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Ephemerality and the Cigar: A Meditation

January 5, 2023 by John McElheny

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A major divergence between cigar smoking and pipe smoking is the relatively permanent nature of the pipe itself, being a tool used for smoking rather than the tobacco that is actually smoked. Pipe tobacco, then, is provided a degree of separation from the smoker, the smoke taken in through the stem as it passes down the ... Read More

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: January 2023

January 2, 2023 by Andrew Wike

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It's time for another round of beautiful pipe smoking desktop backgrounds! As in previous months, we've compiled some of our favorite shots and artwork to share with you. Below you'll find eight unique images, split between desktop and mobile orientations and available for download in two high-resolution ... Read More

Top Cigars of 2022

December 30, 2022 by Truett Smith

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It's that time of year again folks: the week between Christmas and New Year's during which we digest holiday desserts, refine future resolutions, and revel in past reflections. Such a time also marks our top-cigars project here at Smokingpipes. While "pipes" may be in our name — literally — many of us also appreciate the nuance and complexity of cigars, and since 2019, ... Read More

Mystery Cigar Review: December 2022

December 29, 2022 by Shane Ireland

Welcome back to the Mystery Cigar Review, our final episode of 2022. And to ensure we end things with a bang, we asked John McElheny — one of our talented Copywriters here at Smokingpipes (whose voice was, indeed, made for radio) — to serve as our Inquisitor for this month's review. Tune in as Tyler, Alan, and I smoke ... Read More

2023 Pipe-Smoking Resolutions

December 28, 2022 by Davin Hylton

At the closing of every year, it's common practice for people from all walks of life to reflect on the accomplishments and improvements they would like achieve. Of course, pipe smokers are no different, and we can all agree that, no matter how long we've smoked a pipe, there is always more ... Read More

The History of Santa Claus, Pipe Smoker

December 23, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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Many of us enjoy Christmastime, not only because we may find some new tobacco under the tree, but because the rituals of the season stimulate memories of past yuletides. Childhood Christmas magic insinuates itself into the present, enveloping us again in the certainty that miracles do happen. That childhood certainty may fade with ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Review: December 2022

December 22, 2022 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to the Mystery Tobacco Review! For this last installment of 2022, we decided to do something a little different and bring back an old Inquisitor from the series' early history. That's right, for the first time in many years, our Inquisitor this month is our own Andy Wike. Tune in to see how we fared against Andy's Mystery Blend! ... Read More

The Twelve Smoking Days of Christmas

December 21, 2022 by Truett Smith

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On the first day of Christmas
Smokingpipes delivered me
A sandblasted Sav-in-el-li

On the second day of Christmas
Smokingpipes delivered me ... Read More

Grandpa and the Christmas Ice Storm

December 16, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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Grandpa and the 10 Tobys (all of his dogs were named Toby) had been preparing for Christmas all year, just as they always did. Grandpa was a fan of Christmas and believed in fulfilling all the details to make it magical, and the Tobys were willing to do anything asked of them, except to stop barking at the wind, which was cold and harsh that year of 1966 ... Read More

All Pipes Considered: Claudio Cavicchi Bologna 2022

December 16, 2022 by Andrew Wike

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On this special episode of All Pipes Considered, I sit down with Sykes Wilford to discuss the latest entry in Claudio Cavicchi's celebrated Bologna line. This year's edition represents Claudio's unique interpretation of a lesser-known legacy shape that's quite important to the Italian lexicon: the Captain Warren Calabash ... Read More

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Ephemerality and the Cigar: A Meditation

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: January 2023

Top Cigars of 2022

Mystery Cigar Review: December 2022

2023 Pipe-Smoking Resolutions

The History of Santa Claus, Pipe Smoker

Mystery Tobacco Review: December 2022

The Twelve Smoking Days of Christmas

Grandpa and the Christmas Ice Storm

All Pipes Considered: Claudio Cavicchi Bologna 2022

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