What are the different types of pipe filter?
Four types of filter are fitted to pipes, from the 9 mm to the reusable metal model. What sets them apart, materials and replacement frequency included.
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Four types of filter are fitted to pipes, from the 9 mm to the reusable metal model. What sets them apart, materials and replacement frequency included.
Read moreTwo master pipe makers are left in Saint-Claude, long presented as the world capital of the briar pipe. The article asks what that title still means.
Read moreA tin of pipe tobacco forgotten at the back of a cupboard ends up drying out. What that changes for the burn, and the simple methods suggested for rehydrating it.
Read moreAn accessory inherited from the packing ritual, or an object you can do without: pipe smokers do not agree about the tamper. The arguments of the two schools.
Read moreBeret and pipe in the mouth, the caricature dies hard. With sales figures and French public figures to hand, the article examines what this national cliché is worth.
Read moreMeerschaum has nothing to do with the foam of the waves: it is a very light mineral. Where the material comes from, the first pipes shaped from it and its Viennese reputation.
Read moreFrank Fiegel, a saloon regular known in Chester for his strength and his fights, is said to have inspired the character of Popeye. A portrait of the man behind the caricature.
Read moreA double reservoir against moisture and a patented P-Lip mouthpiece: the article sets out the system that made the reputation of Kapp and Peterson pipes.
Read moreMade in Saint-Claude from briar, Art and Volutes pipes are aimed at newcomers, with a standard bowl and contained prices. A look at what the sets contain.
Read moreFrom the gentleman of the early twentieth century to more bohemian singers, the image attached to the pipe has shifted. The figures the article reviews.
Read moreChacom is renewing its Christmas pipe for 2020, in four shapes with a green marbled acrylic stem. A description of the model and of its finish.
Read moreIn Saint-Claude, a private museum brings together two collections: tools and pipes of the Haut-Jura on one side, the craft of the diamond cutters on the other.
Read moreLong associated with fishermen and philosophers, the pipe is reappearing among younger smokers, bearded and tattooed. The article draws a portrait of the hipster.
Read moreOpened in Milan in 1876, Achille Savinelli’s shop gave rise to a name known well beyond Italy. The stages of a story of family and workshop.
Read moreSmoking.fr lets you put together your own Chacom pipe by choosing the bowl and the stem from the parts available. How the service works, step by step.
Read moreThe quarterly Sphères devotes its first issue to pipe smokers: craftsmen, a report from Saint-Claude, anecdotes and coming trends. What the magazine contains.
Read moreWhere does the French expression casser la pipe come from? The article traces it to the Napoleonic wars, when the wounded bit on a pipe stem during operations.
Read moreA pipe, plus the tools to fill, light and clean it: starter sets bring together the basic kit. What they contain, and what guides the choice of a model.
Read moreOnly 1% of smokers use a pipe. Clubs, championships and objects handed down between generations: a look at who the pipe smokers of today actually are.
Read moreMerlin, Popeye, Captain Haddock: the pipe long remained present on screen, including in cartoons. A retrospective of those appearances in the cinema.
Read more6 bowls, 7 stems and 2 shapes: the customisable pipe offered by Smoking.fr is made in Saint-Claude and assembled part by part, to the customer’s own choice.
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