Hekthor Wiebe is a family man first. A tinkerer and creator second.A scroll through his Instagram feed provides plenty of evidence of both. Pictures of his son, Peter, trade places with cigars, tobacco pipes and his latest tinkerings. It’s a glimpse at a life well-lived that can’t help but make you …

Steve Lavoice Jr, the artisan pipe maker behind  OWL Pipes, is an up-and-comer that we’ve watched almost since he started. Depending which side you catch him on, you might think of Steve as an old-world throwback or a Millennial rock star. Either impression would be partially right.Steve’s whim …

Paul Menard is a Renaissance Man, more so than anyone I’ve spoken with in a long time.Over the course of a nearly two hour interview, our conversation moved seamlessly from tobacco pipes to books. I listened with no small amount of envy as he spoke of living among the redwood trees and learning secr …