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Shane and Daniel discuss Doctor's Pipes in this All Pipes Considered video, focusing on a batch of three spectacular pieces recently featured on one of our updates. ... Read More

In addition to being the principle tobacconist in Beverly Hills, California, Kramer's Pipe & Pipe Tobacco has earned recognition all over the globe for its proprietary house blends — many of which were mixed specifically for famous celebrities like Danny Kaye or Cary Grant. ... Read More

At the start of our November mystery review, I'd decided to go easy on our intrepid reviewers. With two and a half correct guesses out of four, clearly this was a mistake, and one I don't intend to make again. ... Read More

In February of 2014 Adam accompanied Sykes on one of the latter's regular trips to Japan. Having arranged to meet with old friend and master pipemaker Hiroyuki Tokutomi, the two traveled from Tokyo to the carver's home workshop in Maebashi, where they, among other things, had planned to make pipes. ... Read More

Shane takes on the ninth blend in Cornell and Diehl's Cellar Series, Speakeasy, a New Orleans inspired Navy Flake of Virginia, Perique, Turkish, dark-fired, and a healthy dose of rum— back in stock January 25th at Smokingpipes.com. ... Read More

Do you remember last year's Golf pipe from Savinelli's Sports Edition line? It was essentially a scaled down version of the ever-popular "320" Author, featuring all that shape's inherent curves and voluptuousness, only in a much smaller, handier package. As you might expect, the idea really took off. ... Read More

Shane continues his video reviews of the Drucquer & Sons lineup with this Tasting Notes video of Trafalgar: a rich mixture of exotic Orientals, red and bright Virginias, and a dash of creamy Latakia. Check out the video and try this luxurious English blend yourself. ... Read More

In my time here at Smokingpipes.com I've worn a number of hats: copywriter, photo processor, photographer, and now social media specialist. Currently, when I'm not neck deep in forums, social media sites, and spreadsheets, I do maybe 90% of the content you see on social media. ... Read More

The compact, chubby style of pipe shaping now so ubiquitous among contemporary artisans and workshops is no new concept. These abbreviated, stout forms actually nod to a much earlier style, one common around the early 20th century. And it's from that older style that Ropp's Vintage Stout line was born. ... Read More

A while back we discussed Jared Coles' visit to Adam's workshop. At the time, we focused on a sandblasted Disk that Adam produced, but Jared also crafted a pair of pipes himself — a smooth Disk, and a sandblasted asymmetric Tomato — both of which are available in today's update. ... Read More