[Commander Quan]

I bought my first pipe shortly after I turned 18, it was a Grabow Savoy that I would light with a torch, and would smoke so hard I would swear that my tongue was a chard stump when I was done. The constant relighting and pain was not a pleasurable experience so I put the pipe away. Sometime later I received about 4 pounds of tobacco in the Altidas deal so I bought a Parker bulldog and decided I was going to give it another go this ended with approximately the same results. That pipe got put away as well. Fast forward to 2 years ago, I read something here that reminded me that I had these pipe stored away, and I should get them out. This time I was determined to figure it out more on a matter of principle than anything else, At this point I am only smoking a cigar a couple times a year but still maintain my cooler with cigars that are all aging quite nicely.