Sykes Wilford

West Coast Pipe Show 2010

West Coast Pipe Show 2010

November 12, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Alyson and I arrived fairly late on Friday in Las Vegas, at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino, site of the 2010 West Coast Pipe Show. This was the second year of the show, and the first time I'd attended, since Tony and Bear went last year. ... Read More

A Conversation With Jeff Gracik

A Conversation With Jeff Gracik

October 29, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

American pipe maker Jeff Gracik, maker of J. Alan pipes, recently agreed to sit down with Bear Graves to talk about pipes and the life of a pipe maker:

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Video: Kristoff Cigars from IPCPR 2010

Video: Kristoff Cigars from IPCPR 2010

October 23, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

The other day, Brian asked me about this video interview. He remembered having done it, but we'd never put it up. It sort of got lost in the mass of footage we took at the show in New Orleans in early August. ... Read More

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

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