hello, just wanted to introduce myself. I just started smoking a pipe a month or two ago and I'm learning the ins and outs of the gentle puff! I was a cigarette smoker (quit ten years ago) and then the occasional cigar smoker (oh, the stench!) so now I'm experimenting with the pipe and enjoying it quite a bit. I'm joining here for tips and helpful hints on smoking with briar. I currently have six pipe, a couple Missouri Meershams and a Savinelli semi-churchwarden (a Qandale, sort of frustating to keep lit) and a new Tommaso Spanu Clairmont (which smokes like crazy. Great!) So anyway, I hope to be learning and posting here. Thanks for letting me join.