Tag Archives: pipe smoking
Pipe Smoking at 100 Years Old!
We were delighted to be contacted recently by Mrs Tucker, the wife of a certain pipe smoking Mr Tucker who was about to reach the heady vintage of 100 years…
Pre Transition Barling (late 1800′s)
This beautiful Pre Transition Barling dates from the late 1800′s and to this day is unsmoked and in perfect condition – part of our Barling collection.
Pipe & Tobacco Newsletter March 2013
The latest Carey’s Pipe & Tobacco Shop Newsletter features our new Lakeland style tobacco, Carey’s Castle Blend, in addition to an SG Special Edition, Carey Tacon, an update regarding the…
Tobacco Pricing – Budget 2013
So, it’s that time of year again, and don’t we all dread it?! As I’m sure you are aware, by far the largest elements in the price of UK tobacco are the…
Why I Believe in the Wisdom of Pipe Smoking, by Allan Massie
The following article was recently published by Allan Massie on The Daily Telegraph website, and all credits go to him. Allan Massie is a Scottish writer who has published nearly 30…
Special Edition Smoking Pipe No1
We are fortunate to have a good relationship with our many suppliers, and this means that we are often approached to carry rare and limited edition pipes. This is a…
Pipe Etiquette – When to Smoke?
As many of you will know we are blessed with an array of fantastic old books and pamphlets describing all things pipe and pipe smoking. It always fascinates me how…
Silver Olympiad Pipe
Many of you have asked for a closer look at these special edition pipes we created in collaboration with Chris Askwith to celebrate the London 2012 Olympiad. With the glut…
Unique Pipes, Part 4
In this latest instalment we take a quick look at a stunning meerschaum ‘egg’ shaped pipe dating all the way back to 1864! Almost unblemished, and apparently unsmoked, this beautiful…
Pipe & Tobacco Newsletter July 2012
With the summer holiday season fast approaching and with it the hopes of a nation that the rain might stop and the sun might reappear (even just for one day!)…
