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Pipe Cleaner Woes

Pipe Cleaner Woes

October 24, 2019 by Truett Smith

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Let's face it: Pipe cleaners are something of a necessary evil within the pipesmoking hobby. (Well, "evil" might be a tad hyperbolic, but at the very least, they're a tool that's more tolerated than enjoyed.) ... Read More

The Cursed Pipes of Transylvania

The Cursed Pipes of Transylvania

October 23, 2019 by Chuck Stanion

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When you're at your next pipe show, when in the late hours only a few conversational groups are left smoking, you can be sure that someone there is retelling the tale of the Cursed Pipemaker of Transylvania and the three cursed pipes he released upon the world. ... Read More

Smoke Rings: Warped's Sky Flower 2019

Smoke Rings: Warped's Sky Flower 2019

October 21, 2019 by Shane Ireland

On this episode of Smoke Rings, I sit down with Lead Copywriter Truett Smith to discuss Warped's recent limited edition release: the Flor de Valle Sky Flower. Comprised of 100% Aganorsa leaf, this Nicaraguan puro adds rare medio tiempo leaf to Warped's celebrated Flor de Valle blend ... Read More

Why Smoke a Meerschaum

Why Smoke a Meerschaum

October 17, 2019 by Truett Smith

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Pipemakers most commonly use briar to fashion smoking instruments; however, in the centuries' long history of tobacco and pipesmoking, briar is actually a relatively new material — clay and meerschaum both predate the introduction of briar in the mid-1800s. ... Read More

Briar to Binder: Warped La Colmena #44 (Interview with Kyle Gellis)

Briar to Binder: Warped La Colmena #44 (Interview with Kyle Gellis)

October 15, 2019 by Shane Ireland

On this episode of Briar to Binder, I'm joined by a very special guest: Kyle Gellis, President and Founder of Warped Cigars. Tune in as Kyle and I sit down to discuss one of my all-time favorite smokes, Warped's La Colmena #44. In addition to a full cigar review, we also compare La Colmena to a handful of popular pipe tobaccos ... Read More

Shane's Top Five Pipe Cleaners

Shane's Top Five Pipe Cleaners

October 10, 2019 by Shane Ireland

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Pipe cleaners. We all use them and nobody talks about them, but they are the unsung heroes of the pipe world. We could not smoke so freely without them; when you find a dependable pipe cleaner, it's a consequential event, if you're a pipesmoker. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: A Closer Look At Warped's The Haunting

Tasting Notes: A Closer Look At Warped's The Haunting

October 9, 2019 by Shane Ireland

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On this episode of Tasting Notes, I sit down with Jeremy Reeves, Head Blender at Cornell & Diehl, to discuss the company's new Smokingpipes exclusive, The Haunting. ... Read More

A Fungal Future

A Fungal Future

October 8, 2019 by Chuck Stanion

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Fungus absorbs oxygen and releases carbon dioxide, so we have much in common, the most important difference being that we smoke pipes with our respiration and fungus does not. We were fungus once, and the compelling argument has been made that many of us still share many traits with our fungal forebears. ... Read More

Field Report: 2019 Sutliff & CORPS Pipe Extravaganza

Field Report: 2019 Sutliff & CORPS Pipe Extravaganza

October 5, 2019 by Chuck Stanion

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Play by play report of the 2019 Richmond Pipe Show and Sutliff Factory Extravaganza. ... Read More

The Secrets of Ancient Shank Drilling

The Secrets of Ancient Shank Drilling

October 3, 2019 by Chuck Stanion

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A couple of branches up in my family tree is a great uncle of some sort who was an Indian agent for the U.S government in the late 1800s. I mainly know about this person, whose name I do not recall, because many of the Native American artifacts that he collected during his career remained in my great-grandfather's house. ... Read More

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