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Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: July 2020

July 1, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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It's time for another round of beautiful pipe smoking desktop backgrounds! As in previous months, we've compiled some our favorite shots and artwork to share with you. Below you'll find eight unique images, split between desktop and mobile orientations and available for download in two high-resolution ... Read More

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

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

Mystery Tobacco Review: May 2020

May 28, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to the Mystery Tobacco Review, the pipe tobacco taste-testing game that just won't quit! On this month's episode, Shane, Truett, and I put our palates to the test against a secretive blend chosen by yet another first-time Inquisitor: Steve Mawby from our Customer Service team. ... Read More

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: May 2020

May 5, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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It's officially May, and you know what that means: Time for another round of beautiful pipe smoking desktop backgrounds! As in previous months, we've compiled some our favorite shots and artwork to share with you. Below you'll find six unique images, split between desktop and mobile orientations ... Read More

The History of Nicotiana Rustica

May 1, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Europeans first encountered tobacco in October of 1492, when the local Arawak population of Hispaniola presented Christopher Columbus with a peace offering of dried leaves from a sacred plant, a plant we would later know as Nicotiana Tabacum, the species from which nearly all modern smoking tobacco originates. ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Review: April 2020

April 30, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to The Mystery Tobacco Review, the Social Distancing Edition! Tyler Caldwell served as our Inquisitor for this month's review. Ty's a huge cigar buff, but he's been reaching for his pipes more and more these days, so we were extremely excited when he volunteered to select this month's Blend of Intrigue. ... Read More

Mystery Cigar Review: April 2020

April 8, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome to the very first episode of the Mystery Cigar Review! For this first installment, Tim Vanderpool kicked things off as our Cigar Inquisitor, leaving Tyler, Truett, and Shane to their own devices in determining this month's Mystery Cigar. Did they guess it right? Or did Tim have them second guessing the sticks in their humidor? ... Read More

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: April 2020

April 1, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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It's officially April, and you know what that means: Time for another round of beautiful pipe smoking desktop backgrounds! As in previous months, we've compiled some our favorite shots and artwork to share with you. ... Read More

Mystery Review: March 2020

March 26, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Grab some popcorn, a cold beverage, and a pipe, because this episode is a long one. After months of being duped, tricked, and beguiled, it was finally my turn to sit in the Inquisitor's Chair and choose one blend for the guys to blind review. ... Read More

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Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: July 2020

Peterson Book Wins IPPY Award

Mystery Tobacco Review: June 2020

Mystery Tobacco Review: May 2020

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: May 2020

The History of Nicotiana Rustica

Mystery Tobacco Review: April 2020

Mystery Cigar Review: April 2020

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: April 2020

Mystery Review: March 2020

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