Category Archives: Put that in Your Pipe

What is Meerschaum?

Cem Bahadir Civilization Started with Stones…Meerschaum also sepiolite, is a soft white mineral. Meerschaum is a hydrous magnesium silicate having the chemical formula Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O and it’s density is between 0.988 […]

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The Chameleon Named Nicotine

Russ Ouellette I don’t even know where to begin writing about nicotine. If there is any substance that has a more “Jekyll and Hyde” profile than nicotine, I’m not aware […]

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Savor the Flavor

Russ Ouellette Flavoring tobacco is a polarizing subject, to say the least. Nothing will stir up snide remarks more than to bring up the subject of aromatics at a gathering […]

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Of Wine and Leaf

Russ Ouellette All living things are products of their environment. Anyone who was raised Jewish or Catholic knows the meaning of guilt intimately, for example. The same holds true for […]

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Versatile Virginia

Russ Ouellette As you might guess, I love working with tobacco. I equate my profession with that of a chef; each component having unique properties that make it a valuable […]

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Tobacco Madness

Kevin Godbee If you’re a pipe smoker … and for the first time writing here, I don’t just mean a tobacco pipe smoker—whether you smoke tobacco or marijuana in your […]

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When Tradition Endures

G. L. Pease The tobacco of Semois—the seed, the soil, the climate, what in the wine world is referred to as terroir, along with ages-old traditional methods of growing, harvesting […]

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Smokeless in Seattle

Ethan Brandt Let me paint you a picture with a my word-brush. A police officer leans on his car near the sidewalk of one of the more hipster neighborhoods of […]

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2011 Youth Tobacco Survey

Dr. Michael Garr, Ph. D. aka "Doc Garr" The 2011 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) data were recently made public by the Centers for Disease Control. The NYTS is a […]

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Pride and Prejudice (Pipe Version)

Russ Ouellette No, this isn’t a novel, but the title applies, because few things are as polarizing as our particular preferences about pipes, tobaccos and accessories. Much of it is […]

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