The Pipe Bit

Notes on Pipe Smoking and Pop Culture

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Parallels: Pipes and E-cigarettes

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By Chris Rentner Twitter: @thepipebit Increasingly, many pipe smokers are augmenting their vice with using e-cigarettes, known as “vapi...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The RYO Trap: When "Pipe Tobacco" Isn't Pipe Tobacco

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The college student finally decided to try smoking a pipe.  About time, too:  he had liked the idea for a long time, loved the smell of pipe...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The One About Bacon Pipe Tobacco

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Credit/blame for this post goes to my tweeps @dpatrick1a and @BOTSryan Bacon is one of the three tastiest items available for oral pleasure...
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Friday, August 12, 2011

Mr. Black

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“ No way, no way. Tried it once, doesn’t work.   You got four guys all fighting over who’s gonna be Mr. Black.”                           ...
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Friday, July 29, 2011

Anniversaries

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The heat wave broke last week; at one point, the “feels like” temperature was 107 degrees--somewhat uncomfortable, even to summer die-ha...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Briar and Beyond: Freak Show Pipes

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Above picture from kristenpipe.com Pipes have almost as much variety as pipe tobaccos. Briar, the king of pipe materials, is carved and p...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Pirates of the Pipe Tobacco

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(Note to my blog staff: “For the next post on The Pipe Bit, I want a picture of my humble self decked out as a pirate. I can bring the peg...
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Happily married to my long-suffering wife. Blender of pipe tobacco at Uhle Tobacco in Milwaukee for 19 years, and I hope to get it right some day.
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