500. Pollination and Other Pipe Smoking Phenomena

Nollaig Shona Duit! Merry Christmas! In October at the Texas Pipe Show, a vaguely familiar man came up to our table, beamed down at me and said, “I bet you don’t remember me!” But after a minute, I did.  I hadn’t seen Bob Tot since we graduated at the University of Tulsa together in 1980,

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497. A Look at the 160th Peterson / 25th Smokingpipes Anniversary Pipes

 THE DROPS Smokingpipes.com:  Monday, December 15 (6:00pm ET) Smokingpipes Europe: Monday, December 15 (Dublin, 10am / GMT+0) (Per Federica Bruno: “There will be a small selection of 9mm available on SPE.”)  At long last, they’re here: the 160th Anniversary Pat B (Bent) and Pat OB (Straight). This is a project that in a sense has

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496. “A Defining Moment”: The 160th Peterson / 25th Smokingpipes Anniversary Pipes

   THE DROPS Smokingpipes.com:  Monday, December 15 (6:00pm ET) Smokingpipes Europe: Monday, December 15 (Dublin, 10am / GMT+0) (Per Federica Bruno: “There will be a small selection of 9mm available on SPE.”) Dropping next week–Monday the 15th–are the 160th  Peterson and 25th Smokingpipes Anniversary pipes.  They will be sold separately in a series of 2400

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495. Milestones: Lunting to the 160th Anniversary Pipes

  PSAs THE CPG CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT EVENT is in progress!order yours here: GOOGLE FORM FOR CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT There’s also a few tintackers left, you can order here: GOOGLE FORM FOR TINTACKER   MILESTONES: LUNTING TO THE 160th ANNIVERSARY PIPES Kapp & Peterson being what it is—the world’s longest continuously operating briar pipe factory—there are pipemen

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