Grayhackel
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Just joined this forum but have been lurking for a few months. I've been smoking pipes for about 35 years with some gaps due to detours to cigars. I recommitted to pipes about a year and 1/2 ago. I still smoke a full bent Bertram's purchased in 1975 when the shop was closing as well as a number of Jost's purchased here in St. Louis the 70's and 80's before that shop closed. Unfortunately, or at least uncomfortably, I've been suffering from PAD these past 18 months and have acquired several Upshalls, and Ashton's as well as several Charatans, Sasieni's, GBD's and BBB's. All mid to low levels for their respective marks. You may detect a pattern here. I also have a couple of Danish (Bari's) and Italian (Becker and Musico) and American (Tinsky and Wiley), but find myself smoking English pipes more often. Now that I have a fair number of pipes, I'm devoting this year to finding trying new tobaccos. I've enjoyed lurking, and have learned a lot from you all these past few months and hope to participate going forward. But I did want to thank you all for all the great information I found while lurking.