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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

March 7, 2025 by Rose Kiser

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Ritualism is part of being human, and that doesn't mean drawing arcane symbols on the floor of the basement. The definition of ritual greatly varies depending on the context of the researcher, but for our purposes we'll define a ritual as a specific act or series of acts performed in a precise manner and often repeated. That definition provides a wide range of what ... Read More

Smoke Rings: On Location at Aromàtico Farms with Henderson Ventura

March 6, 2025 by Shane Ireland

I recently had the unique opportunity to visit Henderson Ventura on location at the Aromático farms in the Dominican Republic and learned some of the facets of growing this special tobacco and how it is used in Ventura's ... Read More

Pipe Smoking Field Marshal Gebhard von Blucher

February 28, 2025 by Chuck Stanion

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Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, a highly decorated Prussian Field Marshal best known for leading armies in the French Revolutionary (1792-1802) and Napoleonic (1803-1815) wars, also famously smoked pipes in battle. When outmaneuvering Napoleon, however, minutes count, and he engaged a "pipe-master" whose sole job was to maintain Blücher's pipes ... Read More

Pipe-Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: March 2025

February 28, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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A new month's beginning calls for a new collection of desktop backgrounds featuring the most stunning photos of the month from our talented photographers. Deck your desktop screensavers and mobile device backgrounds with eight gorgeous images available for download in two high-resolution formats, showcasing ... Read More

Mystery Review: February 2025

February 27, 2025 by Truett Smith

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Welcome to another episode of Mystery Review, a monthly series in which our panel of experts attempts to identify a mystery tobacco or cigar. For February's episode, our guest inquisitor is Austin Quinlan, artisan pipe maker and Senior Craftsman at Peterson. Will his mysterious submission leave us shocked ... Read More

Tobacco Selections: Cornell & Diehl's Folklore

February 24, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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Through the ages, all over the world, folklore stories have been shared, with plenty of wisdom and traditions upheld for many generations. Jeremy Reeves, Director and Head Blender of Cornell & Diehl, shared more about this special blend, serving as a tribute to cultural folklore around the world. Folklore ... Read More

The Tale of the Mighty Cesurians

February 21, 2025 by Kayla Ivan