i am a pipe smoking gypsy from toronto ontario canada i am in my mid 30s and i have only been in to the hobby since a couple years my 1st tobacco i tried was captain black royal as a 1st love i decided to keep it into my rotation when i first started i went crazy on ordering for the 1st 3 months i ordered nothing but aromatics and all kinds of different corncobs about 600$ worth and like 20 cobs... then for the next 3 months i ordered nothing but virginias and cheaper dr. grabos/medico pipes about 600$ worth maybe more... and then i went crazy on ordering all kinds of different english and balkan blends and got into a medium to higher brand pipes like your petersons your savinellis and your dunhills and english tobaccos became my mainstay and my favorite i found out im a latakia lover if i can only pick three tobaccos 1 of each 1 aro 1 vapur and 1 english .... aromatics sutliff private stocks molto dolce .... 1 vapur ... orliks dark strong kentucky ... and 1 english mclelands balkan blue... a.k.a... blue mountain it used to be frog morten cellar