Savinelli great shop I’ve seen on YT (Italy just happens to be a nice visit too), SmokingPipes.com yes it’s a pipe shop, Danish Pipe Shop, again nice visit too.
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I would like to revisit the historic Iwan Ries shop in Chicago. I used to hang out there at lunch hour, looong ago.
And, as stated by OP, visiting Saint Claude would be a treat.
And, as stated by OP, visiting Saint Claude would be a treat.
Yeah that's what I was thinking, but there is no right or wrong answer to what I asked. Just wanted to learn about all the cool spots all over the world. I don't know of any in the USA, first hand, but now I do!
True.
Personally, I like the loose interpretation. I’m curious about makers and retailers alike.
It's been great to read about all of these cool pipe shops around the world!
In Anchorage, Alaska we really only have one pipe shop but there is a good cigar/tobacco place as well (plus all the normal “smoke shops”). The pipe shop is G and P Fine Tobacco Limited. The owner has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things tobacco and (in my opinion) his tobacco mixing skills and clone collection of oldies but goodies is amazing; I mean, when was the last time anyone smoked a good clone of Gen. MacArthur’s Harkness D? Lots of new and vintage pipes, walk-in humidor and there’s usually a friendly black lab to play with.
In Anchorage, Alaska we really only have one pipe shop but there is a good cigar/tobacco place as well (plus all the normal “smoke shops”). The pipe shop is G and P Fine Tobacco Limited. The owner has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things tobacco and (in my opinion) his tobacco mixing skills and clone collection of oldies but goodies is amazing; I mean, when was the last time anyone smoked a good clone of Gen. MacArthur’s Harkness D? Lots of new and vintage pipes, walk-in humidor and there’s usually a friendly black lab to play with.
Pfeifen Huber in Munich, JJ Fox in London, Nomura in Tokyo, and, using my time machine, Gus' Smoke Shop back in the 1980's.
There are tobacconists with a massive walk in humidor/ room, bursting with cigars, and some shelves of pipe tobacco near the front. (I’m thinking of you, Holts.) But I’ve been to a couple of real, dyed in the wool pipe shops. The Danish Pipe Shop comes to mind. I was traveling on business and spent all too little time there (just long enough to choose a pipe). But what a great shop. Much smaller but even more extraordinary was Chief Catoonah’s shop, ably managed by the late Dick Silverman. I’d see it back if it was permitted.
Sort of a world tour but will visit them when in-country:
Danish pipe shop
Country Squire
Pesaro Italy
Paul’s pipe shop
Iwan Ries (strike through) hit them when at the Chicago show this year!
Paul Heinrich - German
Any recommendations on a proper English pipe shop?
Danish pipe shop
Country Squire
Pesaro Italy
Paul’s pipe shop
Paul Heinrich - German
Any recommendations on a proper English pipe shop?
For me it's St. Claude, hands down. JJ Fox is certainly my 2nd choice though.
Some great ones have been mentioned and I would like to go to Iwan Ries, Boswells and Watch City, but I have to agree that I would love to go to the Country Squire, in Jackson, MS. They have always treated me very nicely.
Pfeifen Huber in Germany so I could buy about 10 lb of their Virginia Golden Flake.
Alfred Dunhill, London 1925. I would even wear a period correct suit.
Been to the main Boswells, great shop
I've found something to catch my eye in both J.J. Fox stores, Peterson and IRC. So, any of the four I suppose.
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I’ve been lucky to visit many American brick and mortar shops this year, as well as a few in Europe. Domestically I would like to visit LJ Peretti in Boston (I was there many years ago) as well the Danish Pipe Shop in Europe.
PS If you’ve not been to Iwan Ries in Chicago, put it on your bucket list. The old school smoking lounge, with the elevated train rumbling past the second floor windows, is in a class of its own.
PS If you’ve not been to Iwan Ries in Chicago, put it on your bucket list. The old school smoking lounge, with the elevated train rumbling past the second floor windows, is in a class of its own.
I'm with you on IR and TCS, but I plan on actually getting to those places unlike the others in my list
