I bought a halp bent pipe and a coupld oz of of a mild aromatic at the suggestion of the B&M owner. I also was gifted a large bag of black cavendish from a friend who didn't enjoy it. I had a bowl this morning in a new full bent I bought yesterday. It had a little more tongue bite, which I prefer, but I was rushing to get it done before I got to parking garage so that might have been user error Pipe smoking won't replace cigars but it's a nice change of pace. I have a decent cake in about half of my first pipe. I figure I can get it fully broken in within another week. As my wife muttered while shaking her head, another hobby to sink my money into