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Mystery Tobacco Review: April 2020

Mystery Tobacco Review: April 2020

April 30, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to The Mystery Tobacco Review, the Social Distancing Edition! Tyler Caldwell served as our Inquisitor for this month's review. Ty's a huge cigar buff, but he's been reaching for his pipes more and more these days, so we were extremely excited when he volunteered to select this month's Blend of Intrigue. ... Read More

The History of Matches

The History of Matches

April 24, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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If not for fire, humans wouldn't have made it this far. Fire was essential to survival, and to the development of technology that gave humanity the advantages necessary to build civilization. Equally important, though, is the fact that fire is necessary for lighting our tobacco, and everyone knows that tobacco is required for the advanced thought that has brought us much understanding of how the universe works. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Warped's The Red Hunt & Until The End

Tasting Notes: Warped's The Red Hunt & Until The End

April 23, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes, everyone. In today's installment, I'll be taking a closer look at two of Warped's most recent pipe tobacco offerings: The Red Hunt & Until The End, available today only at Smokingpipes.com. Be sure to watch "until the end" (pun intended) for the full review of both blends, or check them out on the site now. ... Read More

Collecting Pipes As Souvenirs

Collecting Pipes As Souvenirs

April 22, 2020 by Truett Smith

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The word "souvenir" is an English noun borrowed or, rather, inherited from French and its word for "memory" or "memento," a somewhat curious linguistic adoption since French and English find themselves on different branches on the linguistic family tree. We English speakers have William the Conqueror to thank for that. ... Read More

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart: Toughest Pipe Smoking Tough Guy

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart: Toughest Pipe Smoking Tough Guy

April 17, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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We know nothing about his pipe smoking or about his preferences for tobacco or pipe shapes, but we know he smoked pipes because he's seen in photos doing so. That makes Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart one of us. ... Read More

Cigar Shapes and Sizes

Cigar Shapes and Sizes

April 16, 2020 by Truett Smith

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For those first venturing into the world of cigars, and even for veteran aficionados, the sheer abundance of different cigar shapes and sizes can be confusing at best, and daunting at worst. The same blend of tobaccos is sometimes offered in a dozen differently sized cigars, making it difficult to choose ... Read More

A Closer Look at Cavendish Tobacco

A Closer Look at Cavendish Tobacco

April 10, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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One aspect of pipe smoking that continually astounds me is the staggering number of blending components and processes that are utilized to craft many of the distinct and cherished mixtures we all enjoy. It presents pipe smokers with a seemingly endless array of tobacco options, each individual blend offering a unique flavor ... Read More

Stanwell Shapes and Origins

Stanwell Shapes and Origins

April 9, 2020 by Truett Smith

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Alongside classic English and French pipemakers, Stanwell holds a significant place in pipe history. Due to the briar shortages of WWII, and the chaos that overwhelmed both France and Britain — as well as Italy from where a large quantity of briar was sourced — Danish pipe smokers couldn't obtain pipes from England ... Read More

Mystery Cigar Review: April 2020

Mystery Cigar Review: April 2020

April 8, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome to the very first episode of the Mystery Cigar Review! For this first installment, Tim Vanderpool kicked things off as our Cigar Inquisitor, leaving Tyler, Truett, and Shane to their own devices in determining this month's Mystery Cigar. Did they guess it right? Or did Tim have them second guessing the sticks in their humidor? ... Read More

The History and Recovery of the H.L. Hunley

The History and Recovery of the H.L. Hunley

April 3, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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The first working submarine is believed by historians to have been built in 1623 by Cornelis Drebbel, who worked for King James I, perhaps most remembered by we pipe smokers as the author of A Counterblaste Against Tobacco in 1604, the same year he instituted a 4,000 percent tax increase on tobacco. ... Read More

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