Pipedia Links
Forums & Newsgroups
- AMERICA HISPANA Y ESPAÑA
- Consejo de Pipa Clubs (Tiene como objetivo promover el intercambio de información y actividades entre los Pipa Clubs hispanoparlantes - Spanish speaking Pipe Clubs )
- 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
- Yan Bo Zhi Shuang Ge (The biggest pipe distributor in 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)
- FLANDERS
- Pijprokersforum (PRF) (Dutch speaking pipe smoker's forum, see also Netherlands)
- FRANCE
- 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 (Pum) (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)
- IRAN
- cafeartin (The first site in Iran for visits and quality of articles! All about cigars, pipes and accessories. Managed by Mr. Artin Abrahamian)
- ITALY
- L'Isola Felice del Fumo Lento (Forum dedicated to pipes, cigars and tobacco of the Slow Smoke Fellowship of Insubria, area near Varese)
- GustoTabacco (The first site in Italy for visits and quality of articles! All about cigars, pipes, cigarettes and accessories.)
- 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...)
- NETHERLANDS
- Pijprokersforum (PRF) (Dutch speaking pipe smoker's forum, see also Flanders)
- 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)
- SOUTH AFRICA
- pipesmokersforum.co.za (South African pipe smokers 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)
- PipesMagazine.com (Online magazine with articles, news, information, interviews, videos, forums and blogs.)
- 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)
- Pipe Smokers Forum (A community dedicated to the art of tobacco pipe smoking)
- Pipes With Friends (Pipe Smokers Social Network)
Blogs
- ARGENTINA
- PipaMania EL sitio de los pipa fumadores.
- BRASIL
- 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
- CHILE
- GREAT BRITAIN
- INDONESIA
- Cangklong A pipe smoking journey in Bahasa Indonesia
- ITALY
- Nonsolopipa
- Pipology an italian collective blog about the culture of pipes and tobaccos
- IRAN
- [4] Iranian website, reference for tobaccos imported to Iran. Managed by Mr. Artin Abrahamian. Also see: www.cafeartin.com for shop tobacco and brand pipes in Iran.
- UNITED STATES
- A Passion For Pipes Neill Roan's excellent blog
- Pipe-Smokers.net (A website/blog with pipe reviews, tobacco reviews, helpful videos, and all things pipes)
- Cake and Dottle
- 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)
- FRANCE
- Pipe-Club Ardéchois (International Club)
- GREAT BRITAIN
- GREECE
- 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
- [9] (Russian Speaking Pipe Clubs in one place)
- SCOTLAND
- 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.)
- Hampton Roads Pipe Club Facebook Hampton Roads Pipe Club, Hampton Roads, VA. We meet the first Tuesday of the month. See our Facebook page for more info.
- 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.
- South West Pipe and Cigar League (Los Angeles and Orange County area pipe club)
- 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)
- Antique Pipes
- "The Tobacco Pipe Artistory" Page on Facebook (Launched by Daniel Beck and Ben Rapaport)
- Catalogs, brochures, flyers, ads...
- Chris' Pipe Pages (Chris Keene's wonderful collection)
- [10] (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)