I've been tossing around the idea of pipe smoking for about a month or so and today I decided to just take the plunge.
Hit up a local pipe shop here in the Austin area and walked out with what you see above. Pipe is a MM and tobacco is a burley blend called "senator". The guy at the shop was SUPER helpful and I'm currently sitting in my garage enjoying my first ever bowl. Lots of re-lights and some tongue bite here and there but so far it's been great. I think I'm gonna really enjoy this new slide.