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Estate Pipes now
being sold on Ebay
J.M.
Boswell has been crafting his own pipes, selling pre-owned Estate pipes and
doing pipe repairs since 1975 . With
almost 4 decades of his own personal knowledge of the history of pipe brands and
working to restore them, he knows them as old friends. J.M.
Boswell is someone who is pretty meticulous in his work as a Master Pipe
Restorer and it shows.
J.M.
continues to purchase and consign Estate Pipes for our daughter Rachel
Boswell, to sell in her EBay store. Keep an
eye open for Rachel’s EBay listing for many Estate Boswells and other brands as
they go up for sale.
Rachel_27 will
be found in search under Boswell Pipe
category
You will
see in the listing of Estate pipes at the end of title will have R. Boswell
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J.M. and Gail's black lab, Bo, in his 11th
year of greeting customer's at our door!
Happy Birthday Bo!
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*That time of year has approached us, when we all
look forward to sharing some quality time
with family and friends, not to
mention some great food and Pipe Tobacco!
We would like to give a special thanks to
our valued customers, and most of all, we appreciate all of your suggestions for
our new blend. They were just over whelming, and most of them sounded so
delicious!
J.M. has decided to name the
blend.....
Piper’s Pleasure!
From everyone here at Boswell's, we wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving Holiday!
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*Boswell Pipes Onterview in ForbesLife* |
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Just a Note to let you Know...... We take your privacy very seriously.
Rest assured there is absolutely NO risk to any of your personal information
ever being given out or hacked.
This is why we ask you to place a call to us when ordering.
At Boswell’s we still do business the old fashioned way!
Call 717-264-1711 J.M. or Dan will take your call. |
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Click the flag above for patriotic memorabilia.
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"I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new."
-Robert Service, writer and poet, the "Bard of the Yukon"
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"I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment
in all human affairs,"
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- Albert Einstein, 1950
(an avid pipe smoker, Einstein became a member of the Montreal Pipe Smokers Club at age 71)
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*Attention: We apologize for the inconvenience, but at this time we are unable to take any special orders. If you have any questions, please call us at (717)264-1711. Thank You! |
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Are you a collector of Boswell pipes?
Then you might want to check out our page devoted to BOSWELL NOMENCLATURE.
Our nomenclature page contains information
about the dating and signing of Boswell pipes, special club pipes, and wedding pipes.
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Need a special present? Our handcrafted briar
pipes make a great gift!
For a small fee (just $2!), we can gift wrap the pipe of your choice
(see our Pipes For Sale page for current availability). Included in
each gift pack is the pipe, ounce of any Boswell blend, tamper and matches. We can customize per your request.
Or, may we suggest a personalized keepsake -
J.M. will skillfully custom inscribe any name or initial monogram
in block lettering into the shank of any Boswell Pipe to create a
unique, one-of a kind gift. This service is offered at no charge.
Fully rusticated pipes are not able to be monogrammed.
Give us a call at (717)264-1711 and we can help you plan
the perfect gift for any pipe lover.
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"Bring my pipe and fill the bowl, that I may puff to sooth my soul. For it is sure to clear my brain, and bring fond memories back again." |
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Where in the world have you taken your Boswell Pipe? |
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Here at Boswell's we LOVE receiving pictures and emails from our customers, and over the years, we've noticed that our pipes have traveled far and wide. We're trying to put together a page devoted to our customers, and we'd be honored if you would send us your favorite pictures with your Boswell pipe, so we can share them on our website. Please email them to juliebos@comcast.net. Many thanks! |
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Little tube of mighty pow'r,
Charmer of an idle hour,
Object of my warm desire.
~Isaac Hawkins Browne, "A Pipe of Tobacco"
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"Puff your smoke heavenward, and pitch your thoughts toward the clouds." |
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*We recently received a new shipment of briar wood! We’ve been waiting for it since January, and it finally came in to port from Greece. Here are some pictures of J.M. and Dan looking over the blocks after they were delivered by tractor trailer. Beautiful wood! |
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“Pipe Lore: The Legend of Briar”
“In 1857,” says Al, nesting into his easy chair, ever-present pipe in hand, “a French nobleman was traveling through the southernmost part of his country’s Jura Mountains. In a small village called Saint-Claude, he settled down for a meal and the enjoyment of his favorite Turkish meerschaum pipe. But, he broke the brittle bowl!
“As it turned out,” Al continues, “a local woodcarver happened to have a chunk of aged root burl from the white heath tree {Erica arborea}, a woody shrub that grows in harsh, rocky soil. It took the carver all night to carve a pipe from the rocklike wood. After trying the new pipe,” Al puffs for emphasis, “ the elegant “Frenchman thought it far superior to his old meerschaum. From that day on, briar’s fame spread- first throughout France, then all of Europe.
“Today, 90 percent of all pipes are made of briar. And, the village of Saint-Claude calls itself the world’s briar-pipe capital.”
Briar destined for the world’s finest pipes still comes from the mountain country around the Mediterranean Sea in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, and the islands of Corsica and Sicily. In these countries, diggers unearth the root burls and deliver them to the mills. There, saws cut the largest part of the burls into blocks called ebauchons. Blocks sawn from the upper and outer layer of the burl – distinguished by a pebble-textured “skin” – are named plateaux, and command top dollar.*
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there's only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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"The Story In a Pipe and Cigar"
"It is now generally agreed that the word tobacco is derived from "tobago", which was an Indian pipe. The tobago was Y-shaped, and usually consisted of a hollow, forked reed, the two prongs of which were fitted into the nostrils, the smoke being drawn from the tobacco placed in the end of the stem. The islands of Tobago, contrary to the belief of many, did not furnish the name for tobacco, but on the other hand, it was given that name by Columbus, owing to its resemblance in shape to the Indian pipe."
"While tobacco is now found growing in all inhabited countries, it is a native of the Americas and adjacent islands. Its discovery by civilized man was coincident with the discovery of this continent by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Columbus and his adventurous sailors found the native Indians using the weed on the explorer's first visit to the new world. Investigation has established that the plant was first used as a religious rite and gradually became a social habit among the natives. Columbus and his Castilian successors carried the weed to Spain. Sir Walter Raleigh took it to England; Jean Nicot, whose name is immortalized in nicotine, introduced it to the French; adventurous traders brought the seed to Turkey and Syria, and Spanish argosies carried it westward from Mexico to the Phillippines and thence to China and Japan. Thus, within two centuries after its discovery, tobacco was being cultivated in nearly every country and was being used by every race of men."
-The Tobacco Leaf Publishing Co.
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It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake. ~Mark Twain
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