501. The South India Pipe Club

psa International Peterson (er, Pipe) Smoking Day is Friday! See below for details Have you ever thought about how easy it is to break something up and how hard it is to put something together? I volunteer as a groundskeeper at St. Melba’s Green, a prayer garden in my community, and this morning my job

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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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