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With the announcement of our second Spring Showdown, we also mentioned we'd be doing it a little differently this year. Instead of an all in brawl to see which blend in a wide open field of contenders was the best springtime smoke, we narrowed the scope a little ... Read More

In the beginning there was the Dunhill Shell. At least, that's how histories of the sandblasted briar usually go; whether or not Dunhill was in fact the first to come up with a sandblast-finished pipe, I leave to better historians and whatever original source materials they may find. ... Read More

You all probably know by now how our photography process works: the pipe you see is the pipe you get. We photograph each pipe, whether new or estate, individually so that our customers get the most accurate representation of the grain patterns and minute details ... Read More

When Adam first told us about deep-fried tobacco flakes, admittedly we were a little weirded out, but his enthusiasm for what he deemed "the All-American snack" ultimately piqued our interest. Bringing in a batch of his own to try and a copy of the recipe (the original having been written in fountain pen on a tea cozy), we set out to make this treat ourselves. ... Read More

Peterson's University Flake is one of those blends that has been around for a while and has amassed quite the loyal following. I've smoked it before and enjoyed it, but for whatever reason it's been quite a while since I popped a tin. ... Read More

"If everyone in town comes to my plant and takes a free sample of what I make, I'll go bankrupt. But if everyone in the world takes a free sample of one of my ideas (or at least one of my good ones), we'll all get richer." - Seth Godin ... Read More

A few days ago, Ryota Shimizu, Smokingpipes.com's representative in Japan, and I visited Kei Gotoh at his workshop in northwestern Tokyo. Gotoh makes only a few pipes a year, a pattern he's maintained since 1987, the year he stopped ... Read More

Well tobacco fans, it's that time of year again. Not only is spring upon us, if the quarter inch thick layer of pollen covering my car every morning is to be believed anyway, but the organisation-that-shall-remain-nameless-for-copyright-reasons has finished it's first round of play. ... Read More

Todd Johnson is a talented pipe maker. There's no doubt about it. He's done so much to propel the American pipe making movement in the last two decades, as well as completely change the game of the serially produced pipe. ... Read More

Straight Up English is the first installment of C&D's new Small Batch project, and it delivers exactly what the name promises: a no-frills English mixture that's simple, rustic, and immensely satisfying. This blend will show you sides of Latakia that are anything but common; there's no other condimental leaf to take ... Read More