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Yes, I've read that story about Twain. Made me wonder what cut his tobacco was, although I seem to remember reading that it was finely cut up like tea or something.

What do you do when the adhesive wears off those corks? Buy a new one every damn time, even though the old is still good? Super glue won't work for obvious reasons, the glue couldn't be permanent or leave hardened goo on the glass ashtray. I personally use my best ashtray for the knocker, and...

Those with the wood bottoms are definitely nicer, but I've got an MM Gentleman I've been smoking since '07 and it shows no sign of burning through any time soon. Recently bought two Diplomats, which are great cobs when I want something smaller than my usual big-ass cobs. Used to hate cobs...

Yes, I'm a Texas boy but had to chime in. My signature below says it all, and it was the closing sentence of an article I once wrote on the anti-smoking movement.

Welcome.

Welcome.

Agreed, Frost, and everyone I invite in my home knows my "smoke if you got 'em" rule applies to any form of tobacco. When people actually quit smoking even though they haven't had a heart attack or an emphysema diagnosis, that just seems silly. Why give up anything when you can trade up to...

Whoa, I've never dabbled in this thread, y'all are some real afficionados. I'm having a tall cob of Half & Half, just making a quick dinner and coffee after another night at work whipped my ass.

Go for it. Ordering from Missouri Meerschaum is the simplest online shopping I've ever done. My pipes arrive after just two or three business days, standard shipping. My favorite was the Gentleman, now it's the General. I'll be trying the Diplomat soon, as it has a hardwood bottom and will...

Gambling always bored me, and the lottery is of course for idiots (although some non-idiots play). But, if I won all that, I'd get rid of it and keep a small amount so I could quit my job and live off of a nice thirty or forty grand annually. I don't need much money, don't much care. Being...

Pipes have a mystique about them, no wonder your friends are becoming interested. I still remember smelling aromatic tobacco at an airport terminal 20 years ago (I'm 28 years old) and seeing a pipe smoker for the first time. I couldn't stop looking at him, it was impressive and intriguing...

Welcome. Are you from Illinois originally, or from across the pond?

Hitler was a pioneering anti-smoker, I'd like to see him in the Nazi war criminal section of Hell just for that. Reagan quit pipes, I think before becoming president. Damn his eyes. If more politicians smoked, this country might be a more bearable place with a less than doomed future. Hell...

Right, it's best to make sure. I just ordered a backup pipe Zippo online for only $13. The manufacturer wants $18 for the same item. Back when you could get Zippos (or anything) from drugstores, I scored one for $10. And yet, I still have the same first Zippo I bought eleven years ago. It's...

Refilling just becomes one of those matter of course parts of the getting ready for work routine, or something like that. I'll think of whether or not to refill about when I pocket my pipe/tobacco pouch. Then again, I gather many of us here don't smoke every day. A Zippo wouldn't make as much...

I only collect what I need, and smoke constantly. Could use a few more. Of course, nothing should be entirely utilitarian, I still just love to look at my rack of simple, rusticated pipes. But, none of 'em are for show, and one is always either in use or in my pocket pouch.

1.)I smoke 'em. 2.)Own six. 3.)Smoke cobs daily--any time of day I might not be smoking a briar or sleeping. 4.)I smoke my usual burleys in 'em. 5.)Good flavor, cool smoke, ideal for windy conditions, good feel in the hand, rugged, low maintenance, easier to buy than briars, cheap. 6.)The stems...

I always liked cobs, but never this much until I discovered larger ones by mail order a few years ago. The MMs at drugstores are just too small. I orderd my first two Generals months ago and now I've got four. Love the size of them, they're a long smoke and perfect for smoking in the wind...

I got some of those comments when I started both junior college and pipe smoking in 2001. There was also a pipe smoking professor there, I met him once. The students said that when they smelled a pipe, they knew it was either me and my black cav or that Captain Black smoker of thirty years...

Welcome, your introduction was a good read.