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I Got an Upgrade

May 15, 2013 By 1 Comment

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’t want people to be able to buy an advantage for their children and also wanted to spare the [...]

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It’s the Big One!

May 8, 2013 By 2 Comments

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 year was special for a number of reasons. First, we had a number of first-time attendees with us from the offices, who were [...]

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Not Just Talking Tobacco Today

April 30, 2013 By 10 Comments

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 cigars and pipes to the locals, Scott felt that it was time to reach out to a larger audience, by going [...]

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Rediscovery of a Pipe

March 27, 2013 By 1 Comment

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 overlooked. I’ve not kept track, but I bet that I’ve purchased, traded and owned thousands of pipes in the [...]

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The Disrespected Tobacco Chamber

March 6, 2013 By 3 Comments

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 colors and finishes. Some people have distinct likes and dislikes for stem types, colors and materials. And we’re not even [...]

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From Father To Son

February 21, 2013 By 1 Comment

Have you ever noticed that fathers pass on more than genes to their sons? In my case, my father was a pipe and an occasional cigar smoker. Many of my fondest and earliest memories of my father are related to smoking pipes and cigars. Without consciously knowing it, he passed on the appreciation of fine [...]

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Happy International Pipe Smoking Day!

February 20, 2013 By 6 Comments

Hey Everybody, International Pipe Smoking Day is finally here! The one we look forward to all year round, the day made just for celebrating the hobby of smoking pipes. We’re here again to celebrate in style, and we have a whole bunch of really cool stuff put together to make this the best IPSD yet! [...]

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Countdown To IPSD

February 18, 2013 By 2 Comments

Hey Everybody, I know you’re not used to seeing me in your inbox on Mondays, but I wanted to write you today since this is a very special week for all of us in the world of smoking pipes. I wanted to remind you about our favorite holiday, International Pipe Smoking Day that’s coming up [...]

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Bobby G. Waxes Poetic

February 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment

I look around the P&C Warehouse, Marketing office, NPI Office, Accounting Office, Customer Service office and I am amazed at what happens here on a daily basis. Scotty hired me almost 9 years ago to “help” with a budding online store called PipesandCigars.com. In the early days we were located in a mall in a, [...]

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Blends, People, and Moods

January 7, 2013 By 21 Comments
Russ Ouellette, Hearth & Home Master Blender

I was recently thinking about the hobby of smoking pipes, all the different kinds of blends we make and sell, and also about all the pipe smokers I know, and it got me to wondering if there’s a common thread tying certain types of tobaccos to particular personality types. To take it a step further, [...]

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