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My Cousin Mark Twain: A Trove of Twain Pipe-Smoking Anecdotes

November 29, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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November 30th is Mark Twain's birthday, a day worthy of holiday status. He's considered the father of American literature, after all, and certainly the father of American humor, and therefore his birth is at least as deserving of national observance as Groundhog Day. ... Read More

Thankful

November 28, 2024 by Rose Kiser

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Thanksgiving is the start of the holiday season, the first major blitzkrieg into extended family, frantic cooking, busy airports, and doorbuster bargains on major electronics. There will be grievances, debates over how dry the turkey is, who backs the better football team, things that shouldn't ... Read More

Mystery Review: November 2024

November 27, 2024 by Alan Britt

Welcome to another episode of Mystery Review, a monthly series in which our panel of experts attempts to identify a mysterious tobacco or cigar. In this unique episode, Juan Jaramillo of Joya de Nicaragua joins the panel as guest inquisitor, providing intriguing insights into Joya de Nicaragua's cigars and more. Will his mysterious submission leave us dumbfounded, or will we correctly determine ... Read More

Smoke Rings: J. London Cigars

November 27, 2024 by Tyler Caldwell

I recently had the chance to sit with a very close friend of mine, Jonathan Fiant of J. London Cigars to chat about the man behind the cigars and his background in the industry as a cigar collector turned brand owner. ... Read More

A Closer Look At Macedonian Tobacco

November 22, 2024 by Kayla Ivan

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Tobacco growth and production are very important subjects to pipe smokers. Before you click off of this post and think to yourself, well, duh, Kayla, why else would I be on Smokingpipes, I'd like to elaborate on this blanket statement. Without the hard-working people who tirelessly strive to grow, cultivate, and prepare tobacco for use in the blends we know and love, we wouldn't be able to partake in this unique hobby, so ... Read More

The 2024 Pipe Smoker's Holiday Gift Guide

November 22, 2024 by Rose Kiser

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Pipe lovers, gather 'round with cheer,
Smokingpipes' guide is finally here!
Briar beauties and tobaccos rare,
Gifts that show how much you care. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: HU Louisiana Broken

November 21, 2024 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. I am working my way through all of the HU tobaccos that are finally available on the US market after years and years of anticipation. In this episode, I am smoking HU Louisiana Broken. ... Read More

Smoke Rings: Blackbird Flamingo, A Smokingpipes Exclusive

November 19, 2024 by Tyler Caldwell

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We are humbled to present our newest exclusive release here at Smokingpipes: Flamingo Lancero by Blackbird Cigars. Learn more about this cigar, only at Smokingpipes, out now on-site. ... Read More

Micah Cryder: Yeti Pipes

November 15, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Micah Cryder started making pipes even before he had an interest in smoking them.

In late 2011, when he was 17, Micah's brother decided to make a Christmas pipe for their father, and Micah volunteered to help. They used the equipment in their high school shop class. Their teacher had no objections as long as they worked on the project ... Read More

What's in your humidor?: Jeremy Reeves, Cornell & Diehl Head Tobacco Blender

November 14, 2024 by Rose Kiser

As Black Friday looms on the horizon and we're putting together a list of our must-buys, there can be a need for inspiration. I come before you with that inspiration for your next smoke from some of the brightest minds in the tobacco world. Welcome to What's in your Humidor?, the series where I ask interesting people ... Read More

Recent

My Cousin Mark Twain: A Trove of Twain Pipe-Smoking Anecdotes

Thankful

Mystery Review: November 2024

Smoke Rings: J. London Cigars

A Closer Look At Macedonian Tobacco

The 2024 Pipe Smoker's Holiday Gift Guide

Tasting Notes: HU Louisiana Broken

Smoke Rings: Blackbird Flamingo, A Smokingpipes Exclusive

Micah Cryder: Yeti Pipes

What's in your humidor?: Jeremy Reeves, Cornell & Diehl Head Tobacco Blender

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