I'm from Tennessee and have been a pipe smoker off and on since I was 14 years old. My dad was a pipe smoker and I followed in his footsteps. He used to smoke Sir Walter Raleigh in a Kaywoodie or Dr. Grabow and was content with that. People would sometimes give him new blends to try but he always stuck with Sir Walter Raleigh. I grew up in Georgia but started to visit middle Tennessee to explore caves and fell in love with the state and ended up moving here many years ago. The mountains, rivers and caves here appealed to me because I'm an outdoorsman. Anyhow, I am glad to be here at Cigarbum because I like cigars in addition to pipes. My tastes in pipe tobacco in recent years leans toward burley blends, sometimes with some Kentucky dark-fired and/or a touch of cigar leaf thrown in. I like some of the John Patton blends (from 4 Noggins): Storm Front, Dark Horse, and Dark & Stormy. Also like Carter Hall, Five Brothers, and Haunted Bookshop. Also like many of the Gawith Hoggarth blends, like Louisiana Perique Flake and others. Looking forward to learning of some new blends and pipes from all of you.