Chuck Stanion

Per Jensen of Mac Baren: Tobacco Ambassador to the World

Per Jensen of Mac Baren: Tobacco Ambassador to the World

May 1, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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Per Jensen has been the product specialist at Mac Baren tobacco since 2001, but he was entrenched in the pipe industry from the time he was nine, when he started helping in the family business: Georg Jensen pipes. That business had an unusual start. ... Read More

The History of Matches

The History of Matches

April 24, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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If not for fire, humans wouldn't have made it this far. Fire was essential to survival, and to the development of technology that gave humanity the advantages necessary to build civilization. Equally important, though, is the fact that fire is necessary for lighting our tobacco, and everyone knows that tobacco is required for the advanced thought that has brought us much understanding of how the universe works. ... Read More

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart: Toughest Pipe Smoking Tough Guy

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart: Toughest Pipe Smoking Tough Guy

April 17, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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We know nothing about his pipe smoking or about his preferences for tobacco or pipe shapes, but we know he smoked pipes because he's seen in photos doing so. That makes Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart one of us. ... Read More

The History and Recovery of the H.L. Hunley

The History and Recovery of the H.L. Hunley

April 3, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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The first working submarine is believed by historians to have been built in 1623 by Cornelis Drebbel, who worked for King James I, perhaps most remembered by we pipe smokers as the author of A Counterblaste Against Tobacco in 1604, the same year he instituted a 4,000 percent tax increase on tobacco. ... Read More

Unanticipated Havoc

Unanticipated Havoc

March 12, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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I reached for one of my most trustworthy pipes, a Castello Sea Rock made in 2000, and was surprised to detect a small gap between the stem face and the end of the shank that should certainly have attracted my attention before now. It's rare to find such a manufacturing error in a Castello. ... Read More

The Romeo Briar Process: A Father the Flame Featurette

The Romeo Briar Process: A Father the Flame Featurette

February 28, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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The documentary, Father the Flame, gave us all new insight into the details and personalities behind the manufacture of pipes, and Chad Terpstra, the director, and his colleagues have now provided a YouTube channel for shorter vignettes of pipe making interest. ... Read More

Personal Preferences

Personal Preferences

February 26, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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I was at my desk the other day, smoking a Jody Davis saddle Billiard and replaying Bugs Bunny cartoons in my head (Foghorn Leghorn: what a hoot) when my colleague, lead copywriter Truett Smith, happened by to talk about one of my pipe descriptions for the website. "Y'know," he said, "I don't recall seeing, 'This is the ugliest pipe ... Read More

An Interview With Brian Levine

An Interview With Brian Levine

February 21, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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Those involved in the pipe community for any length of time are familiar with Brian Levine, because he makes sure they are. He introduces himself to everyone, and with humor and self-deprecation, charm and bad jokes, makes them immediate friends. His knowledge of tobacco and pipes is a resource admired by many ... Read More

The Two Best Pipes in the World

The Two Best Pipes in the World

February 14, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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We all have favorite pipes in our collections. They may change from week to week, they may switch identities, but there are always favorites. Most times I feel that whatever pipe I'm currently smoking is my favorite. Some fall in and out of favor, sometimes repeatedly. ... Read More

Chuck and the Giant Tobacco Stalk

Chuck and the Giant Tobacco Stalk

January 31, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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I found myself in a strange land a while back, taking time off to reconnect with some relatives in Eastern Europe I'd not seen since they visited the U.S. when I was a child. They were royalty, and I was fascinated by their stories of the vast estates of their homeland and spent many nights dreaming of the palaces and ... Read More

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