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The Why and How of Estate Pipe Purchases

March 22, 2025 by Chuck Stanion

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When I first learned about estate pipes, back when I didn't know a Billiard from a bathysphere, I was horrified. Used pipes? Pipes that had spent years in the mouths of who knows who smoking who knows what while fraternizing with who knows who from who knows where? Why would these pipes have any value? Sanitizing a used pipe, I deduced, must require an hour in boiling water. ... Read More

A Pipe-Smoker's Guide to Everyday Carry (EDC)

March 21, 2025 by Truett Smith

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Today we're going to be talking about pipe smoking EDC, or everyday carry. EDC is a theme across numerous industries, but it's especially applicable to pipe smoking for those of us who like to smoke a pipe every day; We need a setup that allows us to do that as easily as possible. These are my essential tips ... Read More

Codger Country: Captain Black Original

March 21, 2025 by Rose Kiser

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Welcome to Codger Country, the series where we'll be smoking every Codger blend, commonly found over-the-counter tobacco blends, we can find and ranking them in an effort to find the "definitive" Codger blend. From Carter Hall to Super Value, we're giving them all a fair shake. Today ... Read More

Smoke Rings: Crowned Heads Four Kicks Mule Kick

March 19, 2025 by Tyler Caldwell

Steve Mawby and I recently had a chance to chat about Crowned Heads' Four Kicks Mule Kick cigar, which packs a punch (and a kick) of intensity with cool artwork to boot. With only 250 10-count boxes made, these are sure to go quickly so ... Read More

Challenges In Tobacco Cultivation

March 14, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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When it comes to pipe-tobacco information, we like to provide the full story as we know it, with no facts or facets spared. Today I will be shedding light on some of the struggles in delivering the highest-quality, unique tobacco varietals imaginable. Between tricky farmer-cultivator ... Read More

Smoke Rings: Fratello Cigars

March 13, 2025 by Tyler Caldwell

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Omar de Frias, the founder and CEO of Fratello Cigars, about the brand's inception, the core lines, and some of their special NASA-inspired exclusives, as well as hearing the story of how Fratello landed on the moon. Discover the pioneering spirit of Fratello Cigars ... Read More

Words Every Pipe Smoker Should Know: Pipe Terms

March 13, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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If you're new to pipe smoking, you've probably already noticed we have some pretty unique jargon. When we write our pipe descriptions, blog posts, and newsletters, we try to describe the pipes as accurately as possible; often that means using a specific set of terms recognized by the pipe community to mean very ... Read More

Top 11 Best-Selling G.L. Pease Blends

March 12, 2025 by Rose Kiser

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Few names within the field of pipe tobacco are as renowned as that of Greg Pease. His journey began in the late 1970s at the famed Drucquer & Sons tobacco shop in Berkeley, California. A college student at the time, Pease quickly became enamored with Drucquer's tobacco selection as well as the shop's atmosphere and tight-knit community. Soon he was working there, helping to restore, clean, and repair pipes ... Read More

How to Care for Vulcanite Stems

March 7, 2025 by Rose Kiser

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Pipes are deceptively simple. They're blocks of wood, for the most part, carved into a bowl with a stem. That's the simplest description of a pipe, it may even be the description you used when you started smoking. But as we begin to learn about the technical parts ... Read More

Zen and the Art of Pipe Maintenance