Old Ropp advirtsments

Here are few I found

Swedish snus

Recently I have become Swedish Snus fan. is a moist powder tobacco product that is consumed by placing it under the upper lip for extended periods of time. Swedish snus is made from air dried tobacco from various parts of the world. Swedish snus is a ground tobacco product dating from the late 1700s and is used orally. It is moist for easy use and contains four main ingredients. Selected tobaccos, water, salt, food approved humectants to preserve moisture and flavour additives which give each brand its unique character.

Last days I was recomended by friend of mine about http://www.buysnus.com/

They got very interesting offer and great service.

 

The Art of Making Clay Pipes

One of the last pipe maker retired and gives his last demonstration how to make clay smoking pipes.

Here at museum of clay pipes in Gouda(Holland) you can find some other interesting things about clay pipes http://www.goudapipes.nl/

Alfred Dunhill tobacco pipe patent

Here you can read about Alfred Dunhill’s tobacco pipe patent

here is original patents text

Bouldering and pipe

Oscar Eckenstein

and seated with pipe is O. Eckenstein – 1907,

More about history of bouldering you can find

here

and here on John Gill’s Website

How did you get started ?

Here are few very interesting stories which I have found on My Pipes Community

Marc Johns “need-a-shave”

Here is a drawing by Marc Johns titled “need-a-shave”

and here is another one titled “trying-to-quit”

Paintings and pipe smoking

Three Smokers
Engraved by Delios after a picture by Jean Louis-Ernest Meissonier.

Dutch Smokers
Anonymous artist / engraver.

Enjoying a Pipe
Engraved by H Cook after a picture by Anonymous.

Pipe & Book
Engraved by Isabel Saul after a picture by Isabel Saul.

Pipe and a Glass

Engraved by C O Murray after a picture by Walter Dendy Sadler.