521. System Day Challenge 2026: What’s in Your Wheelhouse?
SYSTEM DAY CHALLENGE 2026: What’s in Your Wheelhouse? It’s hotter than hell (literally) in Texas right now, but even though the MLB World Series doesn’t begin until the last week of October this year, about now I start dreaming about baseball. This has to do with my elementary school days. In 1968, the series
520. SPECIAL BULLETIN: The 2026 POY “CAD Squat Bulldog #493” Drops Tuesday 8/18 @ SPC
SPECIAL BULLETIN: The 2026 POY “CAD Squat Bulldog #493” Drops Tuesday 8/18 @ SPC Back this evening from a much-needed Marian retreat, and want to let everyone who’s not a social media user know that the wait for the 2026 POY is almost over— “We have POYs scheduled to drop on Smokingpipes.com at 6:00pm
519. Celebrating the 356 Revival + Ken Sigel’s “Every Pipe Has A Story” Challenge
Some fun this morning! First, a celebration of the awesome new small batch 356 Revival. Then, Ken Sigel has a Pete Geek Challenge for us, with an Ephemera Prize for the winner. . . so on with the show– Cheyen Lloyd CPG added this beautiful smooth 356 Revival to his rotation. The 356 Revival
518. Sandra Bondarevska’s Stage Version of THE PETERSONS OF IRELAND + Recent Releases
If you’re a Pete Geek and don’t know the name Sandra Bondarevska, it’s time to learn it. Sandra is a Latvian journalist who lived in Dublin for decades, along with over 20,000 other members of the Latvian diaspora–which is said to number about half a million souls worldwide. The global diaspora first emerged when
517. Collector’s Corner Gallery: Matthew Ramsey’s River Collection and Ken Sigel’s Kapp Bros. Carving Shamrocks
Banner: River Nore, with the Eamon Langton Pub in the background, Kilkenny, June 9, 2009. Readers of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubreyiad will know what I mean when I say not long ago I wrote to my “particular friend” Clint Stacy CPG that this time of year seems to land us in the existential doldrums where
516. Five New Refurb Ideas Used on an 05a Dublin System Estate + Winston’s World Cup Fundraiser
IMPORTANT PSA AT END OF POST Since I was a kid I’ve had a disability called strabismus, which means I have little depth of vision and tend to run into things or knock things over. For several years after I had eye surgery Mom would take me out of school and after therapy we’d get
