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Being an avid pipe smoker gives you the chance to relax and contemplate after a hard day with a nice calming ritual. Pipe tobacco comes in many pleasant flavors and corresponding aromas that can make your home or office smell very pleasing to an avid pipe smoker. Smoking a pipe also gives you the chance to collect their favorite style of pipes to fit their background and personality. The avid pipe smoker thinks of their pipe as a talisman, even going so far as to have their old standby pipe along with others used for special occasions. A pipe can...

A Number of Owners The Punch brand was first registered in 1840 by a German man named Stockmann, who decided to name the brand after the European puppet show character Mr. Punch. The brand originated in Cuba, and it was specifically marketed for the English market. The history behind this famous brand also featured a number of ownership changes. The first change of ownership came in 1874 when Luis Corujo purchased the brand. Another change came about in 1884 by Manuel López Fernandez. After a few other ownership switches, and after the stock market crash in 1929, this Cuban cigar...

Unique Packaging The Dutch Masters brand of naturally wrapped cigars began being sold in the United States back in 1911. The brand is known by many due to its unique packaging that features Rembrandt’s 1662 painting known as The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild (De Staalmeesters). The men in the painting are known as drapers, and they were elected to determine the quality of cloth that weavers offered for sale to members of their association. There were four grades of quality, and a cloth’s quality was shown by the number of seals pressed into it. Four seals was the highest...

For those of you who are unaware, there is a lot that goes into the process of actually enjoying a cigar. This beginner guide will help you select the “best cigars” for you to practice with, and it will teach you what you need to know in the vast world of cigars. Look to Trying Mild Cigars This type of cigar is suggested for beginners, because a more full-flavored cigar would be too strong for a new cigar smoker to handle. These cigars are also a great option for newcomers, since they are the cheapest type of cigar available. Thus,...

Back in the days of clay and corn cob pipes; all that smokers really wanted was for their tobacco to stay alight so they could continue sucking in smoke (blowing it out into the faces of others wasn’t considered anti-social back then; let alone harmful to the health of the so called “passive smoker”). However, pipe smoking habits and social mores have changed somewhat since then. A Pipe Is Both A Prized Possession and an Indicator Of The Smoker’s Character I’m probably generalizing; but, it seems to me that today’s pipe smokers are somewhat introverted, solitary, intellectual types who like...