Just discovering the quiet joy of pipe smoking.

I got my dad (a die hard cigar guy) into pipe smoking. He just returned from a trip to St Louis, and made a detour to the Missouri Meerschaum factory/museum. He gifted me this GORGEOUS Horn Cobbit Shire! Cant wait to give this a go with some PS Nougat😤

Got this beauty for my birthday from one of my employees

Have been dabbling in the English blends lately with Peterson EMP and Nightcap. Loving both, with Nightcap taking the cake though. I have some Quiet night and Chelsea morning on order, what would be some other English blends yall recommend?

New to the pipe, trying to build a new relax time where I read and smoke, that is if my grubs decide I can have that relax time. Lol

Air hole bore is nothing to be proud of but so far it smokes well. Got me back into it after 5ish years. I was initially aiming for a straight Dublin shape like Vauen New York 126, but I’m happy where it is atm. Maybe I will reshape later or pick up another block for it. Stem is from a corn cob so it has 6mm filters.

Been enjoying Steamworks 2024 and Northwoods the most lately

I work in a warehouse. I'm the only employee. Bossman Hates cigar smell, but my pipe

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Well it smells like Ketoret

That makes him happy.

These have been colored just from smoking them, I probably should have waxed the skull more. It was very wild jump to the darker color. I smoked it for a few months. Put it away for one of my briars, and started smoking the eagle. When I opened back up the case it had darkened up a load. It always had a “spotty” side to it, I don’t know if that portion is just has larger pores or some user error. I probably put 3 bowls a day through them these past few months.

What pipe pouch would you recommend that is relatively weather-proof, can hold a small tin's worth of tobacco, pipe cleaner, etc, plus 2 pipes of decent size?

I have this pipe and it doesn't fit in that pouch I linked to: https://us.amazon.com/dp/B015CI1N7I