Tobacco Pipe with Waxed Canvas Pipe Roll, Handmade Wood Smoking Pipe with Ultimate Beginner Guide E-Book, Travel Tobacco Pouch - Smoking Gift Set and Accessories

I’m impressed with the quality and care that goes into such an affordable package. Beautiful pipe, and very nice canvas wrap with pockets for everything. Comes with everything a beginner needs to get started; including 2 downloadable ebooks in pdf format, one with care instructions for the waxed canvas bag, and the other with lighting and care instructions for the pipe. Very pleased with this purchase! Thank you, Whitlock’s.

For a new smoker, this kit has everything you need except Tobacco and a lighter. First the pipe, (I'm smoking it as I write this). It's a bit heavier than I expected, but that's the nature of Ebony wood, it's very dense. The pipe I received is actually well worth the $35 I paid for the entire kit. It isn't absolutely identical to the one pictured, but factory pipes seldom are, even when you pay over $100 for them. These minor differences in shape/color are what make it "your" pipe! The pipe bowl appears to be 'pre carbonized", which makes breaking it easy to do. The kit comes with screens, mesh, and rubber "bits", which I don't use, but the pipe is comfortable to smoke without them, and burned an entire bowl "clean" to the bottom on the first smoke. I don't generally use filters either, but I would recommend them to a new smoker as they slightly increase the draw and trap any nasty stuff if you use cheap, wet tobacco. A more experienced smoker probably won't need them. The biggest complaint I've read about with this kit is the pipe arrived damaged, but as far as I can tell it's quite rare. Mine is about as perfect as I could expect.The Leather holder is well made, looks nice, and does exactly what it's supposed to do. I like it!Yes, the tamper tool is cheap, but considering that for years I used an old Roofing Nail as a tamper/poker, this one is all you need to get started. You can buy a much nicer one later on if you want to.The Waxed Canvas roll-up bag is well made and looks quite durable. It has plenty of pockets to carry your accessories, and you could probably carry two slightly smaller pipes in it very easily. The tobacco pouch is unlined, so I would only carry as much tobacco in it as I'd use over a day or two, or keep it in a plastic snack-size baggie inside the pouch, just to make sure it stays fresh. Like a new pair of jeans, the material is a bit stiff. I may toss mine in the washing machine the next time I do laundry to see if that softens it up a bit. Other than that, I have no complaints about it. I like it a lot!In conclusion, for a Newbie considering Pipe Smoking as a new hobby, I have two recommendations:1. Get this Kit.2. Before you run-off to get some "Drug Store" tobacco, go to an actual Tobacco Shop, and ask an experienced Pipe Smoker to recommend a tobacco blend for a new smoker. You'll be glad you did.

This is my second product order from Whitluck's. I was very pleased and impressed with my first pipe/kit and very much desired a nice portable roll to carry my kit around but could not find one that appealed to me for a price I wanted to pay. I saw this one and since I had a good experience with the first kit that I purchased from them I bought this expecting more than meets the eye AND for the canvas roll as much as for the rest of the kit. With exception to one little bump that I'll speak to in a bit I have been thoroughly pleased with what I received. To me it was a bonus that this roll would hold two pipes and kit and I could have two pipes to rotate uses with since I already own one of their pipe kits. Of note is that the tool roll I received was more of an olive drab coloring than the desert tan coloring shown in their advertising. That didn't particularly matter to me so I made no issue of it but if you're color sensitive you might want to keep that in mind. Time and use will tell if this is just what I was looking for and can help me home in on what I may eventually seek out but for now and my currant usage this will be perfect. I prefer the rugged and course textures of this waxed canvas roll over say, something smooth and silky like a bag or purse style carrier. Judge for yourself based on the things you like to hold and use. Yes, I think I would prefer a nice thick leather roll but when you toss cost into the equation, this one came out the winner for me. The large pockets are very adequate for your tools, pipe cleaners and lighter, two pipes of similar size to the one included AND two nice pockets (one zippered) for your pipe weed or other essentials. None are lined so you will need a separate bag/container for your pipe weed. I really like the leather ring style pipe holder, even more so than the metal stand that came with my other Whitluck's kit. It just screams simplicity and rugged style. Also, grips the pipe gently and is more stable on some of my outdoor makeshift tables, like stumps, fences, rocks or whatever horizontal surface presents itself as handy when I'm out and about and want to sit and enjoy a bowl! The bits and bobs of the kit (filters, cleaners, multi-tamp-tool, screen balls) are essentially the same as from my other kit and you can see what I said about them on that other review. They work, they are fine but not particularly spectacular in any way other than they are simple and they work as intended which for me is a win. Now to circle back to the little problem I encountered. My pipe arrived flawed/cracked/imperfect. It IS a beauty to mine eyes mind you but there was a definite crack in the bowl. It was deep and wide enough that I could draw air through it when I covered the bowl and drew thru it. So, I reached out to Whitluck's. They responded to me practically immediately and are working to resolve it as I type. I am so certain that I'll be pleased with their resolution that I'm leaving them and this kit a 5-star review now, before the issue is finalized. It is pleasantly refreshing to find a retailer/supplier anymore that will stand behind their products like these good folks do. I mean, this is not some esoteric multi-hundred-dollar man-toy here we're talking about. It's a pretty inexpensive indulgence that most sellers would not make enough off of to even care if they had happy customers or not. Not the case with Whitluck's - they seem to genuinely care that their name is on these and want to make right any problems that arise. Hopefully others that have had a good customer service experience will also speak out with positive words for them standing out like they have for me. Thanks Whitluck's, I wish you a prosperous year with many happy customers to support you!