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Peterson Book Wins IPPY Award

Peterson Book Wins IPPY Award

June 26, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Writing and publishing books is hard, especially for those not affiliated with large publishers. Writing a book about pipes is really hard, and there's only a very small audience to appreciate the achievement; however, when such a book is as well researched, well written, and well laid out as The Peterson Pipe: The Story of Kapp & Peterson, it's going to get attention in the larger world of publishing despite its esoteric subject matter. ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Review: June 2020

Mystery Tobacco Review: June 2020

June 25, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another episode of the Mystery Tobacco Review, once again brought to you from our humble living rooms and home offices. This month, we were privileged to have Jeremy Reeves of Cornell & Diehl sit in the Inquisitor's Chair again and select one unnamed tobacco for us to smoke and review. The Mystery Tobacco Wagon rolls on! ... Read More

6 Mistakes Every New Pipe Smoker Should Avoid

6 Mistakes Every New Pipe Smoker Should Avoid

June 24, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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Beginning pipe smoking can be an intimidating ordeal. Many people try smoking a pipe and give it up because they aren't experiencing the way a pipe should smoke. But if you can avoid these common mistakes, you'll find yourself enjoying pipe tobacco much more quickly. ... Read More

Castello's SPC 20th Anniversary Pipes

Castello's SPC 20th Anniversary Pipes

June 19, 2020 by Truett Smith

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This year celebrates the 20th anniversary of Smokingpipes, and to commemorate such a milestone, we've partnered with numerous members of the pipe-smoking community to develop and release several projects throughout 2020, such as Peterson's 20th-Anniversary pipe with stunning silver-adorned sandblasts ... Read More

A Closer Look at Perique

A Closer Look at Perique

June 19, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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Perique is an incredibly versatile blending component and one of the most interesting and complex types of tobacco. It's used to create numerous mixtures, often serving as a condimental tobacco to add nuance or complexity to a blend. Perique is steeped in tradition, having endured for centuries, its curing process passed ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Chacom #4

Tasting Notes: Chacom #4

June 18, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. In this installment, I take a closer look at Chacom's #4 blend, which features various Virginias combined with a small portion of Perique for some added strength and a touch of fruity spice. One of four new recent additions to Smokingpipes' portfolio of Chacom blends, this ... Read More

Edwin Hubble: Pipe Smoker and Astronomer

Edwin Hubble: Pipe Smoker and Astronomer

June 12, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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We used to think that our own galaxy was the entire universe. Edwin Hubble expanded that understanding to unimaginable distances. Before Hubble, we didn't know about distant galaxies. Telescopes of the time saw only fuzzy areas of what were deemed gas clouds and dust, referred to as nebulae. ... Read More

Mexican San Andres Cigars

Mexican San Andres Cigars

June 11, 2020 by Truett Smith

In the San Andrés Valley of Veracruz, Mexico, a family farm of over 2,000 acres grows tobacco in the region's rich, volcanic soil. The Turrent family is the largest cultivator of Mexican San Andrés tobacco, the family's devotion to the leaf dating back to 1880 when Cuban émigré Alberto Turrent settled in San Andrés and planted tobacco seeds from Cuba. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Savinelli Juno

Tasting Notes: Savinelli Juno

June 10, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today I am talking about the third of the three latest additions to the Savinelli line of pipe tobaccos: Juno. Much like Jupiter and Janus, which I've covered previously, Juno continues a collaboration between Jeremy Reeves, Cornell and Diehl and Savinelli. ... Read More

Tobacco Curing Methods

Tobacco Curing Methods

June 5, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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While tobacco is a necessity for pipe and cigar smoking, it's easy to overlook its preparation and how the leaf begins its journey. Tobacco is an extremely sensitive crop and the soil, climate, and curing process it's exposed to all play crucial roles in its production. ... Read More

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