Pipe Line

An In-Depth Guide to Morta Tobacco Pipes

August 2, 2022 by Truett Smith

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Humans have smoked pipes since the Stone Age, and while the basics have changed little — burning a substance in a bowl and drawing the smoke through an airway — the materials and means of construction have adapted with technological advancement. Since the 19th century, briar has dominated the pipe-making landscape, ... Read More

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: August 2022

August 1, 2022 by Andrew Wike

It's time for another round of beautiful pipe smoking desktop backgrounds! As in previous months, we've compiled some of our favorite shots and artwork to share with you. Below you'll find eight unique images, split between desktop and mobile orientations and available for download in two high-resolution formats. They're ready for you to use however you'd like. Feel free to download and set them as your desktop or phone background, or print them out and hang 'em on your wall. ... Read More

Vulcanite vs Acrylic Pipe Stems: What's Right for You?

July 14, 2022 by Davin Hylton

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While pipe smokers are a friendly lot, pipe smoking as a whole inspires serious debate and discussion. Much of the contention can be attributed to the passion the hobby elicits as well as the sheer diversity of options available. The merits of various shapes, artisans, tobaccos, finishes, etc. are always considered and weighed, and comparison inevitably arises ... Read More

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: July 2022

July 4, 2022 by Andrew Wike

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It's time for another round of beautiful pipe smoking desktop backgrounds! As in previous months, we've compiled some of our favorite shots and artwork to share with you. Below you'll find ten unique images, split between desktop and mobile orientations and available for download in two high-resolution formats. They're ready for you to use however you'd like. Feel free to download and set them as your desktop or phone background, or print them out and hang 'em on your wall. ... Read More

Kapp & Peterson Relocates Factory to Nearby Deansgrange

June 24, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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Peterson has always been an Irish institution. While the factory moved as of May 23, it remains where it belongs: in Dublin, where it was established more than 150 years ago. ... Read More

How Tobacco Pipes Work

June 10, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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Pipes are simple devices. Reduced to their fundamental essence, they are blocks of wood with two holes drilled in them (we'll be concentrating on briar pipes without filters for our purpose here, though the concepts also apply to non-wood mediums like meerschaum). One hole is the tobacco chamber and the other is the draft hole ... Read More

How to Select Your First Pipe

June 3, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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Many current pipe smokers started abruptly, finding themselves one day exploring the possibility of pipe smoking without a clear reason. Perhaps we observed the contentment and appreciation experienced by a pipe smoker in our own lives or in novels or films and wanted to experience that satisfaction for ourselves. Whatever the reasons, subconscious or overt, we became curious and started investigating. ... Read More

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: June 2022

June 1, 2022 by Andrew Wike

It's time for another round of beautiful pipe smoking desktop backgrounds! As in previous months, we've compiled some of our favorite shots and artwork to share with you. Below you'll find ten unique images, split between desktop and mobile orientations and available for download in two high-resolution formats. They're ready for you to use however you'd like. Feel free to download and set them as your desktop or phone background, or print them out and hang 'em on your wall. ... Read More

Obsidian Oil: The Solution to Stem Oxidation

May 27, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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Oxidation is a scourge on pipe smokers everywhere, at least those who gravitate to vulcanite stems. Acrylic stems don't oxidize, but many appreciate vulcanite's comparative softness in the teeth. Modern vulcanite is superior to that used decades ago, with less sulfur content, which is the primary cause of oxidation ... Read More

Peterson and Dracula: 125 Years of History

May 24, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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Through the 1890s, two very different Irish artisans worked diligently on what would be their greatest professional accomplishments: Charles Peterson perfected his System patents for Peterson pipes, and Bram Stoker composed his most famous novel, Dracula. ... Read More