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Enhanced Pipe-Smoking Flavor and Comfort with Breath Smoking

July 6, 2023 by Chuck Stanion

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Many of the challenges encountered by pipe smokers can be minimized or terminated through the practice of breath smoking. Breath smoking, when mastered, dispenses with excessive moisture and gurgle, tongue bite, frequent relights, and flavor compromised by the inordinate generation of heat. ... Read More

How to Pack Flake Tobacco

July 5, 2023 by Truett Smith

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Today we're talking about flake tobacco and specifically how to pack it properly into a pipe. We've discussed packing ribbon tobacco, but flake tobacco adds one extra step to that process. Now some — especially beginners — might wonder why exactly we should smoke flake tobacco or why we would even want ... Read More

Smokingpipes' Own Shane Ireland Has Joined The Confrérie Des Maîtres Pipiers De Saint-Claude

June 30, 2023 by Chuck Stanion

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The discovery of briarwood as a medium for pipes was perhaps the most important technological advancement in pipe-making history. Before briar, fragile clay and meerschaum pipes dominated the choices of pipe smokers, supplemented by pipes of various kinds of wood: boxwood, cherry, beech, maple ... Read More

Mystery Cigar Review: June 2023

June 29, 2023 by Tyler Caldwell

Welcome to another installation in our series of electrifying Mystery Cigar Reviews. Today's episode features the incomparable Robert Caldwell as our guest Inquisitor. Robert is the founder of Caldwell and Lost & Found Cigars and seems to possess arcane, enigmatic knowledge of tobacco; he is expertly versed in all of its ... Read More

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: July 2023

June 28, 2023 by Andrew Wike

It's time for another round of beautiful pipe-smoking desktop backgrounds for you to enjoy. As in previous months, the set includes some of our favorite shots and artwork, including nine unique images, split between desktop and mobile orientations and available for download in two high-resolution formats. ... Read More

Top 10 Best-Selling Coin Tobaccos

June 23, 2023 by John McElheny

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Like flake tobacco, spun-cut or coin-cut mixtures were originally developed to transport tobacco efficiently, and they're among the oldest styles of pipe tobacco, dating back over 400 years. Instead of pressing tobacco leaves into blocks — or plugs — coin-cut mixtures involve tightly spinning whole leaves into a rope, ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Review: June 2023

June 22, 2023 by Alan Britt

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Welcome back to the Mystery Tobacco Review! We're pleased to introduce Lori Gregor of our Customer Service team, who has agreed to challenge Truett, Shane, and me with a mysterious, unidentified tobacco. Lori appreciates fine quality in her whiskeys, wines, cigars, and pipe tobaccos, so we may have something ... Read More

Top 13 Best-Selling Flake Tobaccos

June 16, 2023 by John McElheny

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Like spun-cut or coin-cut tobaccos, flake tobacco began at sea as a means of preserving a blend's moisture content. Pressed tobacco dried out less quickly because less surface area was exposed to air, ensuring that sailors could enjoy smoking their pipes over the course of long voyages. ... Read More

Tobacco and Book Pairings

June 15, 2023 by Gabriel Bass

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Everyone knows there's nothing quite like a good book to accompany a bowl of good tobacco — even better when accompanied by a nice beverage of some sort. But what about specific combinations of literature and tobacco? I think there are a few pairings that work especially well together, both to heighten ... Read More

Smoke Rings: RoMa Craft Cromagnon Mode 5

June 14, 2023 by Tyler Caldwell

On this episode of Smoke Rings, we'll be taking a closer look at one of my favorite cigars: the RoMa Craft CroMagnon Mode 5. For those of you unfamiliar with the brand, RoMa Craft was founded in 2011 by Skip Martin and Mike Rosales, and since then, they've released one excellent cigar after another, among them the ... Read More

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