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Most everyone is familiar with Chuck Stanion (smokingpipes.com) and, no doubt, they follow his monthly column, Pipe Line. Chuck covers the proverbial waterfront, writing about pipes, products, and personalities of today and yesterday including legendary figures, such as Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, and Saint Patrick. He uses the term “expert” prudently … an observation, not a criticism. In “Meet Tad Gage: Publisher, Writer, Reviewer, Collector” (November 2021), he wrote that Gage “…became perhaps the foremost expert on Barling pipes at the time…” In his April 2022 article, “Mark Irwin: Doctor of Pipes and Peterson Researcher Extraordinaire,” he stated that Mark “…would later become one of the foremost Peterson experts in the world. In May 2022, Chuck posted “Tobacco and Pipe Expertise: William Serad,” but did not call him an expert. | Most everyone is familiar with Chuck Stanion (smokingpipes.com) and, no doubt, they follow his monthly column, Pipe Line. Chuck covers the proverbial waterfront, writing about pipes, products, and personalities of today and yesterday including legendary figures, such as Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, and Saint Patrick. He uses the term “expert” prudently … an observation, not a criticism. In “Meet Tad Gage: Publisher, Writer, Reviewer, Collector” (November 2021), he wrote that Gage “…became perhaps the foremost expert on Barling pipes at the time…” In his April 2022 article, “Mark Irwin: Doctor of Pipes and Peterson Researcher Extraordinaire,” he stated that Mark “…would later become one of the foremost Peterson experts in the world. In May 2022, Chuck posted “Tobacco and Pipe Expertise: William Serad,” but did not call him an expert. | ||
Chuck titled his bio about me in December 2021: “Ben Rapaport: Tobacco Literature and Antique Pipe Expert.” On pipesmagazine.com, Sagebrush called me a pipe maven. I’ve been called “an antiquarian of rare pipeology” and “a word craftsman of the first order.” Craig Cobine, the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club Show Director, maintains that I am “one of the world’s best known and highly regarded experts on antique pipes, and pipe literature.” However appreciative I am of these several honorifics, I have never sought or desired accolades or kudos. To dodge the proverbial slings and arrows of those who occupy the Web and enjoy ridiculing or embarrassing those who assert expertise | Chuck titled his bio about me in December 2021: “Ben Rapaport: Tobacco Literature and Antique Pipe Expert.” On pipesmagazine.com, Sagebrush called me a pipe maven. I’ve been called “an antiquarian of rare pipeology” and “a word craftsman of the first order.” Craig Cobine, the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club Show Director, maintains that I am “one of the world’s best known and highly regarded experts on antique pipes, and pipe literature.” However appreciative I am of these several honorifics, I have never sought or desired accolades or kudos. To dodge the proverbial slings and arrows of those who occupy the Web and enjoy ridiculing or embarrassing those who assert expertise, when asked, my typical response is that I am just someone who likes to write a lot about pipes and tobaccos … nothing more. | ||
According to pipesandcigars.com, “Russ [Ouellette] is our resident tobacco guru around here. If there is anything you need to know about a blend, cut, component or history of a tobacco blend, he is the guy to see. Thankfully he has compiled the following compendium of information for the learning masses.” “You ought to try the Hearth & Home blends from Pipes & Cigars, concocted by Russ Ouelette [''sic''], generally acknowledged as the most expert blender in America” (gentlemansgazette.com). That description, I would say, makes Russ an expert, but he never self-promoted as one. And I would add Greg Pease, the late Joe Lankford, and Cornell and Diehl to this short list. As well, the Doctors of Pipes and Masters of the Pipe should be considered experts in their respective fields. | According to pipesandcigars.com, “Russ [Ouellette] is our resident tobacco guru around here. If there is anything you need to know about a blend, cut, component or history of a tobacco blend, he is the guy to see. Thankfully he has compiled the following compendium of information for the learning masses.” “You ought to try the Hearth & Home blends from Pipes & Cigars, concocted by Russ Ouelette [''sic''], generally acknowledged as the most expert blender in America” (gentlemansgazette.com). That description, I would say, makes Russ an expert, but he never self-promoted as one. And I would add Greg Pease, the late Joe Lankford, and Cornell and Diehl to this short list. As well, the Doctors of Pipes and Masters of the Pipe should be considered experts in their respective fields. | ||