Chuck Stanion

Micah Cryder: Yeti Pipes

Micah Cryder: Yeti Pipes

November 15, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Micah Cryder started making pipes even before he had an interest in smoking them.

In late 2011, when he was 17, Micah's brother decided to make a Christmas pipe for their father, and Micah volunteered to help. They used the equipment in their high school shop class. Their teacher had no objections as long as they worked on the project ... Read More

Macramè and Time Machines

Macramè and Time Machines

November 14, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Wandering through the flea market a while back, I ran across a booth by the name of "Burt's Macramé Emporium and Time Machines." Burt himself, nametag prominently displayed, was humming and smoking a pipe as he meandered about, adjusting displays. Anytime I see a pipe smoker, I'm curious ... Read More

Letter From the Editor: New Commenting Functions on the Daily Reader

Letter From the Editor: New Commenting Functions on the Daily Reader

November 8, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Our Technology team here at the Daily Reader has recently launched some changes that make the site easier and more enjoyable for readers to interact with. I don't know how they accomplished it. In my imagination, they sat up nights drinking tequila and arguing about how to make the commenting process ... Read More

The Ghost Pipe

The Ghost Pipe

October 30, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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The neighbor was smoking his pipe next door at his pool again, infuriating Tom Winstaff. He lowered his binoculars. He'd told Eldridge a dozen times over the past years that he was allergic to tobacco, yet the old man scoffed and persisted in smoking ... Read More

Blowing Smoke: The Medicinal History of Tobacco Smoke Enemas

Blowing Smoke: The Medicinal History of Tobacco Smoke Enemas

October 18, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Not many people knew how to swim 250 years ago, and drownings were a leading cause of death, especially in the canals of Venice and the river Thames in London. Had you lived in those locations back then and were unfortunate enough to fall into the water and lose consciousness, chances were pretty fair that someone would try to resuscitate you with a tobacco smoke enema. ... Read More

A Tobacco Cellarist's Best Friend: The Sharpie

A Tobacco Cellarist's Best Friend: The Sharpie

October 10, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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They say that the pen is mightier than the sword, but for pipe smokers, it depends on the pen. If it can write on glass, plastic, and metal so that we can accurately date our tobacco tins, then it is mighty indeed. Besides, carving a date onto a Mason jar with a sword is a clumsy and finger-menacing proposition. ... Read More

The Billiard: Pipedom's Archetypal Shape

The Billiard: Pipedom's Archetypal Shape

September 27, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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A simultaneously simple yet extraordinarily complex design, the Billiard is the quintessential pipe shape, and probably the most popular shape worldwide. It's been around for 150 years because it's attractive and because it works. The Billiard is an efficient smoking machine with the most straightforward internal and external engineering, but as simple as it appears to be ... Read More

The Versatility of Red Virginia: Carolina Red Flake 2024

The Versatility of Red Virginia: Carolina Red Flake 2024

September 20, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Carolina Red Flake originated eight years ago when Jeremy Reeves, Head Blender at Cornell & Diehl, was researching new leaf to be the main component for C&D's Red Virginia blends. He needed something that was similar enough to the previous Red Virginia that it would not alter the blends, but ... Read More

How To Wrestle An Alligator

How To Wrestle An Alligator

September 12, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Wrestling an alligator is an essential skill, and you've come to the right place for instruction. When you're considering a potentially lethal activity like alligator wrestling, an online pipe store is undoubtedly the best source of information. ... Read More

How to Rehydrate Pipe Tobacco

How to Rehydrate Pipe Tobacco

September 12, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Tobacco is sensitive to its environment, readily adopting ambient scents and moisture levels. Once a tin is opened, even if the lid is tight, the tobacco is subject to changes. Its aging potential will be arrested, for example, but the most imminent issue is a reduction in mixture content. Whatever closet, shelf, or cellar we use for storing our tins will have a lower moisture level than is best ... Read More

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