Very pleased with first smoke out of decent pipe

[Ropey]

Waiting for you to inaugurate that meer.

Thanks, I'm a little nervous about that one, don't want to mess it up or drop it. Fortunately it's not a high-end one. Still waiting on shipping from Turkey, will post pics when it arrives

The thing that struck me was that the experience is so sensual. Almost a feminine experience. I don't mean that pipe smoking is a feminine thing to do -- I think there are even fewer female pipe smokers than cigar smokers. I mean that the experience is kind of more.. "curvy".. than cigars, if that makes any sense. It's softer and "rounder."

I think cigarettes are the most "masculine" smoking experience. Quick, linear, matter-of-fact. Cigars are slower and more swirly. And pipes seem to be very slow, very tactile and sensual.