Archive for December 2010 | Monthly archive page
For almost 40 years Andrew Marks has been hand carving pipes in his Cornwall Vt. workshop. The setting is tranquil, sugar maple trees, red barns, and lazy cows grazing set the stage for his work. Marks was born into an artist family, his mother a painter, sculpture, and writer, and Marks always knew he would [...]
There seems to a surge of pipe smokers in the past 5 years that is very exciting for the industry. There are so many great independent pipe makers, the factory standbys’ are producing some great new products and to top it all of we got Dunhill tobacco back! I wanted to write a quick post [...]
Well folks it’s that time of year again and I wanted to give my 2010 Christmas tobacco recommendation list. Some taste and smell like Christmas and others are just some great new blends. In no particular order here are my recommendations. Peterson Christmas Blend: Red and Golden Virginia tobaccos from the US and Africa are [...]
