My first pipe (as well as the waxed leather pipe pouch I also got) finally arrived and I'm happy to have them.
I frankly don't know jack about tobacco pipe, but I'll visit a nice tobacco shop next week where the owner supposedly is a veteran pipe smoker and has a good variety in his shop, so maybe he'll give me some good suggestions. What should I get as a first time smoker? What should I look for, and what to avoid?

I also can't wait to get this thing out on an adventure and smoke by a lake or chilling in the woods.