LOOSING A FRIEND

There is no worse thing in life than starting your day with bad news.

When this news concern someone you consider to be a friend then the situation is really devastating.

Bjarne is a well known name in the pipe industry and his artifacts are objects of desire among pipe smokers and collectors around the world.

Bjarne Nielsen,the owner and the founder of bjarne pipes after a MBA degree from the university of Copenhagen and a career in the Danish Foreign Service, Bjarne founded his company in 1973 and now is propably Denmark's largest manufacturer of 100% hand made pipes.The company's products are totaly made by hand and are totally individual.

I consider myself to be lucky having met Bjarne in person 10 years ago when he visited the factory where I work and we supplied him with briar wood.He made a very big impression to me the fact that he was such an easy going person and he always had something nice to say to the people around him.

Since then we met several times in pipe shows around the world and his welcoming smile was like reuniting with a family member.

This great person is no longer with us.

Last week Bjarne passed away,his heart failed him.I know his loss will have a big impact on all of us who knew him.His smile and his ethics will be an example for all.His memory will be alive in our mind's and heart's.

May God bless his family in this time of need and always.

First time for everything

This is the first time posting  my blog so I hope you like it.

What I want to do through this blog is express  my love for the finer  things in life, like pipes cigars and other things adults love to give in every now and then.

Cigar and pipe smoking has nothing to do with cigarettes, the addiction of smoking, and all the problems that come with it.

Cigars and pipes are to be smoked for the pleasure of smoking,relaxation and peace of mind.

This kind of smoking has the same results to the individual like Yoga!!It takes you to that place where everything looks so small and insignificant.

Like drinking a fine wine or a glass of a rare single malt whiskey does not automatically make you an alcoholic, thus pipe and cigar smoking does NOT make you a nicotine junky!

Times are very dificult for all of us who like to kick back,relax and light up a premium hand rolled cigar or a pipe and try to get away from things  for an hour or two.

European an draconian U.S. laws are killing the industry and as a consequence makes cigars and pipe tobacco very hard find  and expensive to buy.

In the future you will be able to be informed  about developments on legislation around the world.

Stay tuned for tasting results of  high end cigars from around the world as well as pipes and pipe tobacco.

This weeks cigar is a little bomb shell from the U.S.

Tatuaje is a brand of very limmited production smokes,made in perfection in Miami's  Little Havana by "Pepin" Garcia.

It has a full flavor with strong tobacco and a very long finish.Great cigar,not cheap but nothing so valuable comes cheap.