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How To Wrestle An Alligator

September 12, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Wrestling an alligator is an essential skill, and you've come to the right place for instruction. When you're considering a potentially lethal activity like alligator wrestling, an online pipe store is undoubtedly the best source of information. ... Read More

How to Rehydrate Pipe Tobacco

September 12, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Tobacco is sensitive to its environment, readily adopting ambient scents and moisture levels. Once a tin is opened, even if the lid is tight, the tobacco is subject to changes. Its aging potential will be arrested, for example, but the most imminent issue is a reduction in mixture content. Whatever closet, shelf, or cellar we use for storing our tins will have a lower moisture level than is best ... Read More

Smoke Rings: Blackbird Factory

September 11, 2024 by Shane Ireland

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I recently had the opportunity to speak with Jonas Santana of Blackbird Cigars about the brand's factory, their methods for production, and releases to come. ... Read More

Walter Cronkite: Most Trusted Pipe Smoker

September 6, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Best known as the anchor of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to his retirement in 1981, Walter Cronkite covered important stories like the Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassination, the Apollo 11 moon landing, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Watergate scandal. Because of his journalistic integrity ... Read More

Extra Extra: Robert Caldwell Discovers New Evidence of Agasaurus

September 5, 2024 by Rose Kiser

Deep in the dense Nicaraguan wilderness, there is movement in the underbrush. Native wildlife tenses, ready to bolt deeper into the green unknown to avoid the countless predators that lurk within this mysterious rainforest. Finally, a figure emerges, not one of the mighty jaguars that roam these lands, but a tall man with a cigar ... Read More

Smoke Rings: Agasaurus By Lost & Found, A Smokingpipes' Exclusive Cigar

September 4, 2024 by Tyler Caldwell

Robert Caldwell of Lost & Found Cigars has just uncovered a riveting discovery. On September 4, Agasaurus will be released to the public, a 6" by 54 Perfecto Nicaraguan Puro, ready to mystify all who smoke it. Agasaurus is available only at Smokingpipes in very limited quantities. ... Read More

Pipe-Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: September 2024

September 3, 2024 by Kayla Ivan

We have eight dynamic images ready to add to your desktop and mobile backgrounds, available for download in two high-resolution formats. Be sure to come back next month for another round of photos as the autumn breezes arrive. ... Read More

The Magic of Pewter: Larry Blackett Pipe Tampers

August 30, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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We all need pipe tampers, except those tough enough to prefer a forefinger calloused by years of fire exposure. But most of us like an accessory for the purpose, and there are plenty to choose from. They can be as utilitarian as a wooden dowel or as luxurious as fine jewelry. They can cost nothing or thousands of dollars. Some, though, are as substantial, attractive, and luxurious as precious metals ... Read More

The Secrets to a Non-Offensive Smoking Room

August 29, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Because pipe and cigar smoking are accompanied by aromas that are underappreciated by the uninitiated and uncivilized, some of us restrict our smoking to the outdoors. The outdoors is great, but it isn't perfect. We sometimes deal with blizzards, floods, hurricanes, lightning, mosquitos, bears, pterodactyls — I had a friend named Levi Jenkins who stepped outside for a pipe one night and never returned. His wife swears ... Read More

Smoke Rings: Blue Eyed Jack's Revenge

August 28, 2024 by Tyler Caldwell