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  1. Mike N

    “The Rake” On YouTube: Recent Tour Of The Dunhill White Spot Factory in London

    Good read from Shane Ireland of SP: https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/visiting-the-white-spot
  2. Mike N

    Gawith & Hoggarth Acquires A Famous Brick and Mortar As Its Flagship Shop

    From Instagram: Gawith Hoggarth & Co are excited to share that Airey’s of Kendal is now officially part of the Gawith group. This move helps ensure the store continues to thrive right here in the local community—while becoming a flagship location for our brand.
  3. Mike N

    ***What Are You Smoking, August 2025?***

    HU Janneman Flake in a Castello smooth apple (with the button taken down to my preferred 4mm).
  4. Mike N

    Chasing Grain

    Here are 3 more smooths I pulled from the pipe case with nice straight grain: Top: David Neeb bamboo Left: Stokkebye 4th Generation “Autumn” Right: Edwin pipes smooth apple
  5. Mike N

    Pipe Maker Nate King Back from France and Columbus Talks on Radio Show of Aug 19, 2025

    That was a very cool interview by BrIan of Nate King. Nate’s details about the Saint-Claude show in France were very interesting.
  6. Mike N

    Best $25 Or Under Real Leather 2-Pipe Cases?

    I have to nominate these $24 leather cases from SmokingPipes.com. I first saw them on their table at the Columbus Pipe Show and was stunned by the quality at that price.
  7. Mike N

    ***What Are You Smoking, August 2025?***

    Love that wind cap!
  8. Mike N

    “The Rake” On YouTube: Recent Tour Of The Dunhill White Spot Factory in London

    Amen. The 1%‘ ers are always about to point out, as Teddy Roosevelt said in his Man in the Arena speech, “how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better…” It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the...
  9. Mike N

    ***What Are You Smoking, August 2025?***

    James Fox’ Bankers in a tiny Tom Eltang bamboo. Bankers consists of Orientals, Virginias and Latakia combined with dark and oily Cuban cigar wrapper leaf. It’s a bright but chilly August morning here in the mountains along the West Virginia- Pennsylvania state line.
  10. Mike N

    Dunhill Aperitif In Memoriam: Of If Cointreau Was A Blend.

    Great review, Paul. Only fitting that you smoked that vintage Dunhill tobacco in vintage Dunhill pipe.
  11. Mike N

    “The Rake” On YouTube: Recent Tour Of The Dunhill White Spot Factory in London

    Can you post the source of your statement regarding the “1907 anthrax great briar scare” and boiling? Very interesting, if true. Thanks. I could not find any info in an AI dig on that topic.
  12. Mike N

    Chasing Grain

    I have to reiterate bootlegpipes request - who made that incredible pipe? Wow..
  13. Mike N

    Jamie Connelly and Matt McCulloch from the Milwaukee Pipe Club on Radio Show of Aug 12, 2025

    I really enjoyed Brian‘s interview with the founders of the Milwaukee Pipe Club. I got to sit with some of the MKE members in the smoking tent in Chicago this year and they were a fun bunch. Brian also talked about pipe smokers with other hobbies. As my Instagram handle @VintageTackle1958...
  14. Mike N

    Chasing Grain

    One more smooth bamboo billiard from a personal favorite, carver Abe Herbaugh:
  15. Mike N

    Chasing Grain

    I agree. While I love my straight grain, finding a pipe with the grain and Birds Eye is the Holy Grail for me. This little bamboo by Danish carver Henri Sorensen surprised me with both when it arrived. Henri learned his craft from Jens "Tao" Nielsen, Tom Eltang and Lasse Skovgaard. I assume he...
  16. Mike N

    Cristiano Pipes

    Indeed. According to Pipedia, Mr. Cristiano sadly became a broken pipe on November 7, 2005 while traveling in his native Italy. He was only 53 years old. One can only wonder what his pipes would have brought if he was a current artisian maker on Instagram today with a flashy website.
  17. Mike N

    Cristiano Pipes

    Here are 3 Cristiano’s I bought from Paul’s some time ago.
  18. Mike N

    Giulliano Spitaletti Pipes

    G Spitatelli’s pipes just keep getting better and better. Originally trained as a silversmith and jewelry maker in Brazil, he is now offering these cool pipe signet rings in silver and gold from his London shop. https://www.gspitaletti.com/
  19. Mike N

    Cristiano Pipes

    I was glad to see Paul’s Pipe Shop of Flint, MI set up at the recent Columbus Pipe Show offering some of their massive inventory of Cristiano pipes. It’s tough to find a better handmade aged briar pipeat at that price point.
  20. Mike N

    “The Rake” On YouTube: Recent Tour Of The Dunhill White Spot Factory in London

    Yep. In Castello’s case, it’s like putting off road tires on your new Cadillac to save a few bucks. The ride is just not the same.
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