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Adam and Shane are back with the latest edition to our "Will it...?" series, and this time they're asking the big question: will Escudo ghost a pipe or will Zelda Rubinstein declare this pipe to be clean?

In this second All Pipes Considered on Shane's collection, we talk about what he looks for in a pipe, how he ties it back to his collection, plus Danish pipe making in general.

Join Chip and Shane for another episode of All Pipes Considered, as they dig into our latest eclectic batch of pipes from German carver Werner Mummert.

In this episode of Cigar Talk Shane joins me in the lounge to talk RoMa Craft, now in stock in our humidor, and smoke the RoMa Craft Neanderthal SGP, a full bodied Robusto made from a San Andrés wrapper and Connecticut Broadleaf binder.

We've shared out thoughts on IPSD over the years. From what brought us to pipe smoking, what the community means to us, and even the sounds we associate with the hobby. For 2018 though, we wanted to hear from our customers. Too that end we asked you to send us photos of what you'd be doing for IPSD, and boy, did you deliver.

The Mystery Machine may be in the shop, but the Mystery Review must go on. Join Shane, Kaz, and myself as we try to unmask the cunning riddle cooked up for us by the wily Joshua Burgess.

Oh how the turntables as I put Shane in the hot seat in a new episode of All Pipes Considered, wherein we talk about the Danish portion of Shane's collection, including some of his favorites from Jess Chonowitsch, Hans "Former" Nielsen, and Tom Eltang.

In this episode of Cigar Talk Kaz joins me in the lounge to shed some light on the Diamond Crown Maximus Toro #4, a decadent stick with an aged sun-grown wrapper — from Oliva's own Ecuadorian plantation — and an aged Dominican filler/binder.

A dozen years ago, late summer in 2006, I visited Lars Ivarsson for the first time. We'd met and spoken on a few occasions, but that day we spent hours together, in his workshop, over a fantastic lunch that he and his wife Annette cooked, just talking quietly, smoking our pipes as we looked out from his garden over the fjord that made his home one of the most beautiful places on earth.