Eric Squires

Mystery Review: November 2014

Mystery Review: November 2014

November 19, 2014 by Eric Squires

Today's mystery blend is something special, in that it succeeded in stumping everyone involved, despite being a regular smoke for more than one other dweller amongst our offices. Not that this influenced my choice of it, mind you — I didn't find that out until after I'd picked it. ... Read More

Durbar and Aperitif: Old vs. New

Durbar and Aperitif: Old vs. New

September 19, 2014 by Eric Squires

13 Comments

At the outset let me say: this is a long one. We have two different generations of two different classic blends, Dunhill's Durbar and Apertif, the old and the new of each compared by Josh, Jeremy, and Andy. I might be so forward as to suggest preparing and lighting up a bowl yourself to sip on while taking this review in. ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco August 2014

Mystery Tobacco August 2014

August 19, 2014 by Eric Squires

Today's review is something special. A mystery to everyone. I mean, I know the name of it, and where it came from, but the precise nature of the blend is a mystery even to me. To anyone, really. How can that be? Rest assured all will be revealed by the end. For now, the most important part: How does it smoke? ... Read More

Name That Mystery Tobacco

Name That Mystery Tobacco

July 30, 2014 by Eric Squires

4 Comments

Alright, boys, girls, we're doing things a little differently this time. We have a tobacco whose identity there was no hiding from those here around the office, but which I wanted to draw extra attention to regardless. ... Read More

Pipes in Korea Part Two

Pipes in Korea Part Two

July 28, 2014 by Eric Squires

3 Comments

Common throughout Korean pipes both utilitarian and elegant, and marking a notable variation from the Japanese kiseru, was bowl-size. Due to the great abundance of tobacco being produced natively, Korean pipes typically sported a chamber of much greater depth than those of their Japanese counterparts, albeit with much the same diameter. ... Read More

Pipe Smoking in Korea

Pipe Smoking in Korea

July 25, 2014 by Eric Squires

3 Comments

When coming upon the phrase “pipe smoking in Korea”, you may well have pictured something like the image above, a photograph of the famous hero and U.S. Army chaplain Emil Kapaun, or this man, the renowned Captain Reginald Walter Saunders of Australia: Well, they did smoke pipes, and they were in Korea. The subject of this entry, however, reaches farther back and deals with the common-day. ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco June 2014

Mystery Tobacco June 2014

June 25, 2014 by Eric Squires

4 Comments

It’s time again: a blind taste-test with our own Smokingpipes staff serving in the roles of experimental subjects A, B, and C. Or, as it were, Subject Josh, Subject Shane, and Subject Jeremy. For today’s entry I’ve done something a little different; instead of popping off down to the warehouse to search through rows and rows of tobaccos, I simply reached over and grabbed a tin buried amongst the clutter of my desk (half of which is other tins, to no one’s surprise I’m sure). ... Read More

One Man's Rotation

One Man's Rotation

June 17, 2014 by Eric Squires

4 Comments

Rotation, collection, by one name or another, it’s the collective pile of pipes you smoke. For some of us this means polished cases of Dunhills chosen for particular shapes and vintages, for others, a repurposed spice rack of craggy Custombilts and well-weathered clenchers, kept as workhorses that have proven to provide a good smoke. ... Read More

Quite Mysterious Tobacco

Quite Mysterious Tobacco

May 20, 2014 by Eric Squires

A couple weekends ago I brought a few ounces of flake tobacco, in an unmarked bag, over to a little get-together Adam was throwing. When Jeremy asked what it was, I handed it over; he gave some a sniff and pronounced that the blend was clearly one of Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.’s. Well that won’t do, I thought ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco (5)

Mystery Tobacco (5)

April 22, 2014 by Eric Squires

Blind tobacco taste-test. One, two, three, go.
Jeremy Reeves:
"I returned to my desk the other day, just after lunch, to find a mysterious zip-lock baggie, cryptically labeled '4/21/14' in red marker. ... Read More

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