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Video: Interview with Alex Florov, Part 3

Video: Interview with Alex Florov, Part 3

October 22, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Here's the third and final entry in the video series of my interview with Alex Florov. Being not a terribly structured interview-- Alex and I both have a tendency towards free association, wandering from topic to topic without much structure-- it's more like just a conversation between old friends. ... Read More

Video: Interview with Alex Florov, Part 2

Video: Interview with Alex Florov, Part 2

October 10, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Here's the second part of the video interview that we did with Alex Florov when he visited almost two weeks ago. In this entry, we talk about pipe making, his day job, and Sixten Ivarsson, and the centrality of his role in the creation modern high grade pipe making. ... Read More

Video: Tatuaje Cigars with Pete Johnson

Video: Tatuaje Cigars with Pete Johnson

September 25, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Alright, I confess, I'd sort of forgotten that we still had some great footage from the IPCPR show in New Orleans in August. We took a lot of video at the show and with fully three of us behind the camera at various times, I sort of lost track of what all we had. ... Read More

Video: Mac Baren Rope Tobaccos

Video: Mac Baren Rope Tobaccos

September 16, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Mac Baren rope tobaccos-- Dark Twist, Roll Cake and many others-- are some of the best loved blends by the famous Danish manufacturer. One of my favorite processes in the Mac Baren factory is the process of making ropes, which are then cut into coins. ... Read More

30 Hours of Panic: or How to Survive a Ddos Attack

30 Hours of Panic: or How to Survive a Ddos Attack

September 14, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

As you may have noticed, Smokingpipes.com has been singularly unresponsive during the past twenty-four or so hours. At 1pm yesterday, we were hit with a DDoS attack (Distributed Denial of Service). ... Read More

Where Pipes and Donuts Collide

Where Pipes and Donuts Collide

September 9, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

At times, Adam demonstrates a brilliance that far surpasses my wildest expectations. Recently, he's been making homemade (or, I guess, office made) donuts in our office kitchen. ... Read More

Video: Brian Interviews Yadi Gonzalez-Vargas

Video: Brian Interviews Yadi Gonzalez-Vargas

September 6, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Yesterday, I put up a post indicating that we were having some technical problems posting the video. Well, it seems to have quasi-magically righted itself, so here's the promised video of Brian Levine interviewing Yadi about the new cigars from Flor de Gonzalez, Qban and 90 Mile. ... Read More

Video: Mac Baren 7 Seas

Video: Mac Baren 7 Seas

September 2, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

In this video, Per Jensen, product specialist and all round evangelist for Mac Baren, and Frank Blews, brand manager for the US importer, Phillips & King, talk about the new 7 Seas blends from Mac Baren. This is the first serious foray that Mac Baren has made into American style aromatics. Watch the video to learn more! ... Read More

Danish Chronology Trip Overview Part Four

Danish Chronology Trip Overview Part Four

August 22, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

In keeping with the previous theme, I'm further obfuscating the Danish chronology by finishing blogging about that trip half way through our blogging about the IPCPR show in New Orleans that took place almost two weeks later. ... Read More

Video: Peterson Pipes with Tom Palmer

Video: Peterson Pipes with Tom Palmer

August 19, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Tom Palmer, Managing Director of Peterson of Dublin, took a few minutes at the IPCPR show in New Orleans last week to talk with Alyson about all of the new stuff Peterson is doing this year, including the Pipe of the Year, the Christmas Pipe, the Writer's collection, and an assortment of new tobaccos. ... Read More

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