Some of the best pipe experiences I’ve had were cheap tobacco out of a cheap pipe. For all of our trying to force a transcendent experience of any kind, the experience will find you when it’s ready to present itself.
Wow.. your story about your first engagement is where I currently am healing from in my life right now. This video definitely was a blessing to me. Thank you, dear friend
Thank you for disclosing the name of the manufacturer and blend of tobacco that you enjoy in each video. As a new pipe smoker it helps me to get recommendations from gentlemen such as Mutton Chop, you, and The Spurgeon Piper. The three of you provide good background to my pipe time, after prayers of course. God be with you.
Maybe its just me, but I enjoyed how within 21 minutes the video went from late afternoon light to nearly dark. As I get older, I notice the simple beauty in things that I always took for granted in my youth. Perhaps youth truly is wasted on the young.
@@clips8813 Honestly, you're never too young for the elders. I'm in my 50's now but growing up I had tons of friends my age but I also spent a lot of time hanging out with my dad an his friends. Then in my early twenties I spent a lot of time with my company's owner and and his peers. Most of the things that I have learned over the years that were actually good solid life lessons and philosophies came from listening to people significantly older than me. Hang out with your elders as often as possible. You can form some very significant friendships even when there are years between you.
You know what sir. It would be a pleasure running into your kind self and share a moment with a pipe. You’re a genuine good ole boy from the backwoods and and I’m a city slicker from California, trying to get away from the city. I bet our views and stories would differ from one another, but the pipe would bring us together. Figure people still like to learn from one another and come together like how the good times used to be. Happy smokes and stay spooky
I truly appreciate your time tonight watching this video. Thank you. Perfect log fire and what a dog you have. I enjoy your accent, I am from NJ and people always say, you don't sound like you are from there. Then I put my jersey accent on and they love it. Yours is truly genuine. Thank you again! Always a pleasure. My favorite tobacco is Autumn Evening. Just my opinion. Remember, I only started smoking a pipe back in August and I turned 49 at that time.
It usually takes about 15-30 seconds for someone I just met ( I lived in Nebraska for the last 50 years when I entered Creighton Medical school). I sometimes joke that I am from the South…… South Bronx!!
@@tompagano9015 I think you left out a thought, it takes 15 to 30 seconds too? I think you ment to say something like: I know if I like this person?! Just my guess. Any ways, it's funny, I am a PT , so sorta like medical school. Maybe that is the connection.
@@BlakesPipes .I can’t find my original comment (?). Yes, I left out that it takes 15-30 seconds for someone from the Midwest to pick up my Bronx accent even after living in the Midwest since 1969. Saying words like “ coffee”, “car”, “ water”, get me every time. I try to trump or top them after they guess I am from New York by asking / challenging them to name “what borough?”
Great Advice and true to the Heart . Alan thank you for being the heart of the YTPC . Your Videos and post are always on Point and always worthy of Greatness. Thank you for your wisdom. Perfect and well spoken. Best of the Best . Wisdom and the Pipe go hand and hand . Love your Girl there she is Beautiful, I love a Dog they love you unconditionally. They will never betray you . Please keep up the great content. Thank you Fine Sir ! Scott Tennessee
Always nice stopping by for a visit. I appreciate the wisdom never apologizing for what you like in pipes or tobacco. I've been smoking pipes since 1976. I've gone through a lot of brands and a lot of pipes. I find that the longer you smoke the more things settle, at least for me. Good luck for finding a better fit, horse-wise.---Todd
Great chat as usual…very satisfying to watch with the fire, your dog and nightfall settling in…thanks for sharing. PS…HBS is not my cup of tea either…but I still fire it up when I’m in the right mood! Thanks again. 🙏👍😀
If everything always worked out the way we planned, we would never build character. I’m thankful for all I’ve been through, it’s made me the man I am today. Cheers brother.
Received my first Country Squire tobacco in the mail yesterday. Rivendell, Second Breakfast & Seersucker, all fantastic. Also got Boswells No bite Delight a few weeks ago after hearing Alan speak on it, wonderful blend. New piper here and im up to my forth pipe. Enjoying my Savinelli straight apple the most though I just acquired a Savinelli Churchwarden with a prince shape thats very nice.
I totally agree for each his or her own we are all on the same team it doesn't matter what type tobacco or pipe you smoke just enjoy yourself..great video thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for this video Allen. Really needed it. I've felt so dispondent at church lately, because I've been to many different churches and they all believe in the name it and claim it rubbish and walk around church and society like they mini god's and know it all and are better than everyone else, but hearing you I realize that being Christan you don't have to take things seriously and that I should just ignore how people are behaving in church. Just follow Jesus and do what He said we must do and say and not listen to the concentrated dribble of people in the church, because it just gets you down. Like you say we don't have to have everything figured out, that's God's job. Going off the subject a bit, I know what you mean when you say that spending time by yourself reflecting while having a good pipe or cigar really helps you mental health. I used to smoke cigars before I got married 14 years ago and my wife isn't a big fan of them, because like many people on the church, she thinks it's sort of a sin. I know that to be untrue myself, but since I've stopped having cigars and being able to sit and reflect on life. I've become so miserable and unhappy. Always wound up like a rubber band and have no release. From Don
Hello from Somerset,Ky I’ve recently found you channel and have immensely enjoyed your videos. Keep up the great work. Very much looking forward to more content. P.s. I see your enjoying some Kentucky swamp water… my favorite.
Thanks for the great video. I really like the outdoor scenery as well. And thanks for the information on the hat. I know I was one of the ones that asked. Thank you. God bless!
Alan I am pleased to announce I will be the new owner of a lined pipe wallet roll-up. It has the snaps so you can use the lid as a tray and the pipe part is lined with heavy suede. Thank you for the recommendation with Mr. Allen Goldberg, he does fine craftsmanship.
Alan, I took a road trip to Country Squire last week and tried Cowboy Coffee. I brought plenty of it home. That pipe shop is a community and spent a couple of days hanging out with Jon David Cole and his gracious and friendly customers.
I was lucky enough to win a beautiful pipe roll from David and it goes everywhere with me. The quality is above and beyond any others that i have seen. I Enjoy your show and look forward to many more.
I loved this video. Belle makes a great armrest!! I am a 2 year piper and sometimes i find folks as "helpful" as the wine and god forbid bourbon folks. I was drinking jim beam black one night and a fellow said "what are you drinking THAT for"........I said "because im a grown ass man and i like it". Luckily he laughed and went on his way.
As a new pipe smoker, I've noticed that the setting matters just as much, if not more, than what I'm smoking. The finest blend in the world would be wasted if I'm forced to smoke amidst the polluting sights and sounds of a city.
Please do not take my meaning the wrong way sir but in 1978 a very accomplished retired Turkish Army cavalry colonel once told me and I quote "NEVER look for a fault under the saddle, instead the fault ALWAYS resides on top of the saddle"... Greetings from a fellow rider and pipe smoker and a student of history...
I needed this today sir. Thank you very much. I continue to love your style, topics of discussion, and history when you mix it in. You've made my day. Thank you.
Very interesting video as usual. I agree with your comments about blends. I don't care for Haunted Bookshop either. I will waste money at some point and try Solani Burley Flake. As a former cigar enthusiast, I've found that personal tastes are all different. Thank you Sir!
No audio. Ok. Finally got the audio. Fine video. Some of the finest smokes I had were with an inexpensive house blend. There's no need to be a pipe or pipe tobacco snob. Sorry about the horse btw.
👍 Sir, I would be interested to hear of your experience with blend and pipe combinations. That is an excellent video topic. I enjoy your content. Thank you.
I'm a city boy sixty eight years old, no horses here. been smoking pipes for fifty years,retired from retail business. Got to tell ya, my life is similar to yours. Been there done that. Love to drive long distances outside of town when I get the itch. Still have my first pipe, GBD billiard. Lighter of choice, Zippo. Always, country squire Cherokee with morning coffee. Enjoy your videos. Sometimes disagree with you on some issues but aline with you on others. It's what's makes the "world go around "
Marvellous content as always Sir , I look forward to the next video, I hope Belle is in it , she's a beautiful dog 🐶🐾 😃 Peaceful smokes to you , God bless you and your family
One fun little trick I learned from one of the greats, Mr. Samuel Clemmons (Mark Twain). If you're going to be out and about doing a lot of walking, a pipe sock can be a magical tool. You fill that sucker up with some tobacco before you leave. Drop your pipe in (bowl first) and close it up around the stem. Toss it in your pocket (a breast pocket works best) and as you are walking, the tobacco will make it's way into the bowl and pack itself. I find this works best when going on walks or yard work where lugging around a pipe roll becomes tedious. If you want to smoke the entire time, you can do a two pipe swap (one smokes while the other packs) or enjoy a cigar between the pack. Also becomes VERY handy when it's super windy out since you won't be fighting the wind to pack your pipe.
Alan, I appreciated your story on the fractious mare. I have been fortunate to have many good horses over the years but I have a beautiful big black TWH gelding that is 16.3 hands tall. Very mild and good horse around the farm and he moves well, but he gets "barn sour" and when I go on rides, he will get edgy and can be a handful. Not ready to sell him though as when I ride with other riders he delivers some might fine rides. Oh well.............
I've smoked it all - very expensive tobaccos, boutique style blends, tons of German blends and drug store stuff. Today for the first time I bought some Captain Black Royal. The CB Royal is an excellent tobacco that provides an all day mild smoke with a medium topping of vanilla and perhaps some other flavors which I didn't really notice - Its as good as many of the $20-25 blends I've bought and it cost me $11.00 - Plus its cut perfectly and stays lite with the perfect amount of moisture. There is a reason CB has been around a long time - Its good tobacco - BTW, Haunted Bookshop isn’t my favorite, but every now and then I’m looking for a Smokey, Dry somewhat spicy smoke and then it’s ok, but that’s not too often.
Sometimes the journey ends and a new path present’s itself. I’ve had decisions made for me and I’ve made decisions that altered my life. But I have always enjoyed the journey.
All the other pipe smokers I know tell me that Perique is an awesome tobacco. However, I’ve found that no tobacco which features Perique prominently pleases me. It took me a while to accept that fact, but my enjoyment of pipe smoking definitely increased when I did.
Great video. I started years ago and smoked mostly bent pipes. Maybe I just thought they looked cool. I still have many and I do smoke them but I have really developed a fondness for the Peterson 264 Canadian. In this great adventure you gotta try different pipes, different tobaccos. You will no doubt find plenty that you will dislike. You will find a pipe style and blends that just speak to ya and it will totally increase your enjoyment of this awesome pastime.
Missouri Cobb pipes are my standby and my daily… they’re good for the money… they handle moisture well in cold climates… and they are great for the woods great for anytime any day… and if the lawman thinks it smells funny and takes it to be tested then you’re out 7.99 not 100 dollars. I separate my smoking pleasures…. No lawman my pipe doesn’t smell funny… if you smell shit everywhere you go sir… check your jackboot
I'm right there with you with Haunted Bookshop. I just don't like it, but I don't begrudge anyone who does. I have a collection of nearly 2 dozen pipes, from briars, to meershaums to cobs, and to date my best smoking pipe is a Missouri Pride that I got in a bag of smokable seconds. I smoke all of my pipes, but that MP consistently gives me the best, most enjoyable smoke of the lot.
I really enjoy your videos, always such great tips, and point of view on..well everything :). I just wanted to say that you are so right about karibi lighters and the flints. I regret getting the kabuto over the carona IM old boy. It’s very finicky on getting flame on the first strike. It’s great on butane though. I will give it that. It’s been months since I filled it and it’s still going. I just can’t get it to light by lighting it the way you strike yours. I have to hold in left hand and use right hand thumb and get a full strike of the wheel if I want flame. Happy piping! I’m enjoying a bowl of Captain Earles “ reflections” right now.
This is Fred. Great Video. Do you find certain pipe shapes work best with certain tobacco's? Narrower bowl with Virginia's, Larger bowl with English, average bowl for Burley. Thanks Again for Your Fine Work. Gods Blessings.
I agree on those house blends. I have been going through buying a lot of name-brand tobaccos and trying them and, while many of them are very delicious, there’s something about this one ‘Truman’s Blend’ from my local tobacconist here in MO that brings me such enjoyment even without the multifaceted flavor profiles of the high-dollar tins.
Bad fits are just part human experience. We are out here with people who have different value systems then us and we just aren't going to fit well no matter what. I try to practice live and let live. They are entitled to their ways regardless of what I feel. We don't have to friends we can have mutual respect and let that be enough. Just because someone isn't my friend doesn't mean they are my enemy. I'll try to practice justice and tolerance and even try to be helpful if I can be. Chances are however we'll not ever be friends. We just don't fit.
A Missouri Pride corn cob is even less that 10 dollars and, to me, it smokes like a champ. As well as my expensive pipes. And I, too, have never developed a taste for Haunted Bookshop. But some of the never touted blends from C & D suit me very well. It's important to get to the point that you're ok being you. And that's a fine looking dog.
Now you hit on a great video topic. I have way to many pipe. Way to many tobacco’s for that matter. Actually last night I was trying to find any videos or any articles online on good pipe styles with good tobacco types to go with it. There really isn’t anything out there. Cowboy coffee is a great blend!
I completely agree about Haunted Bookshop. It is a blend that I have tried and tried but just do not agree with. Many try to explain to me why I should like it and all I say is to each there own. I have figured out I am just not a burley forward person. Great video……
Hey Alan, in the video you made of recommended burley blends, you name Solani Aged Burley Flake as your favorite burley blend. However, in this video you say that you’ve tried to like it, but you can’t. I’m a bit confused. Is it because the tin you showed in that video was from 2005 and aged?
I never had trouble with any gelding, but an arab mare was dangerous. Would spook, for some reason, on short grass. She wouldn't bolt, but drop down on all fours leaving me high and dry, and then shoot straight up in the air and catch me coming down. Painfull, Then she would be contrite as hell. Gave her to a girl who had spent a few years as her friend. She had no trouble with her and became a great trail horse in the Oregon cascades. I think that mare just missed her friend. Smoke em if you got em.
Some of the best pipe experiences I’ve had were cheap tobacco out of a cheap pipe. For all of our trying to force a transcendent experience of any kind, the experience will find you when it’s ready to present itself.
Agree…I have a lot of pipes, but my Missouri cob smokes as well or better than them all. Also love some of the Codger blends…tried and true.
Wow.. your story about your first engagement is where I currently am healing from in my life right now. This video definitely was a blessing to me. Thank you, dear friend
Bell's message is that the closer we are to our master and father, the more contented we become.
That ol' girl can preach.
Thank you for disclosing the name of the manufacturer and blend of tobacco that you enjoy in each video. As a new pipe smoker it helps me to get recommendations from gentlemen such as Mutton Chop, you, and The Spurgeon Piper. The three of you provide good background to my pipe time, after prayers of course. God be with you.
Maybe its just me, but I enjoyed how within 21 minutes the video went from late afternoon light to nearly dark. As I get older, I notice the simple beauty in things that I always took for granted in my youth. Perhaps youth truly is wasted on the young.
That is interesting indeed.
“Youth is wasted on the young” very interesting concept, as a 23 y.o I’m too old for my age group but too young for the elders
@@clips8813 Honestly, you're never too young for the elders. I'm in my 50's now but growing up I had tons of friends my age but I also spent a lot of time hanging out with my dad an his friends. Then in my early twenties I spent a lot of time with my company's owner and and his peers. Most of the things that I have learned over the years that were actually good solid life lessons and philosophies came from listening to people significantly older than me.
Hang out with your elders as often as possible. You can form some very significant friendships even when there are years between you.
You and Dwayne from Dry Creek Wrangler School doing a video together would be absolutely magnificent!
Thanks for the video Sir!
The scenery combined with the story telling made this such a great video, I could have watched it for hours!
I think Dewayne has influence him a bit
Now you're doing it right. Very impressed by this video. Best content, mood, and delivery I've seen from you yet. Hit all the right notes.
I’m really enjoying the frequency of your videos, and as always, love your content sir! Have a great evening!
You're like a favorite Uncle, I just can't get enough of...thank you for sharing this evening with me and letting us into your beautiful world. ❤🌌🔥
Thanks for another relaxing Video Alan and to your Co-star who looks so peaceful also. Best wishes.
Loving this channel.i can listen to this Kentucky draw all day
what a beautiful place you have, I hope you do more outdoor videos
You know what sir. It would be a pleasure running into your kind self and share a moment with a pipe. You’re a genuine good ole boy from the backwoods and and I’m a city slicker from California, trying to get away from the city. I bet our views and stories would differ from one another, but the pipe would bring us together. Figure people still like to learn from one another and come together like how the good times used to be. Happy smokes and stay spooky
Love seeing your videos here from Brazil. God bless you!
I do love my pipe tobacco, but I find my self coming to this channel more for the philosophy.
Always enjoy listening to you.
Funny how tastes vary. Haunted Bookshop is what allowed me to enjoy a pipe. Not the only blend I now enjoy but it is still one of my favorites.
I truly appreciate your time tonight watching this video. Thank you. Perfect log fire and what a dog you have. I enjoy your accent, I am from NJ and people always say, you don't sound like you are from there. Then I put my jersey accent on and they love it. Yours is truly genuine. Thank you again! Always a pleasure. My favorite tobacco is Autumn Evening. Just my opinion. Remember, I only started smoking a pipe back in August and I turned 49 at that time.
It usually takes about 15-30 seconds for someone I just met ( I lived in Nebraska for the last 50 years when I entered Creighton Medical school). I sometimes joke that I am from the South…… South Bronx!!
@@tompagano9015 I think you left out a thought, it takes 15 to 30 seconds too? I think you ment to say something like: I know if I like this person?! Just my guess. Any ways, it's funny, I am a PT , so sorta like medical school. Maybe that is the connection.
@@BlakesPipes .I can’t find my original comment (?). Yes, I left out that it takes 15-30 seconds for someone from the Midwest to pick up my Bronx accent even after living in the Midwest since 1969. Saying words like “ coffee”, “car”, “ water”, get me every time. I try to trump or top them after they guess I am from New York by asking / challenging them to name “what borough?”
Great Advice and true to the Heart . Alan thank you for being the heart of the YTPC . Your Videos and post are always on Point and always worthy of Greatness. Thank you for your wisdom. Perfect and well spoken. Best of the Best . Wisdom and the Pipe go hand and hand . Love your Girl there she is Beautiful, I love a Dog they love you unconditionally. They will never betray you . Please keep up the great content. Thank you Fine Sir ! Scott Tennessee
Always nice stopping by for a visit. I appreciate the wisdom never apologizing for what you like in pipes or tobacco. I've been smoking pipes since 1976. I've gone through a lot of brands and a lot of pipes. I find that the longer you smoke the more things settle, at least for me. Good luck for finding a better fit, horse-wise.---Todd
Great chat as usual…very satisfying to watch with the fire, your dog and nightfall settling in…thanks for sharing. PS…HBS is not my cup of tea either…but I still fire it up when I’m in the right mood! Thanks again. 🙏👍😀
A very warm and calming video for a cold Friday evening.
If everything always worked out the way we planned, we would never build character. I’m thankful for all I’ve been through, it’s made me the man I am today. Cheers brother.
Your dog is fantastic!
Received my first Country Squire tobacco in the mail yesterday. Rivendell, Second Breakfast & Seersucker, all fantastic. Also got Boswells No bite Delight a few weeks ago after hearing Alan speak on it, wonderful blend. New piper here and im up to my forth pipe. Enjoying my Savinelli straight apple the most though I just acquired a Savinelli Churchwarden with a prince shape thats very nice.
I totally agree for each his or her own we are all on the same team it doesn't matter what type tobacco or pipe you smoke just enjoy yourself..great video thanks for sharing
Love the videos. Keep ‘em coming! Wish I was closer, I train horses and I would’ve been happy to help out with your mare.
Thank you so much for this video Allen. Really needed it. I've felt so dispondent at church lately, because I've been to many different churches and they all believe in the name it and claim it rubbish and walk around church and society like they mini god's and know it all and are better than everyone else, but hearing you I realize that being Christan you don't have to take things seriously and that I should just ignore how people are behaving in church. Just follow Jesus and do what He said we must do and say and not listen to the concentrated dribble of people in the church, because it just gets you down. Like you say we don't have to have everything figured out, that's God's job. Going off the subject a bit, I know what you mean when you say that spending time by yourself reflecting while having a good pipe or cigar really helps you mental health. I used to smoke cigars before I got married 14 years ago and my wife isn't a big fan of them, because like many people on the church, she thinks it's sort of a sin. I know that to be untrue myself, but since I've stopped having cigars and being able to sit and reflect on life. I've become so miserable and unhappy. Always wound up like a rubber band and have no release. From Don
A Mare. Need I say more. LOL. When a mare bonds with you there is nothing like it
Hello from Somerset,Ky I’ve recently found you channel and have immensely enjoyed your videos. Keep up the great work. Very much looking forward to more content.
P.s. I see your enjoying some Kentucky swamp water… my favorite.
Another good video. Thanks. Appreciate your coverage of various topics that apply to life
I hear and feel this. (long pause) smoke destroys my gums, but I do miss it.
I ain't heard "fit to be tied" in probably 15yrs or more, thanks for the throwback to days of my youth with my grandparents
Great video Alan! I appreciate all your insight on our wonderful pipe smoking hobby.
Camp fire chat for the win. Thankyou for sharing this moment, this vibe, and your experience with us sir. Hope you find a beautiful horse 🐎 companion
Thanks for the great video. I really like the outdoor scenery as well. And thanks for the information on the hat. I know I was one of the ones that asked. Thank you. God bless!
Alan I am pleased to announce I will be the new owner of a lined pipe wallet roll-up. It has the snaps so you can use the lid as a tray and the pipe part is lined with heavy suede. Thank you for the recommendation with Mr. Allen Goldberg, he does fine craftsmanship.
Alan, I took a road trip to Country Squire last week and tried Cowboy Coffee. I brought plenty of it home. That pipe shop is a community and spent a couple of days hanging out with Jon David Cole and his gracious and friendly customers.
Some of my best pipes are cobs!
Some of my best smoking sessions have been behind good ol' Borkim Riff blend!
I was lucky enough to win a beautiful pipe roll from David and it goes everywhere with me. The quality is above and beyond any others that i have seen. I Enjoy your show and look forward to many more.
I loved this video. Belle makes a great armrest!! I am a 2 year piper and sometimes i find folks as "helpful" as the wine and god forbid bourbon folks. I was drinking jim beam black one night and a fellow said "what are you drinking THAT for"........I said "because im a grown ass man and i like it". Luckily he laughed and went on his way.
As a new pipe smoker, I've noticed that the setting matters just as much, if not more, than what I'm smoking. The finest blend in the world would be wasted if I'm forced to smoke amidst the polluting sights and sounds of a city.
Awesome setting, really enjoyed the message. Hope you find the right horse.
Please do not take my meaning the wrong way sir but in 1978 a very accomplished retired Turkish Army cavalry colonel once told me and I quote "NEVER look for a fault under the saddle, instead the fault ALWAYS resides on top of the saddle"... Greetings from a fellow rider and pipe smoker and a student of history...
We love the golden retriever.
Dogs in videos will prompt me to click subscribe faster than anything else.
Good to see you Alan. Keep the videos coming!
Thank you sir,, you have a blessed weekend!!! 👍👍👍
A pleasure as always thanks so much for sharing
I needed this today sir. Thank you very much. I continue to love your style, topics of discussion, and history when you mix it in. You've made my day. Thank you.
Very interesting video as usual. I agree with your comments about blends. I don't care for Haunted Bookshop either. I will waste money at some point and try Solani Burley Flake. As a former cigar enthusiast, I've found that personal tastes are all different. Thank you Sir!
No audio.
Ok. Finally got the audio. Fine video. Some of the finest smokes I had were with an inexpensive house blend. There's no need to be a pipe or pipe tobacco snob. Sorry about the horse btw.
👍 Sir, I would be interested to hear of your experience with blend and pipe combinations. That is an excellent video topic. I enjoy your content. Thank you.
As always brilliant. Thank you.
I'm a city boy sixty eight years old, no horses here. been smoking pipes for fifty years,retired from retail business. Got to tell ya, my life is similar to yours. Been there done that. Love to drive long distances outside of town when I get the itch.
Still have my first pipe, GBD billiard. Lighter of choice, Zippo. Always, country squire Cherokee with morning coffee. Enjoy your videos. Sometimes disagree with you on some issues but aline with you on others. It's what's makes the "world go around "
I my opinion dogs are better company than most people.
Marvellous content as always Sir , I look forward to the next video, I hope Belle is in it , she's a beautiful dog 🐶🐾 😃 Peaceful smokes to you , God bless you and your family
Great atmosphere and talk, keep up the good work Sir!
“Maaan, that was a fine ve-hi-cle”… … Brilliant..
Thank you brother for your words of wisdom
Alan always an enjoyable video. Give that beautiful Golden Retriever and extra treat. Cheers 🥃
Another fine discussion. Lots of life wisdom.
One fun little trick I learned from one of the greats, Mr. Samuel Clemmons (Mark Twain). If you're going to be out and about doing a lot of walking, a pipe sock can be a magical tool. You fill that sucker up with some tobacco before you leave. Drop your pipe in (bowl first) and close it up around the stem. Toss it in your pocket (a breast pocket works best) and as you are walking, the tobacco will make it's way into the bowl and pack itself. I find this works best when going on walks or yard work where lugging around a pipe roll becomes tedious. If you want to smoke the entire time, you can do a two pipe swap (one smokes while the other packs) or enjoy a cigar between the pack. Also becomes VERY handy when it's super windy out since you won't be fighting the wind to pack your pipe.
That new intro music! :)
Fantastic video. Just starting out over here. Great storytelling too.
Brother, I don't believe that horse, job, or woman would suit me either, but that HBS would work out nicely in my cellar! Have a blessed day!
Thank for the info on the pipe roll I've been looking for a good one.
Alan, I appreciated your story on the fractious mare. I have been fortunate to have many good horses over the years but I have a beautiful big black TWH gelding that is 16.3 hands tall. Very mild and good horse around the farm and he moves well, but he gets "barn sour" and when I go on rides, he will get edgy and can be a handful. Not ready to sell him though as when I ride with other riders he delivers some might fine rides. Oh well.............
Been smoking for several decades now and Prince Albert in a corn cob has always suited me just fine.
I've smoked it all - very expensive tobaccos, boutique style blends, tons of German blends and drug store stuff. Today for the first time I bought some Captain Black Royal. The CB Royal is an excellent tobacco that provides an all day mild smoke with a medium topping of vanilla and perhaps some other flavors which I didn't really notice - Its as good as many of the $20-25 blends I've bought and it cost me $11.00 - Plus its cut perfectly and stays lite with the perfect amount of moisture. There is a reason CB has been around a long time - Its good tobacco - BTW, Haunted Bookshop isn’t my favorite, but every now and then I’m looking for a Smokey, Dry somewhat spicy smoke and then it’s ok, but that’s not too often.
Sometimes the journey ends and a new path present’s itself. I’ve had decisions made for me and I’ve made decisions that altered my life. But I have always enjoyed the journey.
You guys... It's in the title..haha. 🤠
All the other pipe smokers I know tell me that Perique is an awesome tobacco. However, I’ve found that no tobacco which features Perique prominently pleases me. It took me a while to accept that fact, but my enjoyment of pipe smoking definitely increased when I did.
Fantastic blend.
Great video. I started years ago and smoked mostly bent pipes. Maybe I just thought they looked cool. I still have many and I do smoke them but I have really developed a fondness for the Peterson 264 Canadian. In this great adventure you gotta try different pipes, different tobaccos. You will no doubt find plenty that you will dislike. You will find a pipe style and blends that just speak to ya and it will totally increase your enjoyment of this awesome pastime.
Missouri Cobb pipes are my standby and my daily… they’re good for the money… they handle moisture well in cold climates… and they are great for the woods great for anytime any day… and if the lawman thinks it smells funny and takes it to be tested then you’re out 7.99 not 100 dollars. I separate my smoking pleasures…. No lawman my pipe doesn’t smell funny… if you smell shit everywhere you go sir… check your jackboot
Alan I love A Late One soft drink. My grandfather used to drive from Ohio down to Kentucky and bring it back by the case.
I vote for more videos with Bell the Pipe Pupper
I'm right there with you with Haunted Bookshop. I just don't like it, but I don't begrudge anyone who does.
I have a collection of nearly 2 dozen pipes, from briars, to meershaums to cobs, and to date my best smoking pipe is a Missouri Pride that I got in a bag of smokable seconds. I smoke all of my pipes, but that MP consistently gives me the best, most enjoyable smoke of the lot.
Great video Sir.
Great talk
I really enjoy your videos, always such great tips, and point of view on..well everything :).
I just wanted to say that you are so right about karibi lighters and the flints. I regret getting the kabuto over the carona IM old boy. It’s very finicky on getting flame on the first strike. It’s great on butane though. I will give it that. It’s been months since I filled it and it’s still going. I just can’t get it to light by lighting it the way you strike yours. I have to hold in left hand and use right hand thumb and get a full strike of the wheel if I want flame. Happy piping! I’m enjoying a bowl of Captain Earles “ reflections” right now.
This is Fred. Great Video. Do you find certain pipe shapes work best with certain tobacco's? Narrower bowl with Virginia's, Larger bowl with English, average bowl for Burley. Thanks Again for Your Fine Work. Gods Blessings.
When you get the sound to work I want to watch this. I may have an idea sir. If this is about what I think it is about, that is.
War horse bar plug Tobacco give that a try
I hear audio.
Scenery is great.
Love that wide open territory!
Man I love these videos
I agree on those house blends. I have been going through buying a lot of name-brand tobaccos and trying them and, while many of them are very delicious, there’s something about this one ‘Truman’s Blend’ from my local tobacconist here in MO that brings me such enjoyment even without the multifaceted flavor profiles of the high-dollar tins.
Bad fits are just part human experience. We are out here with people who have different value systems then us and we just aren't going to fit well no matter what. I try to practice live and let live. They are entitled to their ways regardless of what I feel. We don't have to friends we can have mutual respect and let that be enough. Just because someone isn't my friend doesn't mean they are my enemy. I'll try to practice justice and tolerance and even try to be helpful if I can be. Chances are however we'll not ever be friends. We just don't fit.
Excellent!
A Missouri Pride corn cob is even less that 10 dollars and, to me, it smokes like a champ. As well as my expensive pipes.
And I, too, have never developed a taste for Haunted Bookshop. But some of the never touted blends from C & D suit me very well. It's important to get to the point that you're ok being you.
And that's a fine looking dog.
Great video!
A horse that want give to the hand ain’t worth a dine. I enjoy your videos.
Now you hit on a great video topic. I have way to many pipe. Way to many tobacco’s for that matter. Actually last night I was trying to find any videos or any articles online on good pipe styles with good tobacco types to go with it. There really isn’t anything out there. Cowboy coffee is a great blend!
I completely agree about Haunted Bookshop. It is a blend that I have tried and tried but just do not agree with. Many try to explain to me why I should like it and all I say is to each there own. I have figured out I am just not a burley forward person. Great video……
One other point I want to mention is please make a video about Old Sam. I suspect that could be an entertaining series of anecdotes.
Hey Alan, in the video you made of recommended burley blends, you name Solani Aged Burley Flake as your favorite burley blend. However, in this video you say that you’ve tried to like it, but you can’t. I’m a bit confused. Is it because the tin you showed in that video was from 2005 and aged?
Love the channel! I got a question about a Peterson Donegal Rocky 03. Why does it gurgle when I smoke?
I never had trouble with any gelding, but an arab mare was dangerous. Would spook, for some reason, on short grass. She wouldn't bolt, but drop down on all fours leaving me high and dry, and then shoot straight up in the air and catch me coming down. Painfull, Then she would be contrite as hell. Gave her to a girl who had spent a few years as her friend. She had no trouble with her and became a great trail horse in the Oregon cascades. I think that mare just missed her friend. Smoke em if you got em.