

we've had some fun, we bombed the living crap outta PaulMac and forced him to the dark side. tag teamed a few others who are just excellent human beings, the type of guys you WANT to hang out with in person, share a beer with.

i'm not here to post whore, get freebies, get pats on the back, or kiss someones ass.
i'm here to keep the clubstogie pipe forum like clubstogie was just a few years back, if i end up being viewed as a jackass for doing so, then i'll be the bad guy so we can retain our last bastion of "home" here in the pipe forum. i have now come to understand why those "strongarmed jackasses" acted the way they did... i do not act that way, not even close, but they taught me some lessons along the way (why they acted how they did and that i should not act that way).

we've got a lot of guys here that have put a LOT into these areas that i owe it to them to keep it the way it's meant to be - and i keep learning about pipes and tobaccos.

[PaulMac]

Originally Posted by IHT

let's see...
we bombed the living crap outta PaulMac and forced him to the dark side.

And I not forgot a single one of you bastards...those were some fun posts by me, some of my best stuff. And to think in a little over a year, I have a collection, that Smitty, a guy who can have it all to be sure, says, damn bro, you got an amazing tobacco collection lol. When I jump into something, I jump with both feet...reminds me of...Bruce for sure, he sure jumped with both feet, and I agree some other pipe forums are WAY too stuffy.

[Kayak_Rat]

Originally Posted by PaulMac

And I not forgot a single one of you bastards...those were some fun posts by me, some of my best stuff. And to think in a little over a year, I have a collection, that Smitty, a guy who can have it all to be sure, says, damn bro, you got an amazing tobacco collection lol. When I jump into something, I jump with both feet...reminds me of...Bruce for sure, he sure jumped with both feet, and I agree some other pipe forums are WAY too stuffy.

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That was a great run.

[kjjm4]

Right now, I come here to learn. In fact, I think this is the first post I've made in the pipe forum, but I read most of the threads.

[cquon]

To learn, laugh, share a good story or two, and see how people with IHT type money live.

[EvanS]

Originally Posted by cquon

...and see how people with IHT type money live.

Almost makes all the other reasons seem trivial