The Beginning The Erik Stokkebyes brand has a long history dating back to the 1880’s. In Odense, Denmark, a young man named Erik Stokkebye first opened his tobacco factory and shop after years in the trade. This sparked one family’s multi-generational journey into the world of tobacco and pipes. In 1897 his son Erik Paul…
Join us as we reminisce on a ‘jolly’ work trip to Saint-Claude last year. We were lucky to learn about the comprehensive history of pipe making, going back almost 200 years until the present day. The company is called Chacom and you can read about their interesting chronological timeline here. We landed in Geneva where…
Christmas has come early this year in the form of a 50g tin of Gawith Hoggarth Seasonal Reserve Pipe Tobacco. With only 1000 tins produced worldwide we have scooped up what we could of this recent release, ensuring our loyal customers get a chance to obtain a tin or two from this limited run. An…
A Brief History Francois Comoy and his brothers hailed from a small monastic town in eastern France called Saint-Claude. Originally working with box wood and beach, one son Louis found out about briar and it’s potential for being the best pipe making material. This was the beginning of their journey to become one of the most…
Peterson’s of Dublin Undoubtedly one of the most famous pipe & pipe tobacco manufacturers in the world would be the Dublin based Peterson brand. With a vivid history dating back as far as 1865, the company came from humble beginnings and made it to the centre stage of global pipe culture. Beginnings Originally founded by…
Every now and then ‘LTD Classic Series’ pipes emerge. It is not planned, there are no scheduled annual releases. There is no pattern to the style of pipes released in this range, with previous entries being long, short, filtered, unfiltered, large and small. What is foremost in the mind of the team at Rattray’s is…
“Many years ago, when my father was working at Boots Chemists – its firm used to sell tobacco for pipes. Dad always talked about a particular blend called “Vet’s Mixture”, which consisted of Virginia, Latakia & Perique. Maybe this is why I’ve always tended to plump for the plain tobaccos as opposed to scented or…
In our previous pipe smokers guide we went over ‘how to choose a tobacco pipe’. This follow up will go through the steps of identifying the right style of pipe tobacco for you, and how to correctly pack the pipe for the best smoking experience. At first, it can be overwhelming when confronted with the…
The Gawith family, dedicated to the pursuit of providing the public with the highest quality tobacco products have been a name in the industry for over 150 years. Samuel and John Gawith, the two brothers heading the company could not always see eye to eye. In 1865 they came to a mutual decision, to part…
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…
