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The Sacred Calumet Pipe

The Sacred Calumet Pipe

May 8, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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Derived from the French word chalumet, meaning reed or flute, the calumet is a significant object to many Native American tribes and cultures. Traditionally, calumets have been used in religious ceremonies to offer prayer, seal covenants or treaties, and to make ceremonial commitments. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Mac Baren HH Rustica

Tasting Notes: Mac Baren HH Rustica

May 6, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today, I'll be reviewing the latest entry into Mac Baren's celebrated HH series, HH Rustica: an extremely strong, hot-pressed flake featuring a historic strain of tobacco native to the Americas (Nicotiana Rustica). ... Read More

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: May 2020

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: May 2020

May 5, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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It's officially May, and you know what that means: Time for another round of beautiful pipe smoking desktop backgrounds! As in previous months, we've compiled some our favorite shots and artwork to share with you. Below you'll find six unique images, split between desktop and mobile orientations ... Read More

The History of Nicotiana Rustica

The History of Nicotiana Rustica

May 1, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Europeans first encountered tobacco in October of 1492, when the local Arawak population of Hispaniola presented Christopher Columbus with a peace offering of dried leaves from a sacred plant, a plant we would later know as Nicotiana Tabacum, the species from which nearly all modern smoking tobacco originates. ... Read More

Per Jensen of Mac Baren: Tobacco Ambassador to the World

Per Jensen of Mac Baren: Tobacco Ambassador to the World

May 1, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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Per Jensen has been the product specialist at Mac Baren tobacco since 2001, but he was entrenched in the pipe industry from the time he was nine, when he started helping in the family business: Georg Jensen pipes. That business had an unusual start. ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Review: April 2020

Mystery Tobacco Review: April 2020

April 30, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to The Mystery Tobacco Review, the Social Distancing Edition! Tyler Caldwell served as our Inquisitor for this month's review. Ty's a huge cigar buff, but he's been reaching for his pipes more and more these days, so we were extremely excited when he volunteered to select this month's Blend of Intrigue. ... Read More

The History of Matches

The History of Matches

April 24, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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If not for fire, humans wouldn't have made it this far. Fire was essential to survival, and to the development of technology that gave humanity the advantages necessary to build civilization. Equally important, though, is the fact that fire is necessary for lighting our tobacco, and everyone knows that tobacco is required for the advanced thought that has brought us much understanding of how the universe works. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Warped's The Red Hunt & Until The End

Tasting Notes: Warped's The Red Hunt & Until The End

April 23, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes, everyone. In today's installment, I'll be taking a closer look at two of Warped's most recent pipe tobacco offerings: The Red Hunt & Until The End, available today only at Smokingpipes.com. Be sure to watch "until the end" (pun intended) for the full review of both blends, or check them out on the site now. ... Read More

Collecting Pipes As Souvenirs

Collecting Pipes As Souvenirs

April 22, 2020 by Truett Smith

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The word "souvenir" is an English noun borrowed or, rather, inherited from French and its word for "memory" or "memento," a somewhat curious linguistic adoption since French and English find themselves on different branches on the linguistic family tree. We English speakers have William the Conqueror to thank for that. ... Read More

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart: Toughest Pipe Smoking Tough Guy

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart: Toughest Pipe Smoking Tough Guy

April 17, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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We know nothing about his pipe smoking or about his preferences for tobacco or pipe shapes, but we know he smoked pipes because he's seen in photos doing so. That makes Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart one of us. ... Read More

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