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In this episode of All Pipes Considered, the first part of two videos, I'm joined by Jeremy Reeves, Head Blender at Cornell & Diehl, to discuss some of Jeremy's collection.

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In the late 1960s, a young man of the age of 15 walked through the streets of Copenhagen to his job at a local newspaper, where he worked alongside numerous pipesmokers in the graphics department. Both at work and in the various shop windows ... Read More

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

In this episode of All Pipes Considered, Sykes and Adam are in love with this Hiroyuki Tokutomi estate, an Elephant's Foot from 2009 with a boxwood shank carved to emulate bamboo.

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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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Ahead of our AJ Fernandez 'The Last Call' event this Wednesday (7/26), Chip and I discuss the joint effort of father-and-son team Ismael and Abdel Fernandez — the Enclave.

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In this episode of All Pipes Considered, Adam and Shane explore Ping Zhan's use of carved horn as a simulated bamboo shank adornment on his latest batch of pipes.

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While trawling Reddit's r/pipetobacco sub we came across this little gem. Yep, a date coding system for Samuel Gawith blends, broken down into months.

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