Shopping List for the New Tobacco Pipe Smoker

(Russ Ouellette) One of the reasons cigar smokers cite for not trying a pipe is because of "all the stuff you have to carry around." Well, although there’s definitely more involved in smoking a pipe, it’s really not that much more than lugging around a cigar cutter and torch lighter. To simplify the shopping list for the newbie, we’ll only address the items that are necessities, and we’ll briefly look at additional items afterward. Continued

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