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Exploring New Blends Pt9

Exploring New Blends Pt9

March 8, 2011 by Ted Swearingen

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There are a few tobacco blending and tinning companies that get talked about so often that the subsequent noise washes away from the horizon many other excellent producers. By now many of us realize why. ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Experiment

Mystery Tobacco Experiment

March 7, 2011 by Ted Swearingen

We thought we’d play a game: a blind tobacco tasting. I’m not too sure what the exact objective of this game might have been other than to see if Adam, Eric, Sykes and I were up to the challenge of trying to identify the exact components, blender, or even blend picked out for us by Susan. ... Read More

Exploring New Blends Pt8

Exploring New Blends Pt8

February 24, 2011 by Ted Swearingen

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We started selling E. Hoffman's Distinguished Gentleman a couple of weeks ago and since then I've been very intrigued. The tin reads:

An elegant & captivating pipe tobacco comprised of select choice leaf, gently fragrant with an intoxicating aroma. The taste and aroma preferred by men of distinction. ... Read More

No Smoke, No Show

No Smoke, No Show

February 15, 2011 by Kathryn Mann

Blue and yellow lights penetrate drifting whorls of pipe smoke suspended in silence. I can feel the audience's anticipation. A tall man takes the microphone and announces, "Memphis - the moment you have waited for - Clarence Gatemouth Brown." ... Read More

Check Your Cellar

Check Your Cellar

February 14, 2011 by Adam Davidson

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Fresh tobacco is a good thing, but aged tobacco can be a thing of amazing complexity and refinement. Given time, temperature, and humidity control, cellaring favorite tobaccos in their original tins or mason jars allows slow fermentation... ... Read More

Before and After

Before and After

February 11, 2011 by Ted Swearingen

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We put a lot of effort into cleaning our estate pipes. And when I say we, mostly I mean Tom and Bill. These guys arrive at the office earlier than all of us just to get a head start on restoring old, often beat up pipes. They're pros. ... Read More

Slicing and Dicing Plug Tobaccos

Slicing and Dicing Plug Tobaccos

February 10, 2011 by Adam Davidson

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I was talking with Greg Pease recently about his JackKnife Plug before it was yet released. My initial question was how he preferred to process the tobacco. For some, getting a plug of pipe tobacco can seem daunting, if not downright terrifying. ... Read More

Exploring New Blends Pt7

Exploring New Blends Pt7

February 9, 2011 by Ted Swearingen

I'm constantly trying new tobacco blends. Undoubtedly, there are so many out there it would take a life time or two to taste them all; this is all part of the fun for me. Sometimes I'm scattered all over the place in my explorations... ... Read More

Reaming Estate Pipes

Reaming Estate Pipes

February 4, 2011 by Adam Davidson

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Most guys I know could wander around a hardware store equally as long as our wives could browse every style of shoe in a large department store, but after Sykes and I drove to Harbor Freight a few weeks ago to pick up a 7" x 10" metal lathe everyone wanted to play with it. ... Read More

Famous Pipe Smokers: Jacques Brel

Famous Pipe Smokers: Jacques Brel

February 1, 2011 by Eric Squires

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Jacques Brel's lyrics teamed with life and the lust for women, wine, and laughter, yet simultaneously they were ominously spiced with a violent awareness of death, estrangement, corruption, obscurity, and oblivion. ... Read More

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