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Bear Attacks and Pipe Smoking

Bear Attacks and Pipe Smoking

June 13, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Bear attacks present particular challenges for pipe smokers, especially novice smokers who may have trouble keeping a pipe lit in the best of circumstances, let alone when being juggled like a beanbag by a 900-pound grizzly. Even seasoned smokers may find that maintaining good technique is challenging during a bear ... Read More

What's in your Humidor?: Smokingpipes' Truett Smith, Pipe Manager

What's in your Humidor?: Smokingpipes' Truett Smith, Pipe Manager

June 12, 2024 by Rose Kiser

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In a world with an abundance of cigars, it can be difficult to choose your next smoke. But much like homework in high school, there is an easy solution to this problem: Copy someone else's work. Welcome to What's in your Humidor?, the series where I ask interesting people in the tobacco world what they ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Fathers, Friends and Fire Blends

Tasting Notes: Fathers, Friends and Fire Blends

June 11, 2024 by Shane Ireland

Welcome to another episode of "Tasting Notes" Today I'm tasting four new blends by Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation. This is an exciting collaboration between Erik Stokkebye and Jeremy Reeves, Master Blender at Cornell & Diehl: Fathers, Friends & Fire. We have batches one through four here and I'm going to get into all four of them today and break down a little bit of my impressions ... Read More

The Semantic Discord of Tobacco Classifications

The Semantic Discord of Tobacco Classifications

June 7, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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You're probably thinking, what a pretentious title for a tobacco article. It's what I'd be thinking. To be honest, it took me a while to find the term "semantic discord," but it was necessary for an economy of words. The concept takes too long to write out and titles require brevity. I found it by Googling various ... Read More

Terms Every Cigar Smoker Should Know

Terms Every Cigar Smoker Should Know

June 6, 2024 by Kayla Ivan

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Smoking a cigar can be intimidating, from figuring out what to choose to how to cut and light your first few smokes and then properly storing them. Thankfully, if you've been reading our handy guides on the Daily Reader, you should be armed with the knowledge to get going. However, you may ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Bob's Chocolate Flake

Tasting Notes: Bob's Chocolate Flake

June 5, 2024 by Shane Ireland

Welcome to another episode of "Tasting Notes." If you've been following the Tasting Notes series recently, you might already be aware that I have decided to revisit a lot of old friends from Kendal. I'm planning to smoke through all of the flakes produced by both of the Gawith houses, Samuel Gawith and Gawith Hoggarth ... Read More

All Pipes Considered: Newly Revived Peterson Shapes with Glen Whelan

All Pipes Considered: Newly Revived Peterson Shapes with Glen Whelan

June 4, 2024 by Andrew Wike

Hi everybody, I'm Andy Wike, and I'm here for a very special episode of "All Pipes Considered." As you guys probably noticed, the backdrop is a little different than what we normally do, and that's because we're actually on the bottom floor of the Peterson of Dublin shop on Nassau Street here in Dublin. And I'm joined by the very honorable special guest, Mr. Glen Whelan. ... Read More

Pipe-Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: June 2024

Pipe-Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: June 2024

May 31, 2024 by Kayla Ivan

Aesthetics is defined as "the philosophical study of beauty and taste," which is quite close to the philosophy of art. It is said that most anything can be seen as beautiful, depending on the perspective and the emotional connection between an object and its purveyor. ... Read More

Boxwood: The Ivory of Woods

Boxwood: The Ivory of Woods

May 31, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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The variety of pipes available is staggering; from shapes and materials to finishes and stem colors, the choices are unending. Additionally, some of us like a pipe with an accent of some sort: silver, gold, acrylic, brass, vulcanite, stainless steel, mammoth ivory, dozens of different exotic woods, and even ... Read More

Mystery Review: May 2024

Mystery Review: May 2024

May 29, 2024 by Alan Britt

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Welcome to another enthralling installment of Mystery Review, a monthly series in which our panel of experts attempts to identify a mysterious tobacco. This month's inquisitor is Pete Prevost of BriarWorks. Will his selection stump the panel? ... Read More

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