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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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
New in stock alert notification available
We carry a lot of pipes and accessories and sometimes they sell out. Usually we can get them back in stock in a relatively short period of time, but we know it can be disappointing if the item you want is not available. We have added a new feature that will, we hope, alert you […]
A note about clay pipes
We’ve most likely mentioned the tendency of a new clay pipe sticking to your lips the first couple of times you smoke the pipe, but our good friend Kent pointed out to us that we don’t include a warning when we ship a clay pipe to our customers. We added a post to our frequently […]
New varnished tips clay pipes
We will be introducing true, baked on, varnish tipped clay pipes this month. The new Pirate Pipe will have a black varnish tip and the new Sherlock English Tavern Pipe will now have a red tip standard. Each will also be available in all white without a varnished tip. The Dutch Gouda style pipe will […]
