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It’s a warm august evening, the setting sun cast shades of red, gold and orange across the horizon, we find ourselves at the “Golden Age” retirement villa. Three centurions sit on the porch smoking pipes and a fourth (much) younger man stand before them, as we get closer we can hear the...

My wife was in the area of an antique shop we frequent while out shopping last week. Remembering I had been looking at this pair of meerschaum pipes last we where there, she stopped in to see if they still had them. They did and she got them. It really was a nice surprise. ps The lighter...

I have a number of pipes that were natural/unstained when new, that have slowly darkened with time and use, one, an old Bjarne I can no longer remember when or where I got it has turned the color of walnut. I have always assumed this change of color is from the oils present in the tobacco...

My stepson turned eighteen and graduated from high school this year. I learned in conversation with the wife, ROTC required that he start shaving, so he got a can of gel and a bag of use and toss razors and has begun teaching himself to shave. In my opinion, no young man should start what will...

This pipe was made to order by Fikri Baki through Best Meerschaum’s, the bowl is 4” deep x 2” wide, with 6” meer shank and 4" cumberland bit.

Got the first pipe at a drugstore in 1979, smoked cheap pipes and tobacco until 1982 when I bought a Peterson and discovered English mixtures. These days I prefer larger pipes and lean heavily towards the Italian aesthetic, but I’ve stuck with English blends since I was introduced to them...