Two great blends this week, both entirely new to me: Amphora Burley Blend and Peterson Elizabethan Mixture. But first a little restoration update...This Duke of Dundee is now restored and I'm loving it. Very light, bent—perfect clencher. I'm all about it. The other two from my haul last we …

Hello, hello—What I Smoked This Week apparently is nautical themed today. Why? I'm not sure—It's Friday, I'm hours from posting the column, and I just noticed. At any rate, today we have Cornell & Diehl Black Frigate and Capstan Original Navy Flake. Black FrigateLatakia and T …

This week it’s all bulk, baby. Jar it and char it as I always say. Alright, that's the first time I’ve said that but I might start. This week I enjoyed some Newminster 403 Superior Round Slice—my dive into Dark Fired Kentucky goes on. This will be my first time with this blend, or any Newminste …

Well, hello. Back again for another What I Smoked This Week with Peterson’s Irish Whiskey and Captain Earle’s Ten Russians (European friends may know Irish Whiskey as Irish Mixture).  This was a very enjoyable week for pipe smoking—two new tobaccos and two new pipes. L …

Punch Clasico Maduro Elite La Venga No. 37 Maduro Robusto Stallone The Pony Sumatra Short Gordo Casa Turrent Nicaragua Perfecto  Arango Sportsman 200 Natural Lonsdale Matilde Serena Corona  Nicarango Natural Toro  You don't have to break the bank to experience …

So in last week's column, I said I'd be doing the four blends in the Cobblestone Indulge Series between two weeks—I covered Vanilla Custard and Walnut Maple Pie last week, and this column was going to feature Creme Brulee and Cherry Delight. Obviously, those are not the blends pictured abo …

Hello and welcome to the second installation of this…series? Column? Maybe column is the right word.Well, whatever this is, it is certainly What I Smoked This Week and I certainly smoked some things—spoiler, it was tobacco.But if you haven't read the first column and want a little synopsis of wh …

The idea of breaking in a tobacco pipe can be a bit confusing to new pipe smokers. When we think of breaking in a new pair of shoes or a baseball mitt, we think of something that's stiff needing a little more give to be comfortable. With pipes, we want our smoking instrument to be more durable …

Hello and welcome to the first installment of this new series, What I Smoked This Week.The name is pretty self-explanatory, but to summarize, each week I’ll dive into two different blends—sometimes they’ll be new to me, sometimes not. At the end of the week (Friday), I’ll expound on what I smoked …

Table of Contents What is Pipe Cake and Why is it Important The Argument Against Building Cake in Your Pipe When Should I Ream My Pipe? How Much Should I Ream My Pipe?  Tools for Reaming a Pipe Reaming Your Pipe …