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The Process 11 Jul 2013 | 02:25 am
With a great new area to work in and all the resources I need, it’s time for me to switch gears and get back to my Laboratory of Doom ® and begin to develop some new tobaccos. While I’m working on som...
Bruised, Bloodied, But Otherwise Okay 7 Jun 2013 | 01:26 am
The last seven weeks have been, well, how should I put it? Maybe challenging says it best. I knew that when we moved our operations, we would run into some problems, but I/we had no idea what they mig...
Pipes and Cigars 22 May 2013 | 02:12 am
Despite the title, this isn’t about our website. This is about my thoughts on the differences between pipe and cigar smoking. Some are obvious, others are less so. All of them are just my opinion, but...
I Got an Upgrade 15 May 2013 | 09:17 pm
When I was a kid (around the time of the invention of water), we were only allowed to use the eight color box of crayons because some families couldn’t afford the bigger selections and the school didn...
It’s the Big One! 9 May 2013 | 12:23 am
The title doesn’t refer to Fred Sanford having another heart attack, rather, it’s about the Chicagoland International Pipe and Tobacciana Show; my favorite place to be the first weekend of May. This y...
Not Just Talking Tobacco Today 1 May 2013 | 03:17 am
When Scott Bendett opened the Habana Premium Cigar Shoppe in the Colonie Center mall in Albany, NY, he could have scarcely imagined where things would go from there. After a few years of selling cigar...
Rediscovery of a Pipe 27 Mar 2013 | 06:42 pm
If you’re a pipe smoker like me and have been collecting pipes and related paraphernalia for as long as I have, you’re bound to have come across a pipe in your collection that you’ve forgotten or over...
A Grain of Truth 18 Mar 2013 | 10:22 pm
Briar is an amazing material, and is ideally suited to making tobacco pipes. It’s a hard wood that polishes beautifully, it’s heat-resistant and it has a relatively neutral flavor. But one of the main...
E-Mail Special March 5, 2013 – 20% Off Super Value Vanilla 7 Mar 2013 | 02:58 am
Hey Everybody, It seems like just yesterday that we were getting excited for our 300,000th order celebration, but time flies and it’s actually been just a little more than a year since that momentous ...
The Disrespected Tobacco Chamber 6 Mar 2013 | 11:47 pm
As pipe smokers and/or collectors, we pay a lot of attention to grain for smooth pipes or ring grain for sandblasts or the type and execution of rustication. We all have certain preferences for stain ...