A Message To Our Customers
Here we outline the various ways you can order your tobacco from us during the Covid 19 lockdown.
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Same Day Local Delivery Service Offered During The Coronavirus Outbreak
Same day delivery will be offered to the following postcodes: EH1-EH22, EH24, EH25, EH30-EH35, EH39 and EH41. Same day, local delivery costs £8.00.
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Connoisseur’s Corner – Alistair MacDonald
Long time customer of The Pipe Shop and tobacco enthusiast Alistair MacDonald breaks down what makes a traditional mixture or flake stand apart from the rest. From Peterson to Rattray’s, Gawith & Hoggarth to Charatan, Alistair shares his knowledge on many tobaccos.
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How To Choose A Pipe Tobacco & Pack The Pipe
This is an easy to understand informative blog to help those new to pipe smoking learn how to go about choosing the right pipe tobacco for themselves as well as how to correctly pack the pipe for smoking.
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Gawith Hoggarth – Reunion Series Pipe Tobacco
Reunion Series tobaccos are a celebration of the first collaboration between Gawith & Hoggarth and Samuel Gawith in over a century. Read about what makes these tobaccos unique.
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May 20th 2020, A Farewell To Menthol?
May 20th 2020 signals the end of menthol cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco on the U.K market. In this blog we go over the many alternatives we will still provide to keep menthol fans feeling fresh.
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Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?
As Valentines day approaches we look at one of the most famous cigar brands, Romeo Y Julieta. Read about the different sizes and vitolas to see why these cigars are so highly respected.
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How To Choose A Tobacco Pipe
Types of Pipes If you are new to the world of pipes at first one would assume the act of choosing a tobacco pipe to be a rather simple and arbitrary task. Upon further perusing this might swiftly change to a daunting process. Within a few minutes you can be led down a never ending…
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Burley Tobacco – The Base Of Great Blends.
Burley is one of the most commonly found tobaccos in the pipe mixture world. It was first discovered and harvested during the 1860s in the American South. States such as Ohio and Kentucky (along with others) would see the demand for this tobacco skyrocket within the decade and were quick to take notice. Within no…
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Burns Night 2020 in Scotland
See the smoking bowl before us, Mark our jovial, ragged ring! Round and round take up the Chorus, And in raptures let us sing. – Robert Burns: The Jolly Beggars Burns Night January 25th is a special day for Scots and people of Scottish heritage worldwide. Burns Night is the celebration of the famous poet…
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