Arizona Pipe Club

10/04/2026

Greetings fellow pipe smokers, we hope that all is going well for you. Our next pipe club meeting is next Saturday!

Saturday Oct 10th
12:00 PM-?
Dragon's Lounge, Dobson/ Main in Mesa Az.

We hope that you can join us to welcome in the fall season, always a welcome sight in the southwest, finally we can enjoy a pipe outside in the cooler weather at home.

Everything is going better than I could have imagined meeting at Dragon's lounge. We did not really know what to expect, but Perry Singh the owner and his nephew "Sonny" has really been accommodating and go out of their way to be fine hosts. If you have not met them yet, please take the time to do so.

Another important date is coming up very soon, The Las Vegas International Pipe show, October 23-25.

It gives us an awesome opportunity to attend a first-rate pipe show in relatively close proximity to us, and I would say that it is the most pipe friendly smoking venue in the USA, at so many of the other shows, the smoker is relegated to smoking in outdoor tents, where you are subjected to cold and hot/ humid weather. At the palace station casino you can smoke in the casino, walk to the venue...hob k**b with pipe smokers from all over the states in the lounge, and a few steps away walk the floor to peruse the pipes and to***cos. Dave Peterson and Brian Levine work to put on an excellent show. And...the sheer volume of goods for purchase will make your head swim.

I have never heard of anyone regretting to make it to the show, and everyone I know that has made it has been excited thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
There is really no substitute to handling a pipe in person, compared to purchasing online from the big box store...

Case in point, last year a new pipe club member was ready to purchase a pipe from the big box store, aesthetically it was beautiful!
But...Steve with years of experience found a tiny fissure that frankly I would have not seen. The pipe was handed back to the salesman that immediately pulled it from the floor.
Had the pipe been purchased online, received and not noticed the fissure, smoked it....tough toenails!

If anyone would like to carpool with others to the show, be sure to let it be known at this pipe club meeting, and/or communicate via the signal app that is in the signature line.

TIP: The Palace Station hotel is fun to stay at you are there where all of the action is, but the cost and ancillary fees can be off-putting if you are on a budget, I stay in Las Vegas often for work, and I can recommend The Best Western Las Vegas West in Summerlin...a short 5? Miles straight up Sahara blvd away from the strip, no resort fees, and complimentary breakfast, free parking etc...

I (Charlie) sadly cannot attend; I will be on work assignment in Montana for 3 weeks and the show is in the center of that assignment. 🙁
All of the info regarding the show can be found at the link...make sure you read through it as there have been a few changes.

Las Vegas International Pipe Show

Anyway....hope to see you Saturday!

https://vegaspipeshow.com/

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09/07/2026

Greetings fellow pipe smokers, we hope all is well with you.

The dog days of summer are upon us and those that cannot smoke inside the home find themselves in a tough spot. No problem, we have you covered at Dragon's lounge, air-conditioned comfort with great ventilation.

With the influx of newer attendees, just as a reminder, there are no dues or membership costs associated with attending the pipe club meetings, but individually we need to financially support the cigar lounge for providing a great venue for us to meet. Purchasing ci**rs for ourselves or maybe someone deserving in your family, buying libations to consume makes it possible for a cigar lounge that does not carry pipe to***co and pipes to benefit from hosting us. At some point, Perry the owner might carry pipes and pipe to***cos that we can purchase to help in that end, but frankly, even if that does happen profits are razor thin when it comes to pipes and pipe to***co. Honestly, the cigar smokers allow the rent and electricity to be paid.

Historically, we as a club have always been good about it, and never wore our welcome out, but visiting a to***co store in San Jose Ca., a proprietor told me about a situation that resulted in him not welcoming pipe club meetings, and I really did see his point.

Don't forget about the Thursday meetings at Cigar Inn in Phoenix at around 1 PM.

Recently I was asked about how we started as a pipe club and when...I cannot give an exact date but it was in the Fall of 2014, so we are going into our 12th year.
I posted an article on United Pipe Clubs Of America some time back of which we are a member of, simply scroll down to The Arizona Pipe club and click on the article on how we started.

https://unitedpipeclubs.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=90797&module_id=275055
Have a great week and we hope to see you Saturday at noon or after.
Regards,
Arizona Pipe Club

08/09/2026

A great turnout today, several new attendees, it is always great to see new faces, and we hope that it was equally beneficial for them!

12 or so in attendance.

06/10/2026

Ok… whatever Facebook, we know that you have a thing against smokers… look the other way on what you deem proper.

06/10/2026

McClellands 2010 from 2013 in an Arizona carved bent Dublin by Don Marshall.

https://i.imgur.com/mjVCxfv.jpeg

06/09/2026

Greetings fellow pipe smokers, we hope that all is well with you.

I am looking forward to seeing you all, as of late I have been travelling quite a bit for work...
Speaking of travel, if any of you are travelling to Denver this summer and are looking for pipes and to***cos, I can heartily endorse Edwards Pipe And To***co in Englewood Colorado.
Recently while there I saw a lot of to***cos that I have not seen in years, and a lot of blends that disappear in a few hours when the big box online retailers post them.
They do have an online store, but it is hard to navigate and in the short time I decided to lurk, I did not see a fraction of what they have available.

I suppose that they are committed to supplying local customers and not looking to have a global customer base.
It is always good to plan on checking in on such places wherever you go, and it is worthwhile to even ask at a local smoke shop. A buddy of mine went into a smoke shop some years back and asked the guy if they had any tinned pipe to***cos, but he could tell the proprietor was not "getting it" when he pointed to the bagged super value.

He pulled a tin from his pocket and the proprietor told him, yeah, I have a big box from the previous owner, but nobody bought it. The owner walked in the back room and came out with a big box of rare to***cos and sold them all for $5 a tin!
Never hurts to ask! ;)

Anyway, enough of my rambling!


Saturday June 13th at 12:00
Dragons Lounge in Mesa, S/E corner of Dobson and main near Discount tires.

Be there!

Hope to see you.

Regards,
Arizona Pipe Club

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05/07/2026

When: Saturday May 9th
Time: 12:00 PM
Where: Dragon's Lounge
1907 W. Main St. Mesa Az. 85201
(S/E corner of Main and Dobson near Discount Tire)

Greetings fellow pipe club members!
It looks like the Southwestern thermostat is pe***ng upwards for our May meeting, so please come and join us for a comfortable air-conditioned smoke! In regards to those that have not come in quite a while, it would be good to see you and touch bases on how things are going!

Last month for a trial run at the former haunt worked out well, and the staff was welcoming and appreciated our visit. Going forward, we will stick with this venue. Please reach out and let me know of any concerns, but I think that not having stairs, and more comfortable chairs that accommodate the whole group is a plus, and might allow some that have not come in recent times. Parking there is always a hassle, but there is not much to be done about that, the Asian market produces a lot of shoppers and it just is, what it is.

If anyone has any special requests on a particular blend that they would like to try, be sure and let us know, we will try to accomodate.

The Las Vegas Pipe show is five months away, and will be here before you know it.

New attendees over the age of 21 are always welcomed, no dues and we promise not to haze anyone! ;)

We hope that you have a great day and look forward to seeing you there!

Regards,
Arizona Pipe Club