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Mystery Tobacco Review: August 2021

August 18, 2021 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another episode of The Mystery Tobacco Review! For this month's installment, we asked Samuel Bowden, one of our knowledgeable Customer Service Reps, to sit in the Inquisitor's chair and select one blend for us to review in a blind taste test. Tune in to find out how we fared. ... Read More

J.B. Priestley: Literary Giant, Enthusiastic Pipe Smoker

August 13, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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A prolific writer, dramatist, poet, novelist, critic, political theorist, and pipe smoker, John Boynton Priestley is among the most highly regarded names in English literature. He wrote 26 novels, 39 plays, and multiple volumes of criticism and essays for a total of almost 200 works. He reinvented himself as a writer ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Sillem's Blue

August 12, 2021 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes and the next stop on my journey to smoke through all of Sillem's pipe tobacco portfolio. For this project, I decided to start with the brand's Aromatic range, which includes all of the colored tins: the Sillem's Red, Black, Green, and Blue. These mixtures have been cult classics since their release, and each of them brings something unique to the world of Aromatic pipe tobaccos. ... Read More

Flake and Tamper

August 11, 2021 by Truett Smith

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We pipe smokers are like everyone else: We put our pants on one leg at a time, or not at all if we work from home. We have jobs, and families, and weird idiosyncrasies like eating only the orange Skittles or refusing to set the TV volume at anything other than a multiple of five. Some of us prefer toilet paper to roll over; others argue that under is the only acceptable option; and still others laugh at such primitivity by using bidets. ... Read More

Robert Service: Yukon Pipe Smoker and Poet

August 6, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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Poets seldom achieve widespread popularity and wealth, but Robert William Service did. His humorous and accessible poetry reaped a worldwide audience and made him famous — so famous that the Yukon cabin he lived in from 1909-1912 is a tourist attraction and historical site, preserved to this day. Movies and animated films have been made from the yarns he wove throughout his poetry and novels. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Sillem's Green

August 5, 2021 by Shane Ireland

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes and the next stop on my journey to smoke through all of Sillem's pipe tobacco portfolio. For this project, I decided to start with the brand's Aromatic range, which includes all of the colored tins: the Sillem's Red, Black, Green, and Blue. These mixtures have been cult classics since their release, and each of them brings something unique to the world of Aromatic pipe tobaccos. ... Read More

Johan Wolfgang Dobereiner, Inventor of the First Lighter

August 4, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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The first friction match was invented in 1826. Obviously, matches were a quantum leap in technology for smokers, who before that time used tongs to hold small coals against the tobacco in their pipes, or carried flint and steel, or used "spills," which were shavings of wood specifically used for lighting one's pipe or cigar. So popular were spills that a number of woodworking planes were ... Read More

The Legendary Tom Eltang

July 30, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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A gangly, six-year-old Tom Eltang, all arms and ears, eyes and skinny stick-legs, stood in the rain on a sidewalk in Copenhagen in 1964, peering into a kiosk at a laminated poster displaying photos of pipes — artisan pipes like none he'd seen in his young life. Even at age six, Tom was familiar with pipes. He had carefully examined his father's pipes and figured out how they worked. ... Read More

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: August 2021

July 29, 2021 by Andrew Wike

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It's time for another round of beautiful pipe smoking desktop backgrounds! As in previous months, we've compiled some of our favorite shots and artwork to share with you. Below you'll find eleven unique images, split between desktop and mobile orientations and available for download in two high-resolution formats. They're ready for you to use however you'd like. Feel free to download and set them as your desktop or phone background, or print them out and hang 'em on your wall. ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Review: July 2021

July 28, 2021 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another episode of The Mystery Tobacco Review. Mystery Tobacco Review! For this month's installment, we asked Dana Mahanay, one of our knowledgeable Customer Service Reps, to sit in the Inquisitor's chair and select one blend for us to review in a blind taste test. Tune in to find out how we fared. ... Read More

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Mystery Tobacco Review: August 2021

J.B. Priestley: Literary Giant, Enthusiastic Pipe Smoker

Tasting Notes: Sillem's Blue

Flake and Tamper

Robert Service: Yukon Pipe Smoker and Poet

Tasting Notes: Sillem's Green

Johan Wolfgang Dobereiner, Inventor of the First Lighter

The Legendary Tom Eltang

Pipe Smoking Desktop Backgrounds: August 2021

Mystery Tobacco Review: July 2021

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