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Mystery Tobacco Review: October 2021

October 27, 2021 by Jeremy Reeves

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Hello, I'm Jeremy Reeves, head blender for Cornell & Diehl. This won't be like other Mystery Tobacco Reviews, I'm afraid. Something sinister is afoot here at Smokingpipes. One by one my colleagues have become unlike themselves. No longer eloquent or nimble, they now grasp and grown, their motor functions greatly lessened. I fear they have become zombies. ... Read More

A True Pipe Smoker: Georges Simenon

October 22, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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The inventor and chronicler of Jules Maigret, one of the most impressive detectives in literature and as inveterate a pipe smoker as his creator, Georges Simenon owned more than 300 pipes and smoked them constantly. He was an impressively productive author. His works have been translated into 50 languages and his novels number almost 500. But his most famous character is the ... Read More

Top 15 Mark Twain Pipe Quotes

October 21, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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Because he smoked during every waking moment, Mark Twain was perhaps the most experienced smoker who ever lived, as well as one of literary history's most gifted writers. In fact, he is widely considered the father of American literature. Ernest Hemingway, not without immense writing gifts of his own, said, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ... Read More

Mystery Cigar Review: October 2021

October 19, 2021 by Andrew Wike

Welcome back to another episode of the Mystery Cigar Review! For this month's installment, we were privileged to host another very special guest Inquisitor: tattoo enthusiast and founder of Tatuaje Cigars, Mr. Pete Johnson! ... Read More

Single-Farm Components: Carolina Red Flake with Perique

October 15, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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Most of us take what we can find at the grocery store. Chefs, however, choose the highest quality ingredients that they can, some personally inspecting and selecting produce at the farm itself, guaranteeing the quality they require to achieve the creative combinations that make a night at a fine restaurant a meaningful event for the rest of us. A very few are so dedicated to quality ... Read More

Robert Williams Wood: Waves and Pipes

October 14, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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Pipe smokers are almost always interesting people with rich lives, amazing professions, sophisticated talents, and fascinating hobbies. That's among the reasons that pipe shows are so fun. Meeting new people at shows and learning about their lives is always the best part of a show. It works that way with historical figures as well, one of whom was a prominent pipe smoking ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Cornell & Diehl Small Batch: Carolina Red Flake with Perique

October 13, 2021 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes! Today, I'll be taking a look at and reviewing Cornell & Diehl's latest Small Batch Carolina Red Flake with Perique! Today, I'll be discussing and reviewing the latest run of Cornell and Diehl's Small Batch: Carolina Red Flake with Perique — available Wednesday, October 20th. For this year's edition, C&D has combined stoved and ... Read More

A Giant Passes: Frank Burla

October 8, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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Some make ripples across the surface of their hobbies. These small precise waves radiate outward and intersect with other ripples, combining for new directions and more complex patterns that undulate across the entire pond. It's an impressive dynamic. Frank Burla cascaded onto the banks of the pipe-smoking pond with the ... Read More

Collecting: The Pipe

October 7, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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Many pipe enthusiasts are collectors. We collect a particular shape, or pipes made by a particular brand, or of a particular finish, or within certain manufacture dates, or, well, the different permutations are endless. Danish bent pipes, American straight pipes, Italian rusticated pipes, Castello shape 55 pipes made before 2010, Barling Pre-Transition Billiards, miniature corncob ... Read More

A Closer Look at Burley

October 6, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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Burley is a relatively young tobacco varietal, dating only to 1864, but it became very popular very fast. Two planters, George Webb and Joseph Fore, are credited with Burley's discovery. They procured seeds from a tobacco plant in Kentucky that was different: it had leaves that were less broad and of white/yellow tint, and they tried planting these seeds in southern Ohio. The ... Read More

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