346. A Look at the CP 308 Premier System & Its History

The Premier System Rustic 308 was released on May 19th as an exclusive through Smokingpipes.eu and the Peterson Grafton Street store in a total issue of 75 pipes and has since then been making its way to various stewards all over the globe. It’s the 6th release in the Charles Peterson small batch collection and

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344. The Smoky Muse of Malcolm Guite

I am delighted this morning to offer an interview with Malcolm Guite, the prolific author, poet, theologian, folk singer and pipe smoker. With 17 books listed on Amazon, 3 solo albums on iTunes and YouTube, a blog, a YouTube channel with over 18K subscribers and a day job as chaplain for Oxford University, Guite is

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342. Pete Spotting & the Pete Geek Meet at the 2023 Chicago Pipe Show

PSA: Pre-order your 2023 CPG Pipe! See end of blog. Arrival This year’s Chicago International Pipe and Tobacciana Show at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort was held last weekend and I’m pleased to report that it was quite a bit larger than last year’s, even though I missed seeing many of my friends and acquaintances from

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341. SPECIAL BULLETIN: Deluxe System Revival 9B drops 5/2/2023

Revised Thursday, May 4th. SPECIAL BULLETIN: Tuesday at 6pm EDT, Smokingpipes.com will release the Deluxe System Revival 9B. This is an SPC, US-only release. There will be NO SPE, Europe release. The 2023 Deluxe System Revival 9B is almost here! It’s a beautiful, elegant System utilizing the 2020 POY bowl to give us something old,

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