Pipedia Links

== Historic Pipes & Pipe Museums ==
* PipePortal.eu, past and present of smoking - this website offers an overview of several museums on pipes & tobacco, including a part of their collection online. A unique feature of this site is that one can make a selection out of all museum collections at the same time, so eg. a choice of meerschaum pipes of five different museums.
* Pipemuseum.nl - this is the site of the Amsterdam Pipe Museum, currently the most extensive public pipe collection in the world. This site holds not only information on the history and background of this private foundation, but gives access to the full collection of over 35.000 objects in a huge collection database holding 180.000 unique photographs of the pipes and all paraphernalia.
== Forums & Newsgroups ==
Note: Many of the links we had in this area are now dead. If you have new links, please add them, or send them to sethile.pipes@gmail.com and we can add them for you.
* AMERICA HISPANA Y ESPAÑA
** The link we had for Consejo de Pipa Clubs no longer works (Tiene como objetivo promover el intercambio de información y actividades entre los Pipa Clubs hispanoparlantes - Spanish speaking Pipe Clubs )
* AMERICA LATINA
** The link we had for Fraternidad Latinoamericana de Pipa Clubes no longer works.
* ARGENTINA
** The link we had for Formosa Pipa Club no longer works, and goes to a Phishing site (El primer foro en español dedicado a la pipa y el tabaco)
* AUSTRALIA
** Pipe Village (The portal for worldwide Chinese pipe smokers, dealers and makers, since 2001)
** The link we had to the Australian Pipe Smokers Group no longer works.
* CHINA
** PipeCircle (The home of Chinese Neozoic pipe smokers,since 2010)
* CROATIA
** Dim lule forum (first Croatian forum about pipes, pipe tobaccos and pipe makers)
** Piperson forum (Croatian group about pipes, pipe makers, and tobaccos)
* CZECH REPUBLIC
** Dýmka.net (Czech forum about pipes, tobaccos and cigars)
* FINLAND
** The link we had to Sikaripalsta no longer works (Finnish forum mostly about cigars, but also has pipes, pipe making and pipe tobacco discussions)
* 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)
** The link we had to Pipes et Tabacs Group no longer works (French pipes and tobacco discussion group)
* GERMANY
** Freunde der Tabakpfeife (Forum fuer den stressfreien Austausch unter Pfeifenrauchern)
** The link we had to Pfeifen und mehr (Pum) no longer works (Portal&Forum - pipes,tobacco,lifestyle)
** The link we had to Pfeife & Tabak - Vom Genuß des Rauchens no longer works
** The link we had to The Smoker's Lounge no longer works
** The link we had to the Stanwell Tobacco/Pipe Forum no longer works (Das Forum für Stanwell-Freunde)
** The link we had to (Webseite der Newsgroup de.alt.fan.tabak) no longer works
* IRAN
** cafeartin (The first site in Iran for visits and quality of articles! All about pipes, tobacco, cigar and accessories. Managed by Mr. Artin Abrahamian) Tel: +98 21 77 67 14 90 - 1 Whatsap: +98 938 2 99 55 72
** PasPasargad Tabac manage by mr.amirhossein rahimi. biggest smoke shop in iran. and 1st tobacco reviews .
** The link we had to vfa shop no longer works
** The link we had to Awat Handcrafts manage by Mr. Awat Ghasemi no longer works. Mobile: +989144443552
** The link we had to Lala Pipe no longer works. Manage by Mr. Mehdi Irandoost. smoke and tobacoo shop in Iran. and tobacco reviews Mobile: +989024137362
* ITALY
** 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...)
** Accademia del Fumo Lento (Forum Sigari & Pipa - Per i Golosi del Tabacco)
** The link we had to L'Isola Felice del Fumo Lento no longer works (Forum dedicated to pipes, cigars and tobacco of the Slow Smoke Fellowship of Insubria, area near Varese)
*MALAYSIA
**Facebook Group: Tobacco Pipe MAMPOS--Malaysian Mainly Pipe Smokers
* NETHERLANDS
** Pijprokersforum (PRF) (Dutch speaking pipe smoker's forum, see also Flanders)
* POLAND
** The link we had to Polish Pipe Smokers and FMS Pipe Club forum is dead
** The link we had to the Polish Pipe Smokers newsgroup is now dead
* ROMANIA
** Pipe & Cigar Club Romania (Pipe & Cigar Club Romania)
** Pipe & Cigar Club Bucureşti (The Pipe & Cigar Club of Bucharest)
* RUSSIA, Ex-USSR
** Smokers' Magazine (Tobacco and Pipe Online Magazine, eZine Russian Edition)
** pipeclub.info (Russian Speaking Pipe Club Association)
** pipe-club.com (Armenian International Pipe Club)
* SOUTH AFRICA
** The link we had to the South African pipe smokers forum is dead
* SPAIN
** Pipaforo (Instruyendo en el noble arte de la pipa desde 2008)
** The link we had to La Pipa is dead (Página en castellano sobre la pipa y el tabaco)
* UNITED STATES (with many users from the United Kingdom)
** The link we had to A.S.P is now dead
** Christian Pipe Smokers (An active group of pipe smokers that also discuss theology)
** The link we had to the International Pipe Club is now dead. (Hosted by the International Cigar Club. Great information on pipes and tobaccos. Pipe makers, tobacco blenders and cigar information.)
** The link we had to Ladies Of The Briar is now dead
** The Briar Patch (New online pipe and tobacco community. Great source of community information, pipe club directory and integrated real-time chat)
** NASPC.org (North American Society of Pipe Collectors)
** Pipe Makers Forum.com (Great information on pipe making and fellowship with pipe makers)
** PipesMagazine.com (Online magazine with articles, news, information, interviews, videos, forums and blogs.)
** 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.)
** Pipe Smokers Forum (The resurected version, courtesy Kevin Keith)
** Just4Smokers (Just4Smokers)
** Speak-Easy.club (formally reddits r/pipetobacco exiled over to a new community including r/cigars and r/scotch)
== Blogs ==
* ARGENTINA
** The link we had for EL sitio de los pipa fumadores no longer works.
* BRASIL
** Do Cachimbo, Tabaco & Afins
** Cachimbo de Ferdinando
* FINLAND
** Piipunpoltto-opas
* FRANCE
** La Pipe Rit (actualités autour de la pipe, conseils pour fumer la pipe, coups de cœur de l'équipe, portraits de fumeurs de pipe, histoire des plus grandes marques et artisans...)
** Fumeur de Pipes Fumer est aussi un plaisir !
** Odd pipes - Pipes bizarres - Ausgefallene Pfeifen <BR>Leather wrapped pipes, Cavalier shapes - pipes gainées, Cavalier etc... - Leder überzogene Pfeifen, Cavalier formen usw...
** Pipe Gazette
** The link we had for Melan Pipe Carnet d'atelier no longer works.
* CHILE
** Blog de Ovejanegra
** Blog Los Cachimberos
* GREAT BRITAIN
**The Peterson Pipe Collector 
* INDONESIA
** The link we had for A pipe smoking journey in Bahasa Indonesia is dead.
* ITALY
** Segnali di fumo (pipa e dintorni...) The best italian pipe blog!
** Nonsolopipa
** Pipology an italian collective blog about the culture of pipes and tobaccos
* IRAN
** 
** vafa shop pipe and lighter
* NETHERLANDS
**Dutch Pipe Smoker 
* UNITED STATES
**Tobacco Days A fantastic site with excellent in depth articles 
**A Passion For Pipes Neill Roan's excellent blog
** Cake and Dottle
* URUGUAY
** Blog Pipas y Tabacos Consultorio
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== Pipe Clubs ==
Note: This list is impossible to keep up with. Many of the links are dead, or have expired and may have been purchased for nefarious purposes. Please use this list with caution.
Please help improve this list by adding or editing if you are so inclined. You can also send suggested edits to sethile.pipes@gmail.com, and we can add them for you.
Interested in the big picture of Pipe Clubs? Check out Ben Rapaport's excellent article: The Pipe Club. A Brief History and Then Some
*ARMENIA
**pipe-club.com (Armenian International Pipe Club)
*ARGENTINA
**The link we had for Pipa Club Buenos Aires is now dead
*BRAZIL
**Confraria dos Amigos do Cachimbo (Since 2000)
*CANADA
*CROATIA
**Piperson (Croatian Smoking Pipe Longue)
**Dim lule (Croatian Pipe Smokers Club)
**Buža (Croatian Pipe & Cigar Smokers Club)
*FINLAND
**The link we had for the Finnish Pipe Guild is now dead.)
*FRANCE
**Pipe-Club Ardéchois (International Club)
*GREAT BRITAIN
**The International Peterson Pipe Club
*GREECE
**Greek Pipe Smokers Club
*GERMANY
**The link we had for Bonner Qualmköpp is now dead. (Bonn / Cologne area)
**Ostdeutscher Pfeifenraucherverband (East German Pipe Smokers Association)
**The link we had for Tabakskollegium Berlin is now dead (Berlin Tobacco College)
**Tabakskollegium Sommerstorf (Homed in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
**Rodgau-Stammtisch (Rodgau / Rhein-Main Area)
*HUNGARY
**Magyar Pipaklub Egyesület (Hungarian Pipe Club - Budapest - Hungary)
**The link we had for Magyar Pipaszövetség is now dead
*ITALY
**Legio Praetoria (The Pipe Club of Rome - Italy)
*LEBANON
**Pipe Club of Lebanon (The Pipe Club of Lebanon - Lebanon)
*POLAND
**The link we had for the Polish Pipe Clubs Council is now dead
** (FMS Pipe Club website)
*ROMANIA
**Pipe & Cigar Club Bucureşti (Official Pipe & Cigar Club of Bucharest)
** (Official Pipe Club of Romania, set in Constanta)
*RUSSIA, Ex-USSR
** (Russian Speaking Pipe Clubs in one place)
*SCOTLAND
**Edinburgh Pipe Club
**The Kearvaig Pipe Club
*SPAIN
**The link we had for the Barcelona Pipa Club is now dead
*SWEDEN
**Svenska Pipklubben (Pipe Club Of Sweden; founded in 1991. Club magazine Rökringar is published four times a year.)
*SWITZERLAND
**The link we had for Pfeifenclub Innerschwyz is now dead.
**The Pipe Club Zurich (Founded September 1972 in restaurant Zeughauskeller as a section of the Pipe-Club Suisse.)
*UNITED STATES
**The link we had for The North American Artisan Pipe Crafters Guild is now dead.
**Tri State Pipe and Tobacco Club (TSPTC, Fort Wayne, Indiana)
**The link we had for the Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club of Boston is now dead.
**Conclave of Richmond Pipe Smokers (Based in Richmond, Virginia.) Website: http://www.conclaveofrichmondpipesmokers.org , Email: contact@conclaveofrichmondpipesmokers.org , Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theConclave
**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.
**The link we had for the Los Angeles Pipe Club is now dead.
**The link we had for the South West Pipe and Cigar League now points to a site hosting malware.
**Austin Texas Pipe Club (The Austin Texas Pipe Club meets 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month and everyone is welcome. Visit our web site for meeting dates and more information.)
**Houston Pipe Club (Houston Pipe Club meets first Friday of each month at Stogies 6:00 PM. Stogies World Class Cigars 6100 Westheimer Rd #102 Houston, TX 77057 Visit our web site for meeting dates and more information.)
**Are there any more? ;)
*URUGUAY
**Club de Pipafumadores del Uruguay Urupipas 2001 (Since 2001 - en Internet desde el 10 de agosto de 2001)
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==Special pages (dedicated to particular themes) ==
*Antique Pipes
**"The Tobacco Pipe Artistory" Page on Facebook (Launched by Daniel Beck and Ben Rapaport)
**Silver Hallmarks for Tobacconists, Pipe makers, and Pipe Mounters. Extremely handy for dating pipes with silverwork]
*Catalogs, brochures, flyers, ads...
**Chris' Pipe Pages (Chris Keene's wonderful collection)
*Meerschaum Pipes
**ᴀʟᴛɪɴᴀʏᴘɪᴘᴇꜱ.ᴄᴏᴍ (ALTINAY Premium Quality Meerschaum Pipes)
*Tobacco
**Different pipe tobaccos and Let's talk about tobacco (The latest news from pipe smoking world On La Pipe Rit's blog)
**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.
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==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.