Pipedia Links
Forums & Newsgroups
- AMERICA LATINA
- FLAPC (Fraternidad Latinoamericana de Pipa Clubes)
- ARGENTINA
- Formosa Pipa Club (El primer foro en español dedicado a la pipa y el tabaco)
- AUSTRALIA
- CHINA
- Pipe Village (The portal for worldwide Chinese pipe smokers, dealers and makers, since 2001)
- CROATIA
- Dim lule forum (first Croatian forum about pipes, pipe tobaccos and pipe makers)
- Piperson forum (Croatian group about pipes, pipe makers, and tobaccos)
- FRANCE
- Groupe Fumeurs de Pipe (The first French group about pipes, pipe makers, and tobaccos)
- Pipes et Tabacs Group (French pipes and tobacco discussion group)
- GERMANY
- Freunde der Tabakpfeife (Forum fuer den stressfreien Austausch unter Pfeifenrauchern)
- Pfeifen und mehr (Portal&Forum - pipes,tobacco,lifestyle)
- P & T (Pfeife & Tabak - Vom Genuß des Rauchens)
- The Smoker's Lounge
- Stanwell Tobacco/Pipe Forum (Das Forum für Stanwell-Freunde)
- de.alt.fan.tabak/Newsgroup (Webseite der Newsgroup de.alt.fan.tabak)
- ITALY
- Legio Forum (The Pipe Club of Rome forum a reference for the agonistic slowsmoke in Europe)
- Fumare La Pipa (The first and biggest italian website dedicated to pipe, pipesmokers, pipemakers...)
- POLAND
- ROMANIA
- [3] (The Pipe Club of Bucharest)
- RUSSIA, Ex-USSR
- pipeclub.info (Russian Speaking Pipe Club Association)
- pipe-club.com (Armenian International Pipe Club)
- SLOVENIA
- Fajfarji - Slovenski ljubitelji pip (Slovenian speaking pipesmokers forum)
- SPAIN
- UNITED STATES (with many users from the United Kingdom)
- A.S.P (The web home of alt.smokers.pipes, a very active and interesting newsgroup)
- Christian Pipe Smokers (An active group of pipe smokers that also discuss theology)
- Gray Fox Online Forum (General pipe smoking forum with an emphasis on old and new Kaywoodies)
- International Pipe Club (Hosted by the International Cigar Club. Great information on pipes and tobaccos. Pipe makers, tobacco blenders and cigar information.)
- Ladies Of The Briar (Yahoo Group for women pipe smokers)
- NASPC.org (North American Society of Pipe Collectors)
- Pipe Makers Forum.com (Great information on pipe making and fellowship with pipe makers)
- Pipes.org (Lots of great links and a wealth of information)
- Smokers Forums (An active international online pipe-smoking community committed to a civil tone)
- Club Stogie - (Now Cigar Asylum) (A cigar site in name but one which also has a strong pipe smoking community; see the Pipe Forums.)
- Brothers of Briar (A community driven pipe forum with a focus on openness and camaraderie.)
- SmokingPipeTobacco.com (A useful website with links to videos on pipe smoking and access to the Tamp & Puff discussion forums)
Blogs
- 'UNITED STATES"
- Pipe-Smokers.net (A website/blog with pipe reviews, tobacco reviews, helpful videos, and all things pipes)
- FRANCE
- Fumeur de Pipes Fumer est aussi un plaisir !
- Odd pipes - Pipes bizarres - Ausgefallene Pfeifen
Leather wrapped pipes, Cavalier shapes - pipes gainées, Cavalier etc... - Leder überzogene Pfeifen, Cavalier formen usw... - Des bouts de reve - David Enrique's pipe blog
- Pipe Gazette
- Melan Pipe Carnet d'atelier
- Brasil
- Chile
- Uruguay
Pipe Clubs
- ARMENIA
- pipe-club.com (Armenian International Pipe Club)
- ARGENTINA
- Pipa Club Buenos Aires (The portal for worldwide Argentine pipe smokers, dealers and makers, since 2000)
- BRAZIL
- Confraria dos Amigos do Cachimbo (Since 2000)
- CANADA
- CROATIA
- Piperson (Croatian Smoking Pipe Longue)
- GERMANY
- Bonner Qualmköpp (Bonn / Cologne area)
- Ostdeutscher Pfeifenraucherverband (East German Pipe Smokers Association)
- Tabakskollegium Berlin (Berlin Tobacco College). Also organizes the Berlin Pipe Show and participates in the annual Berlin Christmas Charity event organized by Frank Zander.
- Tabakskollegium Sommerstorf (Homed in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Visit also the club's core Wirtshaus zum Hufschmied, a countryside inn with pipe & tobacco depot. Very unique!
- HUNGARY
- Magyar Pipaklub Egyesület (Hungarian Pipe Club - Budapest - Hungary)
- Magyar Pipaszövetség (Hungarian Pipe Smokers Association - Debrecen - Hungary)
- ITALY
- Legio Praetoria (The Pipe Club of Rome - Italy)
- LEBANON
- Pipe Club of Lebanon (The Pipe Club of Lebanon - Lebanon)
- POLAND
- ROMANIA
- RUSSIA, Ex-USSR
- [8] (Russian Speaking Pipe Clubs in one place)
- SPAIN
- Barcelona Pipa Club (La pagina del BPC sobre pipas y tabacos más activa para toda la comunidad de habla hispana)
- SWEDEN
- Svenska Pipklubben (Pipe Club Of Sweden; founded in 1991. Club magazine Rökringar is published four times a year.)
- SWITZERLAND
- Pfeifenclub Innerschwyz (Pipe Club Innerschwyz).
- UNITED STATES
- Tri State Pipe and Tobacco Club (TSPTC, Fort Wayne, Indiana)
- Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club of Boston (The Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club of Boston has been keeping the smoking lamp lit since 1989. Read our monthly newsletter or better yet, stop by for a meeting and become a member.)
- CORPS: Conclave of Richmond Pipe Smokers (Based in Richmond, Virginia.)
- The New York Pipe Club (The New York Pipe Club meets monthly and everyone is welcome. Visit our web site for meeting dates and more information.)
- NJFPS : New Jersey Fellowship of Pipe Smokers. Meets every second Thursday of the month at JR Cigars Whippany NJ.
- Are there any more? ;)
- URUGUAY
- Club de Pipafumadores del Uruguay Urupipas 2001 (Since 2001 - en Internet desde el 10 de agosto de 2001)
Special pages (dedicated to particular themes)
- Catalogs, brochures, flyers, ads...
- Chris' Pipe Pages (Chris Keene's wonderful collection)
- [9] (Stanwell-shape-list)
- Miscellaneous
- Pipe Lore (Knowledge with every puff)
- Tobacco
- TobaccoReviews.com (A fantastic site to research tobaccos you might enjoy)
- Smoking Pipe (Tobacco article on Wikipedia)
- Tobacciana
- Advertising Antiques (Wonderful collection of old tin tobacco and pipe advertising signs, tobacco tins, and miscellaneous tobacciana.
Important articles (Journalistic articles on basic topics)
- Briar
- The Briar Saga I, The Briar Saga II - Rainer Barbi on the myths of briar.
- Dating Pipes
- On Dating Charatan - The most complete article on dating charatan by Fabio Ferrara; in Italian.
- Humor
- Toward a Theology of Pipesmoking - A humorous tract by the Rev. Arthur D. Yunker; permission granted by author.
- Pipemaking
- A Short History of The Italian Handmade Pipe - R.D. Field on the Castello, Caminetto and Ascorti connection.
- Beyond Tsuge - Martin Farrent interviews Sykes Wilford about Japanese pipes. (Originally published at Pfeifenbox)
- Go West - A fascinating look at high grade American pipe makers from across the pond by Erwin Van Hove. (Originally published in the French magazine "Pipe Mag".)
- The Best Sandblasted Pipes are Being Made By Americans - By Fred Hanna; originally published in "The Pipe Collector".
- Thoughts on Italian Pipes - Sykes Wilford's musings on Italian pipe design.
- WikiPipa. (Enciclopedia Virtual de la Pipa)