By G. L. Pease In the early 1980s, when I first took up the pipe seriously, aging tobaccos wasn’t something many smokers talked about. Most pipe smokers simply bought their […]
Read moreIn it’s 2nd year, The West Coast Pipe Show is the new “Big-Small” show for west coast pipers. It’s small because it’s not so big that you can’t get to […]
Read moreBy Bob Tate 4noggins.com was started in 2005 by Richard Gottlieb. In the five short years that he has been in business, Rich has grown 4noggins.com into one of […]
Read moreBy G. L. Pease In some ways, what follows is sort of a continuation of my last column, The Fickle Nature of First Impressions, so if you haven’t read it, […]
Read moreThe 26th Annual CORPS Exposition & Celebration, or “The 2010 Richmond Pipe Show” as it’s commonly known, took place the first weekend of October; 1st, 2nd, &3rd 2010. The Richmond […]
Read moreBy Bob Tate At the 2010 Richmond Pipe Show, Cornell & Diehl introduced four new blends. Two of the blends are under the Cornell & Diehl label, one […]
Read moreBy G. L. Pease I’ve always wondered a little about guys who claim to know everything they need to about a tobacco blend from only a single bowl, or, in […]
Read moreThe world’s largest luxury tobacco products trade show took place August 9 – 12, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The IPCPR Show is the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers […]
Read moreThe Stokkebye family of Denmark became involved in the tobacco business in 1882. Peter Stokkebye, an icon in the American pipe tobacco business, began to market the company’s pipe tobaccos […]
Read moreBy G. L. PeaseIn the on-line pipe communities, there is often passionate conversation about the classification of blend types, and in these discussions, the most impenetrable clouds of mystery seem […]
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