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Exploring New Blends Pt4

Exploring New Blends Pt4

November 5, 2010 by Ted Swearingen

I'm quite fond of Mac Baren's Navy Mixture. After smoking the junk my local tobacconist had to offer, most of which were blends of his own cracked invention, I decided to branch out and try something else. ... Read More

Estate Condition Statements: Part 3

Estate Condition Statements: Part 3

November 4, 2010 by Adam Davidson

Even with close attention to care, scratches and dings sometimes happen. Initially, I was considering writing about how we rate smoked pipes but, thinking back to my first post in this series, issues such as these can happen with new pipes as well. ... Read More

Smoking or Non-Smoking?

Smoking or Non-Smoking?

November 2, 2010 by Ted Swearingen

Betrand Russell. He was a mathematician, philosopher, logician, and pipe smoking Nobel Prize Winner. You've probably heard of him. He lived to be 97. Here, briefly, he shares with us an anecdote concerning himself and his pipe. ... Read More

Exploring New Blends pt3

Exploring New Blends pt3

November 1, 2010 by Ted Swearingen

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I'm an enormous fan of J. R. R. Tolkien. Of course, I dig that he was a pipe smoker and am particularly fond of the fact that he included in the world he called Middle Earth an entire roster of characters who too preferred fine leaf and pipe smoking. ... 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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Estate Condition Statements: Part 2

Estate Condition Statements: Part 2

October 28, 2010 by Adam Davidson

After the initial post done last week about the evaluating the condition of estate pipes, we will now move past examining the unsmoked pieces andwork our way down the line. With each additional blog post, the evaluating numbers will start to trickle down from 5/5 with the range being noted and explained along the way. ... Read More

Exploring New Blends Pt2

Exploring New Blends Pt2

October 25, 2010 by Ted Swearingen

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Admittedly, the first time I smoked Quiet Nights by G. L. Pease I was not very impressed. I can't say why, exactly, it just didn't do anything for me. It seemed bland, like it lacked dimension or character. ... Read More

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: Cigar Tips and Tricks

Video: Cigar Tips and Tricks

October 21, 2010 by Ted Swearingen

Now, while many of you already now that our very own Brian Levine is as expert in 'pipes and tobacco' as they come, few realize that his knowledge of cigars and cigar care is quite advanced as well. Or maybe that's just me. ... Read More

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