Articles by Kayla Ivan | Smokingpipes Daily Reader

Wintertime Blends For 2025

February 12, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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The cozy, comforting presence of our trusted pipes warms our hearts in the cold of winter days and even crisper nights. Whether it's snowing where you live or mild and cool, we have some blends we'd recommend smoking in the winter months. ... Read More

Nørding Hunter Blends

February 4, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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Erik Nørding is among the most renowned names in pipe making, creating dynamic pipes beloved worldwide for over 60 years. With humble beginnings in pipe carving as a hobby, he built a lasting legacy that has influenced the Danish Freehand style we know and love today. Beyond his success in the industry, his love for hunting is a hobby ... Read More

Pipe-Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: February 2025

January 31, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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Love is in the air. What stronger love exists than the delightful act of smoking your most cherished pipe? Our next round of background images is here to dazzle your desktop in perfect splendor for the most romantic month of the year. As you share this season of love with someone special (or something special, if you think your pipes are inanimate), kick back with your favorite smoking companion and enjoy these ... Read More

10 Sleeper Blends From Cornell & Diehl

January 16, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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We're fans of sharing our top blends here on the Daily Reader. Whether we're talking about the most popular English blends to our perfect smokes for the season, we want to share some quality smokes with you. The number of blends we have on-site can be overwhelming, so today I'd like to share some of what I think are the most underrated blends from Cornell & Diehl. Whether you're new to pipe smoking or are a seasoned veteran of the briar, take a look at some of my favorite sleeper blends and see how many you've enjoyed. ... Read More

2025 Pipe-Smoking Resolutions

January 10, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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A new year calls for new goals. More time spent reading, less time on our devices, more exercise, less sugar. The list can go on and on. Here on the Daily Reader, we like to share the resolutions in pipe smoking from some of the faces behind our company. Their responses were thoughtful and might provide you with some inspiration for your own pipe-smoking resolutions in 2025. ... Read More

The Best of the Daily Reader 2024

January 1, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

2024 has been quite a year here on the Daily Reader. With plenty of exciting releases and captivating stories to tell, we have continued striving to create content that we hope you have enjoyed and learned from. In this unique industry, there are plenty of rabbit holes to fall down in research, and plenty of voices to hear from, with many years of knowledge in the art of tobacco blending, pipe making, cigar making, and much more. ... Read More

Pipe-Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: January 2025

January 1, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

New beginnings are fresh and full of promises for better days to come. Many will write out new year's resolutions, with lofty goals to achieve (even though after a few days of striving, they can be easily neglected and launched to the next year's list of dreams). Some will look to alter themselves, whether that be their appearance, their disposition, or their careers. You may have heard many exclaiming, "New year, new me!" Another year of hopeful ambitions and goals to achieve. We'll help you decorate your backgrounds with ease. ... Read More

A Look Into Holiday Traditions

December 20, 2024 by Kayla Ivan

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Ever since I was a young girl, I have always felt the magic and the wonder of the holiday season. Though I've grown up and no longer live in my childhood home where all that joy was held, I still carry the traditions of my family and return home each year to relish in the pleasant moments of togetherness. ... Read More

Cozy Reading and Smoking 2024

December 12, 2024 by Kayla Ivan

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For the discerning pipe smoker, often there are some pairings that naturally arise during the smoking experience: a spirit paired with a complex tobacco, a black coffee paired with a bold blend, and so forth. One pairing that occurs often for the pipe smoker is reading and pipe smoking. Whether intentionally pairing a book with pipe tobacco, trying something new and exciting with a new genre to read, diving into an old favorite book ... Read More

Gilson "Radio Rex" VanderVeer Willets

December 6, 2024 by Kayla Ivan