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Pipe smoking started taking place with the Native Americans and was used throughout their Shamanistic Rituals. The design of the pipe consists of a chamber for the tobacco to go in, with a thin hollow stem that comes out of the chamber and ending with a mouthpiece. Pipes are ordinarily made from briar wood, meerschaum, corncob, or clay. Additionally, there are minerals that’re used such as catlinite and soapstone. There are several different styles of pipes that have been developed over the years, such as the briar pipe, meerschaum pipe, clay pipe, corncob pipe, churchwarden pipe, venturi pipe, and falcon...

There’s an array of different cigar styles and sizes out there. With that said, yes it can get confusing, but we’ll break down just the basics today as we look at the different styles that are available and how the sizes are categorized. To begin, there are both domestic and international cigars. Both of these can either be hand-rolled or machine rolled. The hand-rolled category can be further subdivided into what’re called premium and boutique cigars. The primary distinction between a boutique cigar and any other premium hand-rolled cigar has to do with quantity. In order for a cigar to...