Pipe Line

In this second part of our Chuck Stanion All Pipes Considered interview, Shane and Chuck discuss their personal guidelines for selecting pipes in their collections, the surge in new pipe makers, plus the dreaded "which pipe to smoke" conundrum.

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It's not uncommon for shapes to fall out of production for a number of reasons. Trends in shaping change, sometimes rapidly, and some shapes just fall out of style. Others are given up due to difficulties in production. Thankfully, some see new life later on, whether as a re-release from their original maker, or reinterpreted by others. ... Read More

If you haven't seen it already, this year's Smokingpipes poster featured a tribute to the father of modern fantasy literature (and one of the most renowned pipe smokers in history) with a depiction of what the famous author's desk may have looked like. ... Read More

In this episode of All Pipes Considered, Shane sits down with Pipes and Tobacco Magazine editor Chuck Stanion to talk through his favourite pipes.

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Back in March, Joshua Burgess wrote an article describing a very special 4-pipe Barling set, discussing its historical and pipe historical significance. This is a guest post written by our fellow piper Ed, who took it upon himself to conduct further research into the set and shed some additional light on this curious narrative. ... Read More

In this episode of All Pipes Considered, Shane is joined by a special guest — Jeff Burt-Gracik — for a special edition on Alan Brothers Pipes. ... Read More

In this episode of All Pipes Considered, Daniel and I take on the Churchwarden pipe. We discuss the history behind these long-stemmed offerings, as well as some of their modern iterations across popular brands and their terrific qualities as reading pipes. ... Read More

It's been a minute since we first heard of Chad Terpstra and Jeremy Rush's briar-focused, feature length documentary, Father the Flame. And at close to five years now, I'm sure the team is looking forward to sharing the fruits of their labour. ... Read More

In this episode of All Pipes Considered, Andy and I explore the history, functionality, and uses of army and spigot mounts, as well as the evolution to their place in modern pipemaking. ... Read More

Remember those high-resolution, pipe-smoking desktop backgrounds we posted a while back? It's been a minute, and we've had a lot of content since then, so we thought it high time to push out some more to you kind folks. ... Read More