Timber And Smoke Magazine

[Alejo R.]

I understand the point you are trying to make but there are some things you and the person making the "magazine", do not grasp fully.

Why am I the potential customer, going to pay money for a magazine that the content of is either a copy and paste of self agrandizment I can already find for free online?

Why, in easier mathematical terms, am I the consumer, going to 13$ plus tax and shipping, to get a printed diatribe of content that I do NOT view online for free?

Its a "just because you put a photo of yourself on instagram, doesnt make you a model".

Its like "gun stores", its really easy to find a 50 year old guy in 2015 claiming to be a sniper that served in Korea or Vietnam then it is to find a 50 year old guy in a gun store in 2015 who will admit, he has no clue about anything.

Most of the things said about the pipe world on the Internet are myths and misinformation, repeated and never put into practice. There are only a few examples of places where the information is verified and fact-checked. The pipe magazines that existed had an editorial quality and a reach to the true members of the industry that I've never seen in most of the publications available for free on the Internet. The same goes for books about pipes; most of them are better in quality than what you read on the web.
The only free thing on the web, that I have found, that allows you to hear first-hand information is the Brian Levine Podcast, when the guest is someone who actually works or works in the industry.

 

[elvishrunes]

I mean most startups fail, to use a fancy term for business…. 90% of restaurants go under year 1, so? Doesn’t mean people don’t try, and some win, and even if not it’s a learning experience whose skills may work elsewhere. I’m never regretting failing and I’ve failed a lot

Negatives; magazine sales are down in general because of the net, but some still sell well.

Positives; pipe smokers probably have a little more disposable income than average, many are retired with pensions, and tend to be more old fashioned. 13$ is basically the cost of a nice tin of tobacco, not that high.

 

[Sig]

Lol, are you one of the crowd that thinks every 20 year old 300 pound kid with an army logo shirt is a current Seal or Green Beret because they say so?

You obviously have very little knowledge of gun shops.
I own one, im there everyday.
On the very, very rare occasion a faker comes in, they are busted immediately.
It doesn't even make sense that someone would come into a gun shop, full of knowledgeable staff, and pretend to know about firearms.
Im actually having a hard time remembering the last time this happened.
This scenario is much more likely on the range. We occasionally get a guy who believes hes a crack shot because hes never actually met a true dead eye shooter. Ive embarrassed many shooters with their Gucci guns decked out with 2.5 pound bright red triggers, Holosun red dot, mag well, lightening cuts, barrel comp.....and me with a stock G17.
Gun "experts" are just like the stolen valor guys, very easy to spot.

 

[Pipe_Guard]

You obviously have very little knowledge of gun shops.
I own one, im there everyday.
On the very, very rare occasion a faker comes in, they are busted immediately.
It doesn't even make sense that someone would come into a gun shop, full of knowledgeable staff, and pretend to know about firearms.
Im actually having a hard time remembering the last time this happened.
This scenario is much more likely on the range. We occasionally get a guy who believes hes a crack shot because hes never actually met a true dead eye shooter. Ive embarrassed many shooters with their Gucci guns decked out with 2.5 pound bright red triggers, Holosun red dot, mag well, lightening cuts, barrel comp.....and me with a stock G17.
Gun "experts" are just like the stolen valor guys, very easy to spot.

Its very common. Especially because most gunshops have staff that have no knowledge about guns at all.

There is a gun store/shooting range/ concealed carry instruction place about 90 miles south of me that has the "biography" of the employees.

One of their bests salesmen, and an actual firearms instructor, their bio is "would come into the store after school and look at guns. Now has a HI-LO permit, and works for us selling and instructing."

 

[Sig]

Its very common. Especially because most gunshops have staff that have no knowledge about guns at all.

There is a gun store/shooting range/ concealed carry instruction place about 90 miles south of me that has the "biography" of the employees.

One of their bests salesmen, and an actual firearms instructor, their bio is "would come into the store after school and look at guns. Now has a HI-LO permit, and works for us selling and instructing."

Ive been in the business for decades. I know a lot of shop owners. Most are very knowledgeable.
You must be thinking of places like Cabelas, Dicks, Runnings......but those aren't gun shops, they are sporting good stores who hire anyone off the streets.
Come to our shop in NW PA. We ONLY have gun nerds working here.

 

[Pipe_Guard]

Ive been in the business for decades. I know a lot of shop owners. Most are very knowledgeable.
You must be thinking of places like Cabelas, Dicks, Runnings......but those aren't gun shops, they are sporting good stores who hire anyone off the streets.
Come to our shop in NW PA. We ONLY have gun nerds working here.

Well I know a lot of gun nerd who learned what they know by reading Recoil magazine....

but couldnt even tell me how to take the safety off on a firearm they CLAIMED to own

 

[Sig]

Well I know a lot of gun nerd who learned what they know by reading Recoil magazine....

but couldnt even tell me how to take the safety off on a firearm they CLAIMED to own

We travel in different circles then.
It would be tough to trick my guys...and gal.
I find that nearly impossible to believe. Safeties are in the same place usually and even complete newbies know where they are.

 

[lupy1234]

Does anyone have a copy of #1 they don't want to keep?

 

[Questionable Source]

#2!

 

[InWithBothFeet]

Does anyone have a copy of #1 they don't want to keep?

#1 is still available for purchase at timberandsmokeco.com

 

[Nova Pipes & Tobacco]

The first one was a great read!

Michael actually did a piece about the shop in this issue — which I thought was really awesome!

He's a great guy who wants nothing but the best for the community and the hobby.

- Kyle

 

[ZenPipe]

Just picked up the first issue. I love print media, and although I’ve gotten 90% of my pipe smoking info online, I appreciate the few books and mags I have. It’s nice to walk to the shelf for reference once and a while