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Gilson "Radio Rex" VanderVeer Willets

December 6, 2024 by Kayla Ivan

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It was once said that "the power of radio is not that it speaks to millions, but that it speaks intimately and privately to each one of those millions." With many legendary figures in the field, there was one pioneer who was miles ahead of the rest: Gilson VanderVeer Willets. A man ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Wintertime Reserve

December 4, 2024 by Shane Ireland

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Hey boys and girls. It's Santa here today to talk to you about the new limited-edition Cornell & Diehl Wintertime Reserve blends, just in time for the holiday season. From now until the end of December, all the good girls and boys out there who treat themselves to a brand new Peterson pipe can pick one of four new limited-edition Wintertime Reserve blends ... Read More

Smoke Rings Caldwell 10th Anniversary Cigars

December 3, 2024 by Alan Britt

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In this edition of Smoke Rings, I had the pleasure of speaking with Robert Caldwell of Caldwell Cigars about the 10th Anniversary cigars, available on-site now in highly limited quantities. Learn more about the blend and the story behind its creation in this episode, and be sure to try out this dynamic smoke from Caldwell ... Read More

Pipe-Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: December 2024

December 2, 2024 by Kayla Ivan

We have seven dynamic images ready to add to your desktop and mobile backgrounds this holiday season, available for download in two high-resolution formats. Be sure to come back next month for another captivating round of photos as we enter 2025 in style. ... Read More

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

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

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

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

Recent

Gilson "Radio Rex" VanderVeer Willets

Tasting Notes: Wintertime Reserve

Smoke Rings Caldwell 10th Anniversary Cigars

Pipe-Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: December 2024

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

Thankful

Smoke Rings: J. London Cigars

Mystery Review: November 2024

A Closer Look At Macedonian Tobacco

The 2024 Pipe Smoker's Holiday Gift Guide

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