Beautiful Pipes — often — those in ceramics, but truly execrable for the quality of the smoke exhaled: it's still worth talking about them because they are typical of an era (the 1800s) and a vast area of Central Europe (Germany and Austria); and also because they can pleasantly adorn the collector's showcases of Pipes. It is likely that some of these Pipes — with a bowl similar in shape to that of clay pipes and a long stem of wood or other material — were manufactured shortly after the...

The article analyzes the experience of smoking a meerschaum pipe, emphasizing the delicacy and complexity of its coloring. It underscores the risk of losing the genuine pleasure of smoking in the pursuit of perfect coloring and offers practical advice for handling and smoking the pipe correctly.

The Comoy Family: Pioneers of Briar Pipes and Iconic Designs The Comoy family name is renowned for being the first to offer briar pipes and to interpret classic pipe shapes in a distinctive manner. Although ownership may have changed, the tradition of shaping briar and recognizing it as the premier material for pipe production has continued to this day. The Comoys were not just a successful family business in England; they represented the oldest and largest briar pipe manufacturer in the...

HISTORY  In 1968, Svend Bang, after working for a short time for W.Ø.Larsen, opened his own business producing pipes bearing his name. Two Danish craftsmen, Per Hansen in 1970 and Ulf Noltensmeier in 1971, began working for Bang, who in 1984 handed over the business to them. Within a short time the two craftsmen were successful thanks to their fine products, and the name "Bang" (Sven Bang had died in the meantime) is now counted among the top ten most famous brands in the world.

The founders of Anatra are well-known figures in the world of Pesaro pipes and, especially about Palazzi, there is an authentic flourish of anecdotes aimed at describing their extreme industriousness and industriousness. Massimo, born in 1955, arrived at Mastro de Paja in his early twenties, continued his apprenticeship at Ser Jacopo (confirming the distinctive signs of what can now be defined as the Pesaro school) and completed his experience, as a partner, at Ceppo. Like all the true...

HISTORY When Alfred Dunhill opened his little St. James store on Duke Street in July 1907, he knew little about the tobacco trade. Surprising as this may seem, this was the primary cause of his success. Certainly his originality as a tobacconist played a role in his history, but first of all he had to learn to become one. He had to study his customers, their tastes, the kind of products they wanted but couldn't find. Only in this way was he able to put his inventiveness and his artisan...

The Shape Chart of Castello pipes. The most significant shapes of the most famous Italian brand

HISTORY Carlo Scotti was the founder and owner of the Castello pipe factory: an artisan industry that only established itself on international markets after the war. Of Lombard origin, he ran a tobacco shop in Chiasso when Italian production was mainly aimed at the export of briar stumps and the manufacture of pipes in commercial series: With the war period announcing a serious restriction on the export of English pipes, Scotti thought he had arrived It's time to start a business in this...