New Pipe Smoker

[evan]

Well I have smoked a cigar occasionally but got tired of paying 6-8$ a smoke from my local place...I order a Kaywoodie campus pipe and a tin of McBarens Vanilla Cream and London Burley, and a tin of Nordings Foxhound. Hopefully these are decent to start with? I'll probably pick up a cob pipe soon.
This forum seems to have a wealth of information and I'm learning what I can, waiting for my order to arrive.

[blackop555]

Welcome to the world of the pipe. I know how you feel about cigars. I love cigars but those get expensive to expensive to have one a day to relax. I do have some but i only afford to have about one a week. During the empty period i have my pipe a few times a day. 5 bucks in pipe tobacco can go a long way compared to cigars. Welcome and im sure everyone will do their best to help you with any questions and i will try my best. but ive only been smoking pipe almost two years so i dont have an extremely high knowledge but i do know the basics and more

[Blaylock]

Welcome to the Pipe forums at Puff, Evan. Glad to have you here with us!

[evan]

Thanks for the reply and welcome, I only smoke very occasionally, once a week would be alot for me, even so I think pipe tobacco is affordable enough I can indulge a little more often.

If you can suggest any blends that you have liked, or would be good for a beginner to me I sure would appreciate it.Will the Nording Foxhound or McBaren London Burley be good to break in the pipe?

[Requiem]

Welcome to the pipe side.
Burleys have a reputation of being excelent for breaking in new pipes.

Puff slowly an enjoy.

[ghe]

I highly recommend reading through the sticky Pipe FAQ/101/Getting Started and the sticky Ask A Pipe Guy. Both contain a wealth of great information on all aspects of pipe enjoyment.

[commonsenseman]

[DSturg369]

Welcome and enjoy every puff!

[jamesstew]

Nice choice of tobacco but try to smoke the MacBaren's slowly. They like to bite.

[blackop555]

just smoke slow. every tobacco i ever smoked in a pipe built cake

[evan]

well after lurking here a bit I had to add a tin of Frog Morton on the Bayou and a Cob pipe to my order. I have to cut myself off there...

[dmkerr]

Welcome, Evan!

The Mac Baren Burley is a good choice for a cigar smoker. Not sure you'll like the Frog but give it a go.

As mentioned, smoke slowly. The pipe can be a wonderful friend but they do often go out, especially in a new pipe. Avoid overpuffing to keep it lit. If it wants to go out, let it, and just relight. Nice slow even puffing! Enjoy!

[rrb]

YYYEEESSS, one fool less in the world!!!

[evan]

Is pipesandcigars.com a pretty respectable website? I have added things to my order and had great customer service but it has been 8 days and they havent shipped it out yet....

[dmkerr]

Originally Posted by evan

Is pipesandcigars.com a pretty respectable website? I have added things to my order and had great customer service but it has been 8 days and they havent shipped it out yet....

8 days??? Something is amiss. Have they contacted you as to why it's so tardy? Perhaps they're out of stock on something. You may need to advise them to ship what they have rather than wait for what is OOS but that's depends on how bad you want it!

I've had mostly excellent service from pipesandcigars. They did send me a tin of something I didn't order and did not send the tin of what I did order but when I advised them, they sent out the missing tin and told me I could keep the extra one. Er... is it a good deal when you get something you don't like but it's free???