I agree that weather makes a difference in how you taste pipe tobacco. And it’s nice to share the experience with those who may not have been previously exposed to it but might appreciate it. I was sitting outside a cigar shop, where the scent of cigar was omnipresent, yet the English I was smoking persisted through the air and caught the attention of a young lady walking by. She commented that the pipe tobacco smelled lovely. I thanked her. That was nice.
Quite excellent tips for traveling. Airstream trailers will get a bump from this video too. Making pipe smoking, traveling, and Airstream s great again 🇺🇲
Thank you for your videos. I enjoy them very much. I am 53 years old and have been a cigarette, and occasional cigar smoker off and on for most of my life, with intentions of taking up the pipe for many years, but never had anyone to teach me the nuances of the culture. My grandfather showed me at a young age how to make a pipe from a corn cob and a piece of river cane for the stem. Those pipes may not have been very "proper" but it worked and seemed proper enough for me to smoke the "rabbit tobacco" he also showed me. He left me his favorite Dr. Grabow, "Grand Duke", and his "store bought" cob he loved. They both were taken by house fire years ago, but I've been thinking more about taking up pipe smoking these last several years as a compliment to my fly tying, and fly fishing hobby which he also taught me at a young age. Thank you sir for the work you put in with this channel I do truly enjoy your videos, and am learning a lot of those "nuances, techniques" grand-pa didn't get to teach me. God bless you sir.
So envious of your beautiful camping van, I bet it is heaven parking up somewhere nice getting a chair out and filling a nice big bowl. Just ordered a nice pouch and a travelling pipe, looking forward to having one on the road soon 😌
Great video. Really like that leather pipe and tobacco roll. I work with leather and will make myself something similar. BTW, from an Australian who's not used to your accent, it's very interesting and easy to listen to. I usually find American accents abrasive (probably funny to hear from an Australian) but yours is a very smooth version. Reminds me of older movies of the south. Cheers.
i recently retired and moved to the Philippines and in my boredom i picked up my pipe again and i.m so glad i discovered you and your video's you are awesome to listen to. Your very knowledgeable Thank you so much
I love seeing what kind of tools and storage other guys who share the hobby have, some people call it cigarbage, but to me I like the lighters, cutters, pipe bags and so on, and seeing what other people have. It's very interesting and inspiring in terms of future purchases.
Late in seeing this one, but did enjoy. I sold my camper last year, but did enjoy the serenity of camping lakeside. Sitting by a fire late into the evening or early morning with a good drink does a body good. I didn't smoke a pipe back then, but there's no denying that a pipe would have been a perfect complement to those situations. Thanks for putting out quality content.
I enjoyed seeing the different pipe pouches. I go to Harbor Freight and get there Apache travel case (pelican knock off). inexpensive, and can be tossed around and not damage your pipes and other stuff in the case.
Always take three or four favorites and a couple of tins of favorite tobacco, tamper, cleaners, lighters. Favorite bags are repurposed Coach clutches and shoulder bags…excellent leather and most have some pockets inside for accessories. Maybe a bit eccentric but I’d rather put the money into good pipes. I’ve done this for years and it works well. Black bags blend in well with car floor mats and are safe from prying eyes. Every time I leave the house, I have a pipe and tobacco with me. I rarely drive less than an hour to favorite destinations so there’s always time for most of a full bowl. Good video, thanks. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Country Squire is an excellent store. They was really accommodating to us RTS seminary students there in Jackson. Great memories miss that place. I’m enjoying the channel and I appreciate the tips and advice.
My family and I really enjoy camping in our travel trailer as well. We are in southern California and we like to make it up to the top of northern California to the big redwoods. This is my first year smoking a pipe and I cannot wait to bring all my goodies and spend some quality time around the trees and the campfire with my pipe and a few good tobacco blends.
This was great. I liked how you decide to try new blends on the road. Good take on it. I always struggle with that prospect because I worry if I don't like it (the new said blend) I will miss a blend that I KNOW I DO like. :)
I would be that guy to ask what blend you’re enjoying at the camp ground. And spend a while picking your brain and enjoying a pipe with you under the awning. As a novice I’m trying to learn more. RUclips is good but sometimes you just need to sit down and have a conversation with a friend that knows more than you do. Maybe I’ll make the trip down from Asheville to the Old Carolina Pipe Cottage one day.
Speaking of travel, can you cover the rules for what one can and cannot take on an airplane? Lighters, matches, checked, carry on, it can all be quite confusing? Thank you, Alan ...
Great video, Alan, I’ve taken blends on trips that normally are not favorites of mine and just loved them, and on the flip side I’ve taken favorites but not enjoyed them as much as I do at home. The environment variable is so interesting!
Camping and pipes go together like peanut butter and jelly. I always bring way too many pipes and tobacco go camping, which is often. Better too much than too little. Excellent video. Be well my friend. "The world is full of places to which I want to return".
Another great video, Alan. You are spot on with the weather being a big factor in the enjoyment of a blend. As I type this, I'm enjoying a bowl of molto dolce, a blend that I had written off as too sweet, too goopy. And yet tonight, as the rain comes down, I'm in Piper heaven.
I just wanted to know for my own ideas, how many bowls does the average pipe smoke or most smoke in a day? I usually smoke 3-4 and I find that to be a lot. For me that also depends on the tobacco I have on hand. I also like to make due with what I have. I like your show a lot because it keeps me interested. I make my own pipe rolls because I see leather myself with a saddle stitch or a speedy stitcher.
Alan you are spot on. We camp quite often…and in our vintage “78” Airstream. Something about sitting in nature around a campfire enjoying your favorite blend. Have you ever attended “Alumalina” down your way? Happy trails….
I just absolutely love your videos my friend. I would really love to sit down and enjoy some good tobacco with you one day if you are ever in my neck of the woods.
Well here's what I suggest: Get a tupperware or other food storage container that has an air-tight seal. If you have pouch tobacco like Captain Black, just put it in the air - tight container. Perhaps you want just a little of this and a little of that. Then take some out of the pouch or tin and put the tobacco in a ziplock bag. Don't forget to write the name of the blend on the ziplock bag using a sharpie, or you may forget what blend you have. Take some pipe cleaners, the amount you would need, your lighter, lighter fluid (you don't want to run out and not be able light your pipe) or you can take two disposable lighters (take two, just in case) And two pipes. ( give one a rest if you're going for several days...switch back and forth) Put everything in some type of carrying case you like and can find, and their you are.
Good video... For me it's a lot to do with the weather. I really get a craving to smoke my pipe through fall and winter, I like English blends. I only will occasionally smoke in the summer, and tend to stick to lighter stuff like Virginia blends. But to be honest, I'll mainly smoke some cigars during summer.
Noticed in a couple of your vids that you mention certain styles of pipes go with certain types of blends. Be great to observe and learn from a video that covers this topic. God bless, friend.
Yes sir yes sir you got that right...couple years back visited Atlantic Beach City and had me sum Peterson Atlantic (just to keep a balance- same color socks if you will) enjoyed that smoke sublime. Smoked the same away from the ocean and it was good but it lost a lil magic. Same goes for snow ... rain...& blazing summer nights. The old pipe(s) just full of surprises all the time. Baccy dynamics. Nice pouches btw hope to grab a canvas one from TCS next time in stock. Cheers! ✌😎
i mainly smoke C&D or Boswell now, those are the only tobaccos i can smoke, and ever since i smoked a boswell pipe, thats all i smoke now, that and some savinelli's. but i hardly get any tongue bite or burnt taste with the boswell pipes, maybe its the way it smokes, or made.
Good video, Alan. Always enjoy your commentary on pipes and tobacco. I need to get a traveling satchel. Also, that's a nice looking Airstream. What year/model is it?
Luv you! vocabulary, "accent", personality, knowledge, ideas. 👍👍 BUT....in WA tobacco for a common citizen is limited 2 aquisition from (i feel low end/questionable) 'smoke shops' which sell primarily cigerette/vap/pot related products. And its illegal to smoke actual smoke products in public. Its a shame ameriCa is now ameriKa.
I've been enjoying your videos. Very well done! You definitely capture the essence of pipe smoking. I really like the airstream. My wife and I are thinking about renting an RV soon to get our toes wet in the lifestyle. Any suggestions on good RV campgrounds in the southeast?
Excellent video great information,love your videos & mannerism,why I've always liked the southern lifestyle,1 question while traveling or at home I keep my pipe tobacco in a tuberware container & in the cooler is this ok or any recommendations?
Absolutely love your videos. Have you had Country Squire - Rivendell? I just started smoking, my pipe arrives on Monday and planned on using that as my first tobacco. It smells amazing. Thoughts?
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I agree that weather makes a difference in how you taste pipe tobacco. And it’s nice to share the experience with those who may not have been previously exposed to it but might appreciate it. I was sitting outside a cigar shop, where the scent of cigar was omnipresent, yet the English I was smoking persisted through the air and caught the attention of a young lady walking by. She commented that the pipe tobacco smelled lovely. I thanked her. That was nice.
Quite excellent tips for traveling. Airstream trailers will get a bump from this video too. Making pipe smoking, traveling, and Airstream s great again 🇺🇲
Thank you for your videos. I enjoy them very much. I am 53 years old and have been a cigarette, and occasional cigar smoker off and on for most of my life, with intentions of taking up the pipe for many years, but never had anyone to teach me the nuances of the culture. My grandfather showed me at a young age how to make a pipe from a corn cob and a piece of river cane for the stem. Those pipes may not have been very "proper" but it worked and seemed proper enough for me to smoke the "rabbit tobacco" he also showed me. He left me his favorite Dr. Grabow, "Grand Duke", and his "store bought" cob he loved. They both were taken by house fire years ago, but I've been thinking more about taking up pipe smoking these last several years as a compliment to my fly tying, and fly fishing hobby which he also taught me at a young age. Thank you sir for the work you put in with this channel I do truly enjoy your videos, and am learning a lot of those "nuances, techniques" grand-pa didn't get to teach me. God bless you sir.
Might I ask what “rabbit tobacco” is?
Awesome. i keep a codger blend, an aromatic, and an English on me at all times. Just in case leisure jumps out at me .
So envious of your beautiful camping van, I bet it is heaven parking up somewhere nice getting a chair out and filling a nice big bowl. Just ordered a nice pouch and a travelling pipe, looking forward to having one on the road soon 😌
Great video. Really like that leather pipe and tobacco roll. I work with leather and will make myself something similar.
BTW, from an Australian who's not used to your accent, it's very interesting and easy to listen to. I usually find American accents abrasive (probably funny to hear from an Australian) but yours is a very smooth version. Reminds me of older movies of the south.
Cheers.
i recently retired and moved to the Philippines and in my boredom i picked up my pipe again and i.m so glad i discovered you and your video's you are awesome to listen to. Your very knowledgeable
Thank you so much
I love seeing what kind of tools and storage other guys who share the hobby have, some people call it cigarbage, but to me I like the lighters, cutters, pipe bags and so on, and seeing what other people have. It's very interesting and inspiring in terms of future purchases.
Late in seeing this one, but did enjoy. I sold my camper last year, but did enjoy the serenity of camping lakeside. Sitting by a fire late into the evening or early morning with a good drink does a body good. I didn't smoke a pipe back then, but there's no denying that a pipe would have been a perfect complement to those situations. Thanks for putting out quality content.
Weather does play a huge role in my mood for a particular blend. Beautiful airstream btw
I enjoyed seeing the different pipe pouches. I go to Harbor Freight and get there Apache travel case (pelican knock off). inexpensive, and can be tossed around and not damage your pipes and other stuff in the case.
Well now, I'd have to allow as to how that's just about a perfectly done talk as ever was. Very well rounded discussion
Always take three or four favorites and a couple of tins of favorite tobacco, tamper, cleaners, lighters. Favorite bags are repurposed Coach clutches and shoulder bags…excellent leather and most have some pockets inside for accessories. Maybe a bit eccentric but I’d rather put the money into good pipes. I’ve done this for years and it works well. Black bags blend in well with car floor mats and are safe from prying eyes. Every time I leave the house, I have a pipe and tobacco with me. I rarely drive less than an hour to favorite destinations so there’s always time for most of a full bowl.
Good video, thanks. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Country Squire is an excellent store. They was really accommodating to us RTS seminary students there in Jackson. Great memories miss that place. I’m enjoying the channel and I appreciate the tips and advice.
Another good alternative are tool pouches. From transparent to Cordura material. Most come with heavy duty zippers and various sizes.
My family and I really enjoy camping in our travel trailer as well. We are in southern California and we like to make it up to the top of northern California to the big redwoods. This is my first year smoking a pipe and I cannot wait to bring all my goodies and spend some quality time around the trees and the campfire with my pipe and a few good tobacco blends.
This was great. I liked how you decide to try new blends on the road. Good take on it. I always struggle with that prospect because I worry if I don't like it (the new said blend) I will miss a blend that I KNOW I DO like. :)
What a very nice entrance for your videos,Alan. Congratulations! regards from Mexico.
I would be that guy to ask what blend you’re enjoying at the camp ground. And spend a while picking your brain and enjoying a pipe with you under the awning. As a novice I’m trying to learn more. RUclips is good but sometimes you just need to sit down and have a conversation with a friend that knows more than you do. Maybe I’ll make the trip down from Asheville to the Old Carolina Pipe Cottage one day.
What a delightful intro song.
Speaking of travel, can you cover the rules for what one can and cannot take on an airplane? Lighters, matches, checked, carry on, it can all be quite confusing? Thank you, Alan ...
Great video, Alan, I’ve taken blends on trips that normally are not favorites of mine and just loved them, and on the flip side I’ve taken favorites but not enjoyed them as much as I do at home. The environment variable is so interesting!
Camping and pipes go together like peanut butter and jelly. I always bring way too many pipes and tobacco go camping, which is often. Better too much than too little. Excellent video. Be well my friend. "The world is full of places to which I want to return".
Yes sir I did enjoy spending some time with you today. Going to take a nap now and later get ready for church tonight.
Your accent is meditative. I am enjoying your videos.
Just subscribed to your channel after watching you on Spurgeon Piper’s channel. I’ve enjoyed this video and am looking forward to more.
Same
Another great video, Alan. You are spot on with the weather being a big factor in the enjoyment of a blend. As I type this, I'm enjoying a bowl of molto dolce, a blend that I had written off as too sweet, too goopy. And yet tonight, as the rain comes down, I'm in Piper heaven.
The scent of Hawaiian Tropic. Summer is in the air
I just wanted to know for my own ideas, how many bowls does the average pipe smoke or most smoke in a day? I usually smoke 3-4 and I find that to be a lot. For me that also depends on the tobacco I have on hand. I also like to make due with what I have. I like your show a lot because it keeps me interested. I make my own pipe rolls because I see leather myself with a saddle stitch or a speedy stitcher.
Great video. Thanks for all the tips!
Great tips for travel and life. Blessings to you as well sir.
Alan you are spot on. We camp quite often…and in our vintage “78” Airstream. Something about sitting in nature around a campfire enjoying your favorite blend. Have you ever attended “Alumalina” down your way? Happy trails….
I just absolutely love your videos my friend. I would really love to sit down and enjoy some good tobacco with you one day if you are ever in my neck of the woods.
This is Fred. This is an Excellent Video. I really enjoy your video's, and will visit your shop. Keep up the Great Work.
Well here's what I suggest: Get a tupperware or other food storage container that has an air-tight seal. If you have pouch tobacco like Captain Black, just put it in the air - tight container. Perhaps you want just a little of this and a little of that. Then take some out of the pouch or tin and put the tobacco in a ziplock bag. Don't forget to write the name of the blend on the ziplock bag using a sharpie, or you may forget what blend you have. Take some pipe cleaners, the amount you would need, your lighter, lighter fluid (you don't want to run out and not be able light your pipe) or you can take two disposable lighters (take two, just in case) And two pipes. ( give one a rest if you're going for several days...switch back and forth) Put everything in some type of carrying case you like and can find, and their you are.
I have a 32 ft. travel trailer, and love to take it on the road. I thoroughly enjoyed this video, Alan! God bless you.
Love your videos and discussions about pipe related topics. Thank you 😊.
I've found that a Crown Royal bag works great as well, may not be as classy but works non the less😉
Good video... For me it's a lot to do with the weather. I really get a craving to smoke my pipe through fall and winter, I like English blends. I only will occasionally smoke in the summer, and tend to stick to lighter stuff like Virginia blends. But to be honest, I'll mainly smoke some cigars during summer.
Noticed in a couple of your vids that you mention certain styles of pipes go with certain types of blends. Be great to observe and learn from a video that covers this topic. God bless, friend.
Yes sir yes sir you got that right...couple years back visited Atlantic Beach City and had me sum Peterson Atlantic (just to keep a balance- same color socks if you will) enjoyed that smoke sublime. Smoked the same away from the ocean and it was good but it lost a lil magic. Same goes for snow ... rain...& blazing summer nights. The old pipe(s) just full of surprises all the time. Baccy dynamics. Nice pouches btw hope to grab a canvas one from TCS next time in stock. Cheers! ✌😎
Finally in stock @ TCS and grabbed two dif colors (one for back up) LOVE IT!!!! Gotta break those suckers in now! Thanks for the recommend! ✌😎
I love this channel
I use the small elastic bag that my sheets came in to carry my tin that I sewed on my bag for traveling lol
Nice Airstream you have, I have a 1977 GMC Palm Beach
Make your way to Utah!
Thanks for sharing...enjoy your videos!
Well said 👏👏👏 🔥
i mainly smoke C&D or Boswell now, those are the only tobaccos i can smoke, and ever since i smoked a boswell pipe, thats all i smoke now, that and some savinelli's. but i hardly get any tongue bite or burnt taste with the boswell pipes, maybe its the way it smokes, or made.
Absolutely love your videos! God bless you
Good video, Alan. Always enjoy your commentary on pipes and tobacco. I need to get a traveling satchel. Also, that's a nice looking Airstream. What year/model is it?
Nice tips on traveling, but I wish I could have seen the first pouch a little better.
Luv you! vocabulary, "accent", personality, knowledge, ideas. 👍👍 BUT....in WA tobacco for a common citizen is limited 2 aquisition from
(i feel low end/questionable) 'smoke shops' which sell primarily cigerette/vap/pot related products. And its illegal to smoke actual smoke products in public. Its a shame ameriCa is now ameriKa.
I've been enjoying your videos. Very well done! You definitely capture the essence of pipe smoking.
I really like the airstream. My wife and I are thinking about renting an RV soon to get our toes wet in the lifestyle. Any suggestions on good RV campgrounds in the southeast?
Great video! Thak you!
Very nice sir. I've always liked the look of the canvas my self.
Go with canvas every time .
Excellent video great information,love your videos & mannerism,why I've always liked the southern lifestyle,1 question while traveling or at home I keep my pipe tobacco in a tuberware container & in the cooler is this ok or any recommendations?
Is there any blend that you would recommend for a beginner that could be a litmus test for what flavors you might discover you like?
can anyone find cult militia anywhere? it was my first and favorite and I miss it.
Hi new friends here
Awesome video--new friend here
Absolutely love your videos. Have you had Country Squire - Rivendell? I just started smoking, my pipe arrives on Monday and planned on using that as my first tobacco. It smells amazing. Thoughts?
Disregard, I just watched your video on Cobs and you were smoking Rivendell. Haha. Awesome
Like your faith and political standpoints. Have a Peterson 220 pipe. Can you give me some info or history. Inexpensive Peterson with P lip.
I firmly believe that is why AOC is trying to clean up the environment so we can experience more flavour from our pipes!!🙏🙏🙏
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