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Vauen Unveils Pipe of the Year 2020 For more than 25 years, German pipe make Vauen has presented its annual pipe of the year, always coming up with completely new and interesting ideas for the pipe’s form and design. These pipes’ shapes are not available in the regular product range from Vauen, ensuring that each offering is a rare pleasure for any pipe lover to own something this unique. The 2020 Vauen Pipe of the Year features faceted lines, which always pose a challenge for the company’s pipe makers, requiring extra attention and care in their elaborate hand crafting. There are six styles in all, and all accept 9mm filters—three smooth, two partially sandblasted, and one sandblast. The mouthpiece, including its silver-colored ring, picks up on these lines. The sterling silver crossed pipes logo is inlaid into the mouthpiece as a mark of quality. Vauen Pipe of the Year 2020 is an exclusive, limited edition and each piece is individually numbered, offering perfection of form and great attention to detail. Vauen Pipes, Nuremberg, Germany, Tel: 49 911 424 3680, Email: info@vauen; F&K Cigar Co., Saint Louis, Mo., Tel: (314) 721-0711, Web: fkcigar.com.
Seattle Pipe Club’s Galloping Gertie Seattle Pipe Club Galloping Gertie is one of the more unique blends created by club member Joe Lankford and crafted by Sutliff Tobacco Company in Richmond, Va. It’s a Virginia/Perique blend, but notably some of the Virginias are stoved until black. Some Turkish tobacco is added for an even more intriguing dimension. Finally, the mixture is pressed into a crumble cake to marry and further mature the flavors. The result is a diverse range of palate-pleasing sweet, spicy, earthy, and savory flavors.
Visol Epirus Soft Flame Pipe Lighters in Five Styles The Epirus soft flame pipe lighter from Visol Products was created specifically for the pipe smoker, featuring a gentle, angled soft flame that won’t damage briar or meerschaum pipes. In addition, it features a fold-out bowl reamer and tobacco tamper, providing three essential pipe tools conveniently available all in one place. The lighter is activated by a single action push-button ignition, operates on refillable butane, and has an adjustable flame height. Each lighter is wrapped in a black velvet bag and comes packaged in a cardboard box for easy to gift wrapping. Five styles are offered: silver and gunmetal, gunmetal, black, woodgrain look, and dark woodgrain look. Suggest retail price, $20, includes a one year manufacture warranty. Visol Products, Plano, Texas, Tel: (972) 422-5999, Email: info@visolproducts.com, Web: visolproducts.com.
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SPC Plum Pudding Special Reserve When Seattle Pipe Club blender Joe Lankford had the opportunity to utilize some well-aged vintage tobaccos that had been stored undiscovered for years, rather than creating a whole new blend, he used them to replace tobaccos in Plum Pudding. This Special Reserve edition is even smoother than the original thanks to the super-matured leaf. It’s presented in 4 oz. plugs. Meier & Dutch, Bethlehem, Pa., Tel: (888) 872-4427, Web: MeierDutch.com.
