When is enough enough?

The other night my wife saw me feverishly toiling away cleaning some of my favorite pipes before I left for my monthly pipe club meetup (Remember “A clean pipe is a happy pipe“).  She walked by seeming slightly annoyed and asked, “how many pipes do you have?” My retort was …

Finding your rhythm

Finding your rhythm Smoking a pipe is something that can take on a life of its own and has been known to send the smoker into a meditative like trance… I like to call this the Nirvana smoke. And don’t worry folks I’m still talking about smoking tobacco leaves. Any …

Tobacco prohibition!

I’ve recently been made aware of a disturbing trend, what many would consider the beginning of a sudo tobacco prohibition. My friend +Tomas Hood originally …

Are you a tobacco snob?

I  was recently asked  ”Do only pipe smoking novices smoke aromatics?” by a friend who in fact is a pipe smoking novice. …

A Clean Pipe is a Happy Pipe

Pipe Care and Cleaning I take great pride in my pipe collection and rightfully so, as many pipes on the market will …

Your first pipe

Selecting your first pipe Congratulations! You have made the wise decision to become one of the many proud brothers of the Briar. …