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Mystery Review: December 2019

December 26, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another episode of The Mystery Tobacco Review, the last installment not only of the year, but of the decade! To mark the special occasion, we invited C&D's head blender Jeremy Reeves back to serve as our guest Inquisitor for this month's review, and boy did he have some tricks up his sleeve. ... Read More

2019 Laudisi Family Christmas Party

December 11, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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Last Saturday, we gathered alongside our loved ones and colleagues (the categories sometimes overlap) for the 19th annual Laudisi Family Christmas Party. Compared to our yearly Summer Picnic, characterized by flying frisbees, playful puppers, bountiful bbq, and the sweet smell of fine Virginias wafting through the open air ... Read More

Mystery Review: November 2019

November 29, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another episode of the Mystery Tobacco Review, that blind taste testing game you keep trying to explain to your significant other only to have them roll their eyes and say "uh huh." We're still recuperating from the pounds of turkey, ham, and fixings we consumed this week, but nevertheless the show must go on! ... Read More

Pipesmoking Desktop Backgrounds: Revisited

November 21, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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Here at Smokingpipes, we photograph each pipe individually, whether new or estate, so our clients have the most accurate representation of the minute details inherent in each pipe they consider. But along with product photography, we create some pretty neat banners and images for the site, blog, and social media as well. ... Read More

All Pipes Considered: Ropp Ruby

November 12, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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On this episode of All Pipes Considered, Shane and I dig a little deeper into the new Ruby line, the first series from Ropp to feature vintage, bent horn stems. Tune in as we discuss the line's deep red finish, old-school shape chart, and the age-old process used to create its bent mouthpieces. ... Read More

A Laudisi Family Halloween

November 6, 2019 by Andrew Wike

We're fond of tradition here at Laudisi. Keeping tradition alive is a significant motivation for our daily activities, from traveling around the world to source the best pipes in existence, to maintaining a small batch blending approach at C&D, to unearthing little known details about a brand or maker to share here on our Daily Reader. ... Read More

Holiday Gift Guide 2019

November 2, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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When it comes to gifts, we pipesmokers can be a difficult lot to buy for. Our loved ones know that we take our hobby seriously; it's evident in our mountains of tobacco tins and multiple racks of cherished briars and meers. But unless you're also participating in our shared love of briar and leaf, the whole thing can seem a bit overwhelming. ... Read More

Mystery Review: October 2019

October 30, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another episode of The Mystery Tobacco Review, the most exciting blind taste-testing (and occasionally test-tasting) game you've never heard of. Still riding an adrenaline high after winning a caterpillar race at the recent Woolly Worm Festival, Truett Smith embraced the cooler ... Read More

Mystery Review: September 2019

September 25, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to the Mystery Tobacco Review, the blind taste-testing game everyone thinks they're good at until they're on camera. For this month's episode, we outsourced the selection of our Blend of Intrigue to Mike Flanigan, our Systems Administrator here at Smokingpipes. ... Read More

Driving Through Tobacco Country

September 20, 2019 by Andrew Wike

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One Saturday a couple of years ago, my girlfriend Brandee and I headed down to Conway to visit the Riverwalk, a quaint little spot on the Waccamaw perfect for a spur of the moment lunch date. As we were driving down Hwy 701 with the windows down, enjoying a pipe and a brief reprieve from the tangible humidity, we passed fields of ... Read More

Andrew Wike

Mystery Review: December 2019

2019 Laudisi Family Christmas Party

Mystery Review: November 2019

Pipesmoking Desktop Backgrounds: Revisited

All Pipes Considered: Ropp Ruby

A Laudisi Family Halloween

Holiday Gift Guide 2019

Mystery Review: October 2019

Mystery Review: September 2019

Driving Through Tobacco Country

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