My wife informs me that the mysteries that she reads (set in the 1920's) all have pipe smoking in them. Not sure I'm ready for Daisy Dalrymple, but she finds it interesting that no one talks about what kind of pipe the inspector's smoke and that they don't have more than one.
But, while we're on the topic, Sherlock Holmes "charges" his pipes, instead of packing them. Is there a difference?