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Mystery Review: August 2019

August 28, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another episode of The Mystery Tobacco Review, America's greatest yet most underrated pastime. A few weeks ago, Jeremy Reeves (head blender of Cornell & Diehl) stopped by the office for what we all thought was a friendly "hello." And while he did say hi, he also resumed his spot as our special guest Inquisitor ... Read More

New Old Shapes From Alfred Dunhill

August 27, 2019 by Chuck Stanion

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Among Alfred Dunhill's greatest contributions to pipemaking is classic shaping. For those who appreciate traditional shapes in their most traditional forms, Dunhill's famous White Spot pipes are the gold standard, and rightfully so. For a true Billiard shape, look to the White Spot. ... Read More

Estate Pipes: Perfect Enough

August 23, 2019 by Chuck Stanion

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The building housing Smokingpipes is the size of a respectable big box store. There's a lot it has to fit: offices, warehousing, a gigantic walk-in cigar humidor, a kitchen large enough to accommodate 70-80 people, photo and video rooms, conference rooms, and a shipping department that's a visual extravaganza ... Read More

All Pipes Considered: S. Bang

August 22, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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On this episode of All Pipes Considered, Shane sits down with Adam Davidson to discuss the work of two of their pipemaking idols: legendary artisans Per Hansen and Ulf Noltensmeier of S. Bang. ... Read More

9 Mixtures For Dunhill Devotees

August 21, 2019 by Kaz C. Walters

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Anyone who has been a part of our hobby for just a short while has discovered a blend that quickly became a permanent part of their rotation, an ambrosial tobacco they couldn't imagine doing without. For a great many of us that fateful day came in 2017, when Dunhill announced that they were ceasing pipe tobacco production. ... Read More

The Inauguration

August 20, 2019 by Truett Smith

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The young man stepped through the doorway with an accompanying gust of air. To any non-regular, the stranger would have seemed relaxed and unassuming, but I could tell he was unfamiliar with the place and self-conscious by the way he briefly paused in the foyer to get his bearings, glancing skittishly from left to right. ... Read More

Raising Orlik

August 15, 2019 by Truett Smith

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When time meets Virginia tobaccos, the results are smooth, deep, and delicious flavors, and few things are more enjoyable than opening a decade-old tin and experiencing the olfactory goodness it produces. Notes of figs and molasses greet the nostrils, prompting the mouth to water as the chamber is filled with delicately ... Read More

A Rekindled Love of Burley

August 14, 2019 by Kaz C. Walters

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The first tobacco I ever smoked was a Burley blend, and for the first six months of my pipesmoking life it was the only tobacco I smoked. I knew virtually nothing about pipesmoking, I just woke up one morning a week or two before my 23rd birthday and decided that I wanted to smoke a pipe. ... Read More

Salvation by Black Label Trading Company

August 13, 2019 by Truett Smith

Hand-rolled at Black Label Trading Company's Oveja Negra factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, Salvation cigars boast an Ecuadorian Sun-grown Habano wrapper encasing a Honduran binder and filler tobaccos from Nicaragua. The line comes in three vitolas, with two offered on site now: the 5" x 54 Robusto and 6" x 52 Toro. ... Read More

Albert Einstein: Pipesmoking Genius

August 9, 2019 by Chuck Stanion

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When one thinks of Albert Einstein, what image manifests? His pipe, naturally. That's easy for pipesmokers, but most people unfamiliar with the benefits of the briar think of E = mc² first, then about Einstein's hair, and maybe his violin. But Einstein's pipe is a near constant in photos of the physicist ... Read More

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