John Sterling Medium Full Bent Pipe

John Sterling Medium Full Bent Pipe. This pipe measures approximately 5 1/8″ Long x 1 3/4″ High with a bowl diameter of 1 1/8″ and a maximum bowl width of 1 3/8″.

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The Nanny State - FDA Tobacco Regulation

By Tommy Zarzecki

Say… What’s that Smell?

There’s an old saying that simply says, "I smell a rat."

Back on June 22, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (PDF, 350 K). This historic legislation grants authority to regulate tobacco products to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The interesting thing here is that tobacco is neither a food or a drug, yet the brain trust of our wonderful country has put the FDA in charge of regulating the industry.

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Bjarne Viking Pipe #451

Bjarne Nielsen, the owner and the founder of Bjarne Pipes, passed away in February 2008. The company was founded in 1973 and became Denmark’s largest pipe manufacturer of 100% hand made pipes. Bjarne Nielsen’s pipes are recognized as a great value. His goal was to make high quality Danish pipes at a reasonable price. Bjarne pipes are hand made of the highest quality Grecian and Calabrian plateaux briar. Get one of his excellent pipes while you still can.

This is a Viking pipe, made by Bjarne. This pipe measures approximately 5 3/8″ Long x 1 1/2″ High with a bowl diameter of 1 1/8″ and a maximum bowl width of 1 1/2″.

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New Pipe Smoking Model Shoot

We add another photo shoot to our pipe smoking women with the return of Tanya, this time wearing a red dress and smoking a long-stemmed pot.

Woman in Red Smoking a Pipe - CLICK HERE FOR FULL GALLERY

The 2009 IPCPR Show (formerly RTDA) - Part I

Official Name: IPCPR 77th Annual Convention and International Trade Show.

The "IPCPR Show" took place August 8 - 12, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The IPCPR is the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association.

The show is described as … "the retail tobacconist’s most important event of the year  -  a four day extravaganza featuring the industry’s largest trade show - and only open to IPCPR members. Thousands of products from more than 300 suppliers filling 200,000 square feet of exhibit space. Informative seminars and meetings. Unparalleled networking opportunities between retailers and their suppliers." From: http://ipcpr.org/about.html

Basically the show is the main event of the year for manufacturers to introduce new products, such as pipes and tobacco to retail tobacconists across the country.

PipesMagazine.com provides our coverage of the show here.

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Mac Baren Club Blend Pipe Tobacco Review

If you’re feeling nostalgic or old-fashioned, then pull out a tin of Mac Baren Club Blend. This tobacco was introduced in 1955, and it can bring you right back there with it’s traditional aroma, taste, and it’s roll-cake style and presentation. The tobacco is spun to create rolls which are then cut into thin slices. The slices are called "coins". Some say they are ugly, but I think the coins are very attractive looking.  The tin aroma has just a little bit of sweetness to it, and reminds me of raisins. Club Blend has a mild-medium aroma and flavor that I enjoy very much. There are some people who claim that Baren’s blends all tend to smell the same and the aroma from the tin of this one seemed similar to several of their other varieties that I have smoked but once it was alight this tobacco had a very distinctive aroma unlike any other. The taste did remind me a little bit of another one of my favorite Mac blends, the Mac Baren Navy Flake. If you like that one, you will probably like Mac Baren Club Blend.

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Design Berlin Black Sandblast #2

Design Berlin black sandblasted pipe #2. Measures approximately 5″ long x 2 7/8″ high with a bowl diameter of 1 1/4″ and a maximum bowl width of 1 5/8″.

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Briar Pipe Repairs: Home Remedies

On Friday, May 1 at The 2009 Chicagoland Int’l Pipe & Tobacciana Show, "Dr. Chuck" Gray gave a 1-hour, 20-minute presentation entitled, "Briar Pipe Repairs: Home Remedies".

The Program for Dr. Chuck’s seminar read as follows; "Dr. Chuck, as he is known, will discuss simple home "Do it Yourself" repairs and remedies you can do by hand, with a minimum of power tools and equipment. He will cover basic cleaning, the use of a retort, briar dent removal, oxidation removal, and waxing. I will have some handouts for the participants. Possible other topics depending on time: proper buffing techniques; nomenclature cleaning; logo cleaning; stem bending; re-staining; tenon tightening; file and sandpaper work; draft and slot opening; and faux amber replacement stems."

For your viewing convenience, we have split the presentation into 18 clips of 5 minutes each. We would like to thank the Chicago Pipe Collector’s Club for the exclusive rights of publishing their videos from the show.

You can also read the article covering "Briar Pipe Repairs: Home Remedies" right here on the site:

Briar Pipe Repairs: Home Remedies

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IPCPR Photos New Orleans 2009

Here are my photos from the IPCPR Show in New Orleans, August 10th & 11th, 2009. Actually, the first 5 photos are of the sun setting on Sunday, the 9th, from my hotel room window. You can see the Louisiana Superdome too.

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New Orleans Photos

Here’s some photos of the city of New Orleans. These were taken on Sunday, August 9, 2009. I was in town for the IPCPR (International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers) Show. The show opens on Sunday, but they do not let the people on a “press pass” in until Monday. So I took the day to cruise around town.

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