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What a wonderful video. I went through a phase where I was trying new tobacco after new tobacco but I found I really just love the old codger blends. My favorite is Prince Albert but lately I have Velvet coming in strong as a new 2nd favorite of mine.

Wonderful video. Thanks for the history. I watched this smoking a bowl of Velvet.

Wish you were still making videos! As for the snorkel - from the 70s you say? Has a mini scoop on the end you say? Don’t think that was for scooping ashes!

Your video convinced me to try this aromatic and it’s become my favorite aromatic! Thank you for this very persuasive feature!

Phenomenal job!

Just recently got into pipe smoking and love it! I’ve started off with the OTC codger brands. Only had a few like Captain Black and Half & Half. I just found a pouch of Velvet and think it’s my favorite so far. Not a fan of the smell in the pouch unlit, but really enjoy the smell and taste once lit in the bowl.

We are missing you friend. Maybe you can post a short video! One 4 2024 . Tell us about a project while puffing . Ez going no need for a lot of prep. If you post I will go buy some more velvet! All I smoked last summer and it was a great experience. Unlike C&d you know what you are getting. I know after several iffy purchases I am pretty much buying tobacco’s that have been around a 50 year minimum., from now on.

If you still check notifications, I feel like you’re the man to ask: What’s the fullest-flavored anise/licorice blend? Velvet and mixture 79 keep coming up, but perhaps you can help. The stronger, the better. Thanks!

Hope to see a new vid from you soon.

Well said sir. Lot of great wisdom given. Great food for thought. Thank you.

What a great series. Thanks for taking the time to do and post these!

Wow...I went looking for that book. On Amazon for $300. Some other place I found it for $120 and a third place $156. You good sir have a real collector's item.

Thanks, my friend! 😊

I recently tried Velvet for the first time and I love it. Great video.

Hope you’re keeping well. Not sure if you’re around or able to post again. Here is hoping!

I find myself returning to your videos every Christmas season. I'll put on my 9 layers of clothes, pack my MM with some University Flake, and brave the cold to enjoy my pipe. Watching your videos bring me a terrific warmth in the crisp, biting air of the season. I, along with many, really miss your videos! Thank you for keeping up your older videos. Ive been rationing them like precious morsals of warth and joy for years now! I hope you're doing well Codger! Merry Christmas! :)

There are so many blends and you can't smoke them all. There is definite wisdom in finding something you like that is consistent and sticking with it.

I'm glad to see some of your videos back on UA-cam. Yours is one of my favorite channels and I would love it if you could upload more of your past videos. I too find myself up and about at all hours of the night and it is always relaxing and enjoyable to sit back with a favorite pipe and blend and watch your videos. All the best.

So happy you put this back up! Thanks Ben

Really enjoyed this video about sticking with the pipes & tobaccos you like. I saw you use stem protectors , and I just finished watching The Channel and he said shrink wrap for wire works well and is not so thick. But as a new subscriber I really like your approach to pipe smoking , keep it up.👍😎🥃

70% of the craftsmanship in making a pipe it’s the mouthpiece. And that is the exact part you are not using. Chinese rubber bits.

Easy to hold??? Do you own a pipe that is hard to hold??

Chinese rubber bits 😳😳 And pipes don’t smoke. Pipes don’t get to know you and treat you right. It’s all about the smoker and how experienced he is. A great smoking pipe doesn’t exist. If a pipe is a great smoker it should be universally a great smoker. For absolutely anyone. And that is pipetarded my friend. It doesn’t exist

A great video on this very topic is on the pipe cottage youtube. He interviewed his mrs who wholeheartedly supports his smoking 👍😜

I carved my favorite tamper from a piece of Maple out of my woodpile.

This video brings me back to 2018 when I was working nights first getting into pipe smoking. On the nights I was off and couldn’t sleep I would watch these videos and they provided me with some comfort (I did not like my job at the time for various reasons). Watching these now in a completely different line of work that I love makes me feel nostalgic.

After two month’s or more of velvet videos my first pouch has arrived. Smells amazing. I will know what I think tomorrow. Thanks for sharing this passion. Looking forward to your return. You and muttonchop taking the big breaks. Your fans and friends hope all is well. I know he had a couple of years of hard times. Hope you are just enjoying life.

This book reading is the coolest thing! Well done!

Thanks Codger. Subscribed.

I ordered a pouch of Velvet my previous order from cigars and pipes. I have to admit I was on the fence my first couple of bowls . I was starting to inch towards not liking it. So I backed off it for a day. When I went back to it, I found that it wasn’t that bad, and as the day progressed, it started to grow on me. I’m not sure I’d make this my go to every day blend , but it’s nice for a change of pace. I still have to give it the ultimate test.

Excellent video! This is targeted of-course, but is truly excellent relationship advice that can be applied in many ways. Thank you Codger.

I wonder if the artful codger the man behind pipe appeal??

I was just looking at Matches 860 review of Velvet and the reference to your video in the bucket and it had been removed. Fortunately coming to your channel I was able to find it! Just starting my journey with Codger Blends about four months ago trying my first pouch of Velvet and it is a pleasure to taste and smoke!!! Along with Carter Hall, Amphora Burley, HH Burley Flake, and some other Burley Based Blends I have to admit that I am having fun exploring the World of Burley!!! I will be binging your channel this weekend for some more useful content as I am still learning about Pipe Smoking. Thank you for the History Lesson and Have a Great Day!!!

Thanks for your video… I find myself smoking CB Royal as my everyday go to blend. I used to get a house blend that was similar from a brick and mortar shop but because of the new regulations regarding flavored tobacco, he was unable to make it anymore. I tried Mixture 79 but was disappointed with it. I didn’t mind the taste, but I found it difficult to keep lit. There was so much topping sprayed on it that the sugar would melt then immediately harden the second the cool air hit it. I couldn’t deal with the constant relighting and it even got to a point where if you tamped it down it completely stopped the air supply into the pipe because you had this hardened shell of sugar and half burnt tobacco not allowing any airflow. I usually stick with aromatics, not a fan of English blends

"...[A]nd so the day of the churchwarden is past..." The good Mr. Brown did not foresee the huge popularity of Professor J.R.R. Tolkien's novel "The Hobbit" and trilogy "The Lord of the Rings," both in printed and cinematic forms. The long-stemmed pipes featured in those works are in great demand, even by near-octogenarians such as myself. A great many pipe crafters are producing churchwardens of various materials--even corncobs by the Missouri Meerschaum Company--and some firms are making a specialty of them. Thank you so much for making this informative volume available to your public.

Real cool to revisit some of your vids. Curious to know how you got on with morta compared to briar, would love to know. Hope you and yours are well Ben. All the best Simon

Great advice! Sometimes I think how awful it would be to discover an OTC that I liked knowing how much money I have spent on others! Not to fear, I’m working through the OTCs now… thanks for the video!

YOUR CREATIVITY IS AWESOME. NEW SUBSCIBER HERE. REALLY ENJOYING THE CONTENT. TY

Thank you for your video. I was a new pipe smoker and right away loved half and half. I watched many videos and tried a lot of different tobaccos but was getting aggravated that I didn't like the expensive tobaccos.i got so upset I quit all together. I saw my box of pipes and old tobaccos sitting in my closet a few months ago and decided to try again. I stuffed the pipe with half and half and boy was it good ( was in a Ball jar since 2019). Well since then I just consider myself a Half and Half pipe smoker and just sample other tobaccos. I ordered an oz of 20 different types. If I like a few fine, if not, fine I'll stick with Half and Half. But I agree with you thoughts on choosing tobaccos. I almost never smoked again because I THOUGHT I had to like a "premium" blend or many blends. I did find a few that I liked but nothing is even close to Half And Half for me.

This series was an excellent listen and it accompanied me during a few pipes and the occasional house chore. You’ve done a heckuva service for the community sharing that rare tome, and you did an excellent job in the reading. Thank you!

I’ve watched all of your videos I cood find wood love to see you posted something

This is a fantastic video to revisit. Paladin Piper has offered me a personal recommendation, and I am happy to say this is the year I will try the Eddie G. Thanks Ben and take care.

Where did you go? I just started watching your posts and now I see you haven't posted in 2 years. Are you all right?

What do you say Codger? You have another video in you? Would be nice to see you pop up in our subscriptions. Hope all is well.

We miss ya Codger. Come back soon please

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Miss you buddy.

Codgerville seems like a fine fine place