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In this All Pipes Considered Video, Adam and I discuss Moonshine Pipes. From the marque's old Appalachia-inspired aesthetic to the sheer practicality of the shapes themselves, we covered a lot, so check it out. ... Read More

Shane takes on Cornell & Diehl's Seersucker: a spicy blend of cigar leaf, black Cavendish, Burley, dark-fired Kentucky, Turkish, and Virginia tobaccos, named for the most iconic material in the South. ... Read More

Shane takes on Dunhill's Dark Flake, a darkly sweet, spicy, and complex companion blend to Dunhill Flake, with notes of charred wood, bread, caramelised brown sugar, coffee, cocoa, and warm spices. ... Read More

Yesterday we held our monthly pipe club meeting here at Smokingpipes.com. After work, we all gathered around an open area near the back of the office, cracked a few vintage tins from Shane's personal cellar, poured a glass of Dark & Stormy's, and packed our pipes. The topic of the meeting was Father the Flame, the first feature-length pipe smoking documentary ever made. ... Read More

In this All Pipes Considered video, Ted and Chip discuss Vladimir Grechukhin, focusing on his work as functional pieces of art. ... Read More

If you have a taste for classic English pipe shapes, your options as far as color palettes go are fairly limited. Sure, there are many makers and marques who offer pieces wearing the traditional, rich hues of cumberland ... Read More

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