684: Skeet Stribling from The Story Teller's Pipe. Ask the Pipemaker with Jeff Gracik.
Our featured interview tonight is with Skeet Stribling from The Story Teller's Pipe online pipe and tobacco shop. Skeet first took up pipe smoking in college. In later years, his friend Sean blended tobaccos for him, and he was the original owner of The Story Teller's Pipe. When Sean decided to retire, Skeet, also in retirement took over the online store which he runs with his wife Cindi. He is continuing Sean's blends and has added some new ones. Check out their store if you're looking for some new unique tobaccos to try. At the top of the show we’ll have an Ask the Pipemaker segment with renowned pipe artisan Jeff Gracik.
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683: Eugene Falco of Uncanny Material. Pipe Bowl Size.
Our featured interview tonight is with Eugene Falco from The Uncanny! Material and the Greywoodie Podcast. Eugene is super creative in the world of pipes, art, and podcasting. His creative output spans beyond pipes, including his tobacco tin art and his role as co-host of the Greywoodie podcast alongside Nathan Davis of Kaywoodie. In addition, he helps organize the Capitaland Pipe Show. His pipe making style is characterized by a balance of traditional forms and his own quirky twist—often through bold, colorful stems and unconventional rustication techniques. At the top of the show in Pipe Parts, Brian will answer two listener's questions by taking a deep dive into the size of the pipe bowl and what it means for your smoking experience.
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682: Jeremy Reeves of Cornell & Diel. Aging and Cellaring Tobacco.
We have a tobacco packed show for you tonight. First, Brian will go deep on aging and cellaring tobaccos. Then instead of the usual shorter recurring segment of "Ask the Blender" with Jeremy Reeves of Cornell & Diehl, we will have Q&A with him for the longer main segment of the show. We asked you to send questions about tobacco and we got enough for an extended segment. We also found some old ones that fell through the cracks. After the music and mailbag segments, Brian has a tobacco related rant as well.
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681: Pipe Maker Jerry Nelson. Review of Cornell & Diel's Happy Hour.
Our featured interview tonight is with pipe maker Jerry Nelson. His brand of pipes is Nelson Pipes by Jerry. Jerry was originally influenced to try pipe smoking by last week's guest, Jay Furman. They met in an online forum where Jay was posting some pipes, but it wasn't a pipe forum. The next step, with Jerry being a carpenter, was to make pipes. He has been making them for five years now. At the top of the show, in our Pipe Parts segment, Brian will have a tobacco review of Cornell & Diehl's Happy Hour.
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680: Jay Furman from Pipe & Tamper. Ask the Blender with Jeremy Reeves.
Our featured interview tonight is with Jay Furman. Jay is the co-host of the Pipe and Tamper podcast. He is a long-time member of the pipe community. He started smoking pipes in the 1980s, and owns hundreds of pipes and hundreds of pounds of pipe tobacco. His first pipe shopping experience was at Wally Frank, a famous New York chain of shops, also nationally known for their large mail order catalog business. Jay loves artisan pipes as well as health and fitness. The guys talk about how they do their respective podcasts, YouTube pipe channels, what Jay sees for the future of pipe smoking and more. At the top of the show we will have an Ask the Tobacco Blender segment with Jeremy Reeves. Jeremy is the Head Blender at Cornell & Diehl, which is one of the most popular boutique pipe tobacco companies in the USA.
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