I am fairly new to pipe smoking. I have toyed with it off and on over the years never getting very serious. I started with cigars and enjoyed them for years until the expense got to be more than my habit could support. A friend of mine smokes a pipe and the smell brought back a flood of memories (all good) of my father and grandfather smoking a pipe throughout my childhood. So one day I got out one of dads old pipes and bought some Admirals Choice Black and Gold Cavendish and lit up and in the end thoroughly enjoyed it. Now I'm hooked.