Recently, I started a Go Fund Me page for our part-time assistant, Janelle. About three years ago she had a bicycle accident that caused severe physical damage, especially to her right arm and leg. She required knee replacement surgery, but the damage to her right forearm was worse. The wound became infected with a flesh-eating […]
Spring Break
Winter has finally left the building. It was still cold outside (15° F) this morning in the hills of Apalachin. But it might reach 50° later today! To celebrate the coming of spring and for those of us of the Pagan persuasion, the vernal equinox, we have decided to take a spring break. Between now […]
Ammo for the Pipe smoker – Spent shells put to good use.
If you are near Binghamton or Ithaca Sunday, December 9, be sure to stop by the Waterman’s Distillery 6172 Route 434, Apalachin, NY 13732 between Noon and 4:00 PM. The Pipeshoppe.com table will have a variety of pipes for sale. Up here in rural Tioga County, NY hunting season affords one the luxury of taking […]
It’s clearance time. We’re doing a little house cleaning.
Now that the worst of summer is, we hope, behind us and fall is coming up fast we decided to clean house a bit to make room for new inventory. For the rest of the month, we are having a clearance sale. You can find over a dozen high-quality briar pipes at huge discounts. Pipes […]
A word about add-ons on the product pages
We have tried to make it easier to order extra stuff right on the product page. If you want pipe cleaners with your pipe, you can click an add-on when you order the pipe. You won’t have to search for a pipe tool or pipe cleaners elsewhere on the site. Also, when you buy add-ons […]
Our new resin pipe resonates with the past.
Why our new resin pipe resonates with the past. As I write this pipe review I’m smoking our new resin pipe. I recall another resin tobacco pipe, a Hilson Fantasia churchwarden, I owned many years ago. At the risk of dating myself, well ‘risk’ may not be the right word – ‘prospect” would be better […]
Clay tobacco pipes and why you want one
From the early days of tobacco smoking, clay tobacco pipes have played a key role. North American native peoples fashioned pipes from many materials – stone, wood and also clay. Some examples of native American clay pipes are shown here. The early European settlers saw tobacco as a one of the many interesting New World […]
We’re making some changes to the website
Hi, Than you for visiting Penn Valley Pipes and Pipeshoppe.com. If you’ve been here before you’ll notice some layout changes. We are trying out different theme designs to make your visit as streamlines as possible. On most pages you will see a complete listing of our products running down the right side of the page. […]
Happy Halloween
Halloween is high up the list of our favorite holidays. We think it’s because when Ken goes outside on Halloween nobody freaks out because they think he’s just wearing a mask. It’s much harder for Ken to be out in public the other 364 days of the year. Anyway, this weekend we’re having out annual […]
Website changes coming
We launched this version of our website back in mid-2014. We pretty much like how it displays and how the shopping cart works, at least we did until recently. Lately we’ve noticed some odd cart behavior when the browser is something other than Firefox. In Microsoft Edge and in Chrome when you click Proceed to […]
