Maurice d’Laun (A.K.A. Moe, at least on the weekend)
Ken Brewster’s Brewing Smoke
or How to Succeed in Pipe Smoking Without Really Trying.
This is the place where Ken will wander aimlessly, pipe in mouth, pen in hand and scribble whatever comes to mind. Mostly about pipes and pipe smoking.
Posted on March 20, 2019 by admin
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 […]
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Posted on November 28, 2018 by admin
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 […]
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Posted on September 9, 2018 by admin
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 […]
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Posted on January 27, 2018 by admin
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 […]
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Posted on December 5, 2017 by admin
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 […]
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