Smoke em if ya got em

[CMcG]

When I was just hitting puberty, my grandfather (RIP) took me down to the tobacconist to buy me a pipe because it was time to teach me "how to smoke like a man." On my birthday the next year, we went back to the tobacconist for a lesson on cigar smoking.

I smoked that pipe occasionally until I moved away for university and kind of forgot about it, although I continued to smoke the occasional cigar, mostly Cuban or Dominican. A buddy of mine recently inherited a small collection of pipes from his uncle's estate, which I have been spending some time restoring for him. It has brought on a bit of pipe renaissance for me

I used to smoke the house blends back home (black and tan or black Cavendish), but now I'm trying some tins of tobacco. I picked up some Peterson University Flake (lightly cased Virgina/Burley) and Connoisseur's Choice (aromatic recipe on Cavendish/Virginia). Next up I'd like to try McLelland Classic Samsun (Oriental) and Frog Morton's Cellar (English blend of Latakia/Virgina with cube of wood from a whiskey barrel sitting in the tin). After seeing several recommendations here, I'll put Erinmore on the list.

It would also be good to find a blend that the lady of house will approve of. She says she loved the pipe tobacco that her Greek neighbour used to smoke, but unfortunately doesn't know what it was.

[Boyd FD]

I've found the ones people remember liking the smell of, are the ones that taste like chemicals or have little taste to the smoker. Don't think my wife has ever complimented the room note of Frog Morton.