Category Archives: Pipe Reviews & Pipe Makers

African Queen

Examining Charl Goussard’s #1307 Tom Spithaler I grew up in the Pittsburgh, PA area playing the drums, and had some rather successful years in the music industry playing, writing and […]

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Patrick Slazansky Pipe Review

Slovakian Newcomer Makes His Mark Tom Spithaler It seems there is always one ‘thing’ about a pipecrafter’s style that draws my attention. There is always one sort of standout characteristic […]

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Dotter Pipes

Croatian Creativity: Black Bamboo Freehand #84 Tom Spithaler In 1989 I went through Infantry Basic Training at Ft. Jackson, SC. I was sworn in 7 September, and left basic training […]

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Testing a Teipen

A Free-Hand Dublin of Excellence Tom Spithaler Nestled in west-central Indiana, the city of Cloverdale has a population of 2,172. It hosts a single McDonalds, an Econo-Lodge and a beautiful […]

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The Breakfast Egg

The Brilliance of Thomas Bazant Tom Spithaler When I was young, I was a little different than the other kids. I suffered from Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis that was diagnosed at […]

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Experiencing an Innovative Difference

The Morgan Briar Cigar Tom Spithaler As pipe smokers and collectors, we are always looking for our next favorite pipe, or our next favorite tobacco blend. Typically, we don’t have […]

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How to Smoke a Vegetable

James Gilliam’s Hand-Crafted Squashed Tomato Tom Spithaler How a shape appears to a pipe-carver as they sit and stare at a raw block of briar is a mystery to many […]

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East Coast Bias: Part 2

Pipe Crafter Kurt Huhn Goes Formal Tom Spithaler In last month’s review we looked at the first of two pieces that Rhode Island craftsman Kurt Huhn made and submitted to […]

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Luciano Pipes Shape Chart

What is so extraordinary about Luciano Pipes is that they devised a way to provide a very high quality Italian pipe at a kind-of "artificially" low price. They are "Hand-Finished" […]

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East Coast Bias Pt. 1

A Look at Classic Pieces by Rhode Island Pipecrafter Kurt Huhn Tom Spithaler I grew up in western Pennsylvania. As kids, my parents had taken us on several trips to […]

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