Pipe Tobacco Blends from San Jose Tobacco Shop Mission Pipe Shop

A pipe’s fundamental function is to provide a relatively safe, manipulable volume in which to incompletely combust a smokable substance. Typically this is accomplished by connecting a refractory ‘bowl’ to some sort of ‘stem’ which extends and may also cool the smoke mixture drawn through the combusting organic mass (see below). On our online store,… Continue reading Pipe Tobacco Blends from San Jose Tobacco Shop Mission Pipe Shop

Caring for your Tobacco Pipe from Mission Pipe Shop in San Jose

This can be done with a finger or thumb, but if the tobacco needs to be repacked later, while it is burning, the tamper on a pipe tool is sometimes used. If it needs to be loosened, the reamer, or any similar long pin can be used. A traditional way of packing the pipe is… Continue reading Caring for your Tobacco Pipe from Mission Pipe Shop in San Jose