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The Pipe section gathers the information available about the pipe. It is one of the oldest ways of consuming tobacco, and its shape and design are made for slow use. The pipe was long associated with older smokers, with philosophers, thinkers and fishermen. That has changed, and younger users have taken it up. Demand having grown, manufacturers keep releasing new shapes and finishes. This section follows that news: the products reaching the market, the main pipe makers, the events and facts that concern the pipe, and the changes that run through them. Reading it will keep you informed about what happens in the pipe smoking community.
The 47th French Pipe Smoking Championship takes place on 12 September 2026 in Morez, for the club’s 50th anniversary. The official pipe is a Chapuis-Comoy; the blend combines Virginia, Kentucky and Latakia.
Read moreChacom keeps up its Christmas tradition with three numbered models for 2025, shaped in Saint-Claude and delivered in a screen-printed case with a cotton pouch.
Read moreLong thought outdated, the pipe is drawing interest from a generation attracted by craftsmanship and objects of tradition. The reasons put forward for this revival.
Read moreSaint-Claude hosts the Pipe Show on 28 June 2025, for the 150th anniversary of the guild of master pipe makers. Programme, exhibitors and practical details.
Read moreCorn has been used to make pipes in Missouri since 1869, when Tom Tibbe shaped the first ones. The story of Missouri Meerschaum and of its workshops in Washington.
Read moreMaster pipe makers are becoming rare. Portraits of a few figures of the craft, from Pascal Piazzolla, based near Annecy, to Pierre Morel, in Saint-Claude.
Read moreThe Dane Erik Nording began shaping pipes in the 1950s, before making it his trade and building a family business. A look at his career and at his models.
Read moreA pipe is lit from the top of the bowl, which an ordinary lighter cannot manage. Which kinds of flame are suitable, and why matches still have their supporters.
Read moreA soft container for loose tobacco, the pouch comes in leather as well as other materials. Its sizes, its uses and what it brings to carrying tobacco.
Read moreBreaking in with alcohol or honey, packing the tobacco too tightly, using the wrong lighter: the habits that damage a pipe or make it go out, and what specialists advise.
Read moreFounded in 1896 in the Doubs, Ropp built its name on cherrywood before moving to Saint-Claude, closing in 1991, then returning as a sub-brand of Chacom.
Read moreWaiting for it to cool, taking it apart, wiping the shank and the stem with a pipe cleaner: cleaning a pipe follows a set order. What to do after each session.
Read moreThe pipe tamper packs the tobacco, cleans the bowl and clears the shank. In plastic, wood or titanium, models and specialist brands span a wide range of prices.
Read moreThe reamer lifts off the layer of carbon that builds up in the bowl of a pipe. An accessory of most use to those who renovate and restore older models.
Read moreKenan Ahmet shapes meerschaum and briar pipes by hand, using age-old methods. Portrait of a Turkish craftsman whose pieces sometimes end up in collections.
Read moreTamper, lighter with a suitable flame, stand, filters: a pipe smoker’s kit goes well beyond the bowl itself. What each accessory does, and why it is specific to the pipe.
Read moreFirst tobacco plants in 1635, factories by the dozen, then the closing of the workshops: the story of the clay pipes of Saint-Omer and of its pipe-making families.
Read moreThe bearded old man in his armchair still sticks to the image of the pipe smoker. The article examines the most persistent clichés, on their age as much as on their profile.
Read moreThe article puts pipe smokers at 1% of smokers and describes their relationship with the object, from the choice of wood to the slow gestures they lay claim to.
Read moreA shop opened in Milan in 1876, then pipes made under the name of the house: Savinelli, its working methods and the breadth of its catalogue of shapes.
Read moreWhat counts as a quality pipe varies from one smoker to the next. A few criteria come back all the same, from the briar to the finish and the 9 mm filter.
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