My grandfather was a aromatic tobacco guy and he came once a year and always knew he was there as soon as you walked in even if you didn't see him.I still can smell it when I think about him,really was fascinating watching him pack and light his pipe....thanks matches for always helping them great memories of him shine thur with your videos..
PAD......I would like to relay to you and your followers my story. This will be long, so please bear with me. It is worth hearing. In the early 1980's I was a letter carrier for Canada Post. There was a tobacco shop by the bus stop were I would depart out to my route, and I would go into his store to buy a pack of cigarettes. The employee at the counter would serve me and offer a cup of coffee. After a few days I inquired about the pipes and the wonderful smell of the pipe tobacco I was smelling. He sold me my first pipe ( a Butz Choquin for $ 19.95 ). I was immediately hooked and became a good friend of that employee, and he steered me to which pipes I should buy. I now have a fantastic pipe collection that numbers over 50 pipes. This is way more pipes than I need , but finding a friend and a knowable source of information has made my pipe smoking life a pleasure.
Very well done sir. You’re old school. Happy with what makes you happy. The instabooks and boob tubes of the world have made this and many other hobbies into a” look what I have and you don’t” kind of place. You’re approach is very much appreciated and refreshing. Cheers
As always a great talk and as always , missed always. Thankyou for the videos and sharing yourself with the world. Always learning, always enjoying a smoke and a matchesssss video
I remember those days which for me stopped about 2 years ago. Now I'm more interested in that pond, the nice breeze and the geese behind you lol. Nothing better than fall in the north country!
Nice video done at a beautiful place. Cane Rod Piper did one along a similar line recently. Seems like most of us long time pipe enthusiasts are on the same page. I've got more pipes and tobacco than I'll ever need. still, every once in a while I run into a pipe I can't live without. It's madness but fun...cheers.
John thank you as always for great insight. Love your videos. I am like you. As we get older and our love for the smoke grows like all things we are at a different place now from then. Great memories chasing the briar here and there . I look forward to learning from you about the different Tobacco's and to make them Smoke Differently. You are the best my friend. I am glad your here you make our World a better place thank you !!!!
I have a touch of both afflictions I'm afraid. But mostly the pad right now. I laughed when you talked about Monday pipe, Tuesday pipe, etc. I keep switching things around and some mornings before work I stare at the pipe racks trying to figure out what I want to put in the pipe bag for the day. If I don't figure out a system soon I think I'm going to go mad!
Perfect video. My PAD has receded (for the moment) but my TAD remains in full bloom. I really enjoy "the hunt," as you put it, and through this am coming to settle down on the aspects of tobacco that satisfy. Thank you, as always for your wonderful videos! Be well!
I'd love to be able to sit and have a pipe at Fisher Meadows. What a fantastic place! Looking forward to your preparation of tobaccos video. Have a nice weekend, John!
Interesting subject and take on it. I came to pipes a few years ago from about five years with cigars. I like how they are two separare, yet related worlds. With cigars, there's CAD. Pipes, we have two avenues to chase. For me, my dad left me a large collection of pipes from the mid sixties to the early seventies. I refurbed a hsndful and they are a nice reminder of pops. As for TAD, can confirm that I have to restrain myself for a bit as I am needing more room now for my growing collection. I do not want to get so deep that I have more baccy than time. 🙄
I totally agree. In the beginning I had both bad. But now days I mainly suffer from tad (mainly nasal snuff) and pipes just kinda fall into my lap. I mainly smoke c&d old Joe krantz and star of the east. But I always love trying something new. I still collect both seeing as I'm 30 and have a long road ahead of me.
One thing about TAD and PAD, that's when they kick in, they kick in, there will be no stopping until you can't financially sustain it anymore :), great video John, Thank you very much.
I think I suffer from both P.A.D. and T.A.D. as well. Just when I think I’ve recovered, well, I relapse...lol. I can blame watching all the great videos in the YTPC. Have a great weekend!
I'm with you...I've pretty much settled into a routine. I bought so many pipes and tobaccos within a 3-year period when I really had "the bug" that I'm prolly good for life, except for my top few blends. Maybe even have enough of those in my cellar, too! I know I'm sitting on a mountain of Old Dark Fired!!
John, As always good to see you my friend. I definitely took 2 years of smoking to find the 2 Shapes I truly like. Great insight on this one. Can’t wait to see your insights on Baccy. Keep em burning. Blessings from Gettysburg Pa
I’m just now getting into pipe smoking after quitting cigs. Luckily I inherited my Fathers large collection of very nice pipes. I really don’t know anything about them but most look to be high end. Some of them are really beautiful pieces, most seem to be Italian. Crazy thing is that all the tobacco he had stashed away seems to be perfectly fine to smoke even though it’s been 10 years since he passed. I haven’t even begun to See what I have. But it sure is fun yet bittersweet going through all of Dads prized possessions and catching that aroma that I took for granted when he was still around. Anyway, I really have enjoyed your videos the past couple weeks. I have been watching a lot lately but keep gravitating back to your page. Thanks for sharing your expertise and stories. Please keep doing what your doing
Wow J Cooper! Do you know how many here would love to check out the 10-year-old tobacco's? Pipes as well! You are very lucky on a few levels, knowing the pipes he smoked and the tobacco! What a video that would make!
You see, I've had this issue now, for the past two and a half years. On average, I usually order somewhere between 10-20 tins or a partial mixture of tins and bulk pipe tobacco a month, be it a mix of English, Virginia, Burley and Aromatics. I also average a new pipe per month. So one or the other, or both, I've got it! I just hope I don't go to the same extremes I went to with cds, vinyl records, cassettes and dvds, let alone die cast cars and model trains! I just don't have the space I once had. By the way. Have you had a chance to check out "Elwood Maker's" video on his pipes and tobaccos for 2018? He has amassed quite the huge collection of pipe tobacco! Great subject and video, and would like to see more to come!
Good to see you John !!! Cannot believe it is November already. February is getting closer 😊. Will you and Sarge be doing a post Thanksgoving Day Special? Also, will you be live streaming this winter? Great topic. This is my third foray in to pipe smoking. Has to get rid of my first pipe collection . My first wife was very anti-smoking of any kind. I tried in tge middle but 8t did not last long. Still have four pipes from then. Added a 673 Savinelli and a Rhodesian but am being cautious about pipe buying. Trying to do tge same with tobaccos. Trying to get a sm rotation. Love OJK and HB. Also Billy Budd. My fiance likes it's scent - likes the campfire smell. I do like Balkans too. Be well good sir !
Sarge & I plan to get together 11/23, but things on the homefront are unpredictable these days. We replaced our modem in August and there was a definite issue which may have explained why I had problems live streaming. I will try again this winter, but I doubt I can stick to a set schedule.
Great video Matches. I quit trying new tobaccos as i find i still always love my same old daily smoke HB... But will somtimes try other stuff just to renew my taste in HB.. Hope that made sense.. LOL.. Wes
Hey John, I guess I have a lil of both! I’m just more on the TAD side for now! Gotta have plenty of HBS on hand at all times! Hope you have a great weekend, Take care!!!
great to see you John. I never been much of a tobacco hoarder, it's always been pipes. but given today's state of affairs where a blend can be here today and gone tomorow I'm seriously considering stockpiling my favourites. I do enjoy trying new things now and again but now I mostly smoke, as you say, what satisfies. which is: gawith hoggarth ennerdale flake gawith hoggarth coniston cut plug gawith hoggarth spirit of scotland amphora full aroma I have more pipes than I ever need bit it is fun to collect
@@Matches860 what with falcons, briars and cobs I think I am around the 40 mark....more than I'll need but if something catches my eye and it is within budget why not....life is for enjoying
Very Interesting topic, I'm pretty much settled on what I prefer as tobacco, Burleys and vapers + British Otc's and hardly any latakia blends these days, moreover, lately I been into those estates refurbished Britwoods , all this is a bad sign again, but I must confess after having bought few of those British manufacturer pipes from 60-70 I can say no of my newer medium to medium-high price range pipes (regardless of the brand be it Savinelli or Peterson or Stanwell)smoke so well and effortlessly as those older ones do,nontheless as a rule the large majority of these older production pipes are lighter in weight ye thin-walled so they do not seem to like hard puffing. Best Greets, Looking forward to another one, Greets, Paul
Great video! I love certain blends. Captain black royal, Old Port pipe tobacco is my usual go to. Haunted Bookshop and Billy Budd are two of my favorites just waiting to put an order in. Have a great day good sir! Can't afford to go crazy buying pipes and tobacco but I enjoy what I have.
Hi John, you mesmerize me... Your videos are so relaxing, informative and by golly... You sure know how to get the best out of your Savinelli's. I am a Canadian(Toronto Ontario) living in England. My personal preference in tobacco is Peterson and Solani aromatics. I smoke Falcons and Peterson mainly. But your favorite "Haunted Bookshop" is not easily a available in the UK, I can't wait to give it a go as soon as I can. Keep up the good work John, I love your Pipes and Ponderance theme. Take care my friend, best wishes to you from over the pond. Rich.
I could only go crazy once and I ended up with a $200.00 Savinelli P.O.Y. From a mental standpoint, it was worth it. Everyone should have at least one awesome pipe.
I can see why those new to pipe smoking find enjoyment in trying the many new blends and pipes. For me, my interest lies more in comparing the very few I typically smoke to something new but similar... a new twist. I suppose after all the experimenting I’ve done with blends and pipe styles, I found what I like. But the curiosity never stops...
Matches860 The journey through various blend types is what keeps many engaged in this pastime. Each can go their own direction at their own pace. Sharing these experiences makes it all the more enjoyable. As far as cigar leaf blends, I am not as familiar but do enjoy LJ Peretti’s “Cuban Mixture” and “Dundee” as well as GL Pease’s “Key Largo”. I have also been wanting to try C&D’s “Seersucker”...
Matches860 I certainly agree about the L.J. Peretti blends! Their “No 8 Slice” is to me what “Haunted Bookshop” is to you. I also regularly enjoy their “Tashkent”, “Royal”, “British Blend” “London Flake” and “Blend No 52”... to name a few. 👍
MATCHESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 860!!! hello John... Great spot today beautiful my friend... Well I'm sick as hell with both of them!! Haa!!.. Accept for the bacon old fashioned... Yup I'm on the hunt for that one... 🤣🤣🤣
It's always been pipes for me. When the tobacco experimentation bug hits, I usually end up regretting my decision but somehow there's always another pipe. I have far more than I rotate through, but even the ones that don't get smoked much have a visual and tactile appeal. I don't know... I guess disorder is an apt description!
I settled early on tobacco my all day is haunted bookshop i have tje occasional ojk bouyou morning and carter hall. Saving up for my first savinelli i got a couple of bones pipes that smoke great
I've got all my great grandads and grandads pipes which need restored, I'll probably send them out to get done since I dont wanna screw those ones up, they arent expensive pipes or anything just sentimental value.
I'm with you, mostly over it. I think about one or two pipes I might get someday and a handful of tobaccos I'd like to have more of in the cellar. I don't even want it if it's free.
Funny how appropriate this video is to me. I'm getting ready to order a pipe that i like. So many brands & models to choose from however i found a beauty a Peterson Rosslare straight billard, do you have any comments, good or bad ? Thanks John. Be well my friend.
Never, ever, take serious pipe advice from anyone else. There are so many variables among pipes that you really need to experience those things yourself. What is good or bad to me is the opposite for someone else. Anyway, I do like a Peterson (non-system) pipe and have several.
I suffer more with PAD than TAD. I got plenty of what I like to smoke squirreled away, but Im all the time running into a nice pipe I just gotta have. Pipes cost more than tobacco, so PAD hits my wallet harder.
Yup on the same journey. I thought PAD was bad enough, but I caught TAD recently. Can you tell us the story of how you came around to ‘Haunted Bookshop’ and that tobacco’s origin story? Or maybe point me in the direction of a video you already did. Would love to hear that story. I watched the story about the Friday Savinelli multiple times already ;)
I suspect it was a problem with our modem, but don't know that for sure. I am entertaining the idea of trying again, especially with the colder weather coming. Not sure I'll be able to stick to any kind of schedule, but we'll see what happens in a few weeks.
Enough tobaccooo?what??? that is blasphemy as it is .Say 3 year ago somebody would say this;ahh.. i have enough MacLellend tobaccos ,they gonna be readily available .Imagine that dudes face when he learns that his favourite brand is just gone .Scratch of the had and cursing .In atention to all of my beloved pipe sisters and brothers .NO MATTER HOW POPULAR OR READILY AVAILABLE A BRANCH IS ,THEY CAN BE GONE IN A HEARTBEAT!!!!!So GRAB IT !!!STASH IT!!!THERE IS NO SUCH THING ;TOO MUCH TOBACCO.In only this case ignore what John says,but we love him regardless(or he is afraid that his wife watch hes video and to bring ease to her he say this just to camouflage his ginormous aquisitions)
Always a good talk
Thanks John! I'd love to see a series on tobaccos and get your insights and perspectives. Really appreciate your efforts!
Zdravím, blahopřejeme. Je to hezká krajina a pohodový kouř.☃️🔥♥️
My grandfather was a aromatic tobacco guy and he came once a year and always knew he was there as soon as you walked in even if you didn't see him.I still can smell it when I think about him,really was fascinating watching him pack and light his pipe....thanks matches for always helping them great memories of him shine thur with your videos..
Ahhh, the memories! Sometimes those memories are better than anything else!
PAD......I would like to relay to you and your followers my story. This will be long, so please bear with me. It is worth hearing. In the early 1980's I was a letter carrier for Canada Post. There was a tobacco shop by the bus stop were I would depart out to my route, and I would go into his store to buy a pack of cigarettes. The employee at the counter would serve me and offer a cup of coffee. After a few days I inquired about the pipes and the wonderful smell of the pipe tobacco I was smelling. He sold me my first pipe ( a Butz Choquin for $ 19.95 ). I was immediately hooked and became a good friend of that employee, and he steered me to which pipes I should buy. I now have a fantastic pipe collection that numbers over 50 pipes. This is way more pipes than I need , but finding a friend and a knowable source of information has made my pipe smoking life a pleasure.
Very well done sir. You’re old school. Happy with what makes you happy. The instabooks and boob tubes of the world have made this and many other hobbies into a” look what I have and you don’t” kind of place. You’re approach is very much appreciated and refreshing. Cheers
There are many old school pipers here, and my guess is, that over time, everyone ends up becoming old school to some degree!
Excellent vid Matches. Thanks a lot.
As always a great talk and as always , missed always.
Thankyou for the videos and sharing yourself with the world.
Always learning, always enjoying a smoke and a matchesssss video
I remember those days which for me stopped about 2 years ago. Now I'm more interested in that pond, the nice breeze and the geese behind you lol. Nothing better than fall in the north country!
Yes, today was a perfect day to enjoy the beauty. Snow becomes a possibility any time soon.
Nice video done at a beautiful place. Cane Rod Piper did one along a similar line recently. Seems like most of us long time pipe enthusiasts are on the same page. I've got more pipes and tobacco than I'll ever need. still, every once in a while I run into a pipe I can't live without. It's madness but fun...cheers.
John thank you as always for great insight. Love your videos. I am like you. As we get older and our love for the smoke grows like all things we are at a different place now from then. Great memories chasing the briar here and there . I look forward to learning from you about the different Tobacco's and to make them Smoke Differently. You are the best my friend. I am glad your here you make our World a better place thank you !!!!
Thank you Scott! I do have to start working on a tobacco preparation video. It's one of those topics I'd enjoy discussing.
I have a touch of both afflictions I'm afraid. But mostly the pad right now. I laughed when you talked about Monday pipe, Tuesday pipe, etc. I keep switching things around and some mornings before work I stare at the pipe racks trying to figure out what I want to put in the pipe bag for the day. If I don't figure out a system soon I think I'm going to go mad!
Yes, I recall the same problem with staring at the rack before I came up with the pre-selected pipe system LOL.
Perfect video. My PAD has receded (for the moment) but my TAD remains in full bloom. I really enjoy "the hunt," as you put it, and through this am coming to settle down on the aspects of tobacco that satisfy. Thank you, as always for your wonderful videos! Be well!
And thank you, my friend!
Always a pleasure catching up with you my friend!
Thanks, Richard! Always a pleasure to see you!
I'd love to be able to sit and have a pipe at Fisher Meadows. What a fantastic place! Looking forward to your preparation of tobaccos video. Have a nice weekend, John!
It's a real sweet spot, but I bit of a hike to get to the spot I enjoy most. Thanks for watching Cort!
Nice topic. Slowly I found I'm more of a tobacco guy than a pipe guy. Still finding what suits my taste and having fun with the wonderful variety.
John, I have both really bad. The bright side is I have plenty to bless others.
I recall having both at one time as well!
"Smoke what satisfies you." Well said! Interesting subject. Always a pleasure, your ramblings, Sir! Enjoy your day!
Interesting subject and take on it. I came to pipes a few years ago from about five years with cigars. I like how they are two separare, yet related worlds. With cigars, there's CAD. Pipes, we have two avenues to chase. For me, my dad left me a large collection of pipes from the mid sixties to the early seventies. I refurbed a hsndful and they are a nice reminder of pops. As for TAD, can confirm that I have to restrain myself for a bit as I am needing more room now for my growing collection. I do not want to get so deep that I have more baccy than time. 🙄
"...more tobacco than time." How very well said.
I totally agree. In the beginning I had both bad. But now days I mainly suffer from tad (mainly nasal snuff) and pipes just kinda fall into my lap. I mainly smoke c&d old Joe krantz and star of the east. But I always love trying something new. I still collect both seeing as I'm 30 and have a long road ahead of me.
One thing about TAD and PAD, that's when they kick in, they kick in, there will be no stopping until you can't financially sustain it anymore :), great video John, Thank you very much.
Thanks, John! It’s always great to see you!
After 31 years of pipe smoking ... I couldn’t agree more. Ciao from Milan. SF.
I think I suffer from both P.A.D. and T.A.D. as well. Just when I think I’ve recovered, well, I relapse...lol. I can blame watching all the great videos in the YTPC. Have a great weekend!
LOL, I too have been influenced many times by other YTPC folks.
I found this enjoyable and informative! Have a great day, Matches!
Your a fine American!
Thank you! Makes my day!
Now this was sooo much fun Thanks Brother, I plead the 5th haha 🤣 have a wonderful weekend
I'm right there with you man. I don't miss PAD or TAD. Great video John, as always!
I'm with you...I've pretty much settled into a routine. I bought so many pipes and tobaccos within a 3-year period when I really had "the bug" that I'm prolly good for life, except for my top few blends. Maybe even have enough of those in my cellar, too! I know I'm sitting on a mountain of Old Dark Fired!!
Love the honking of those geese. Nice resume of PAD v. TAD
Love the channel!! I am discovering pipes and tobacco for the first time and you have helped me on my journey.
I'm right there with you man. I don't miss PAD or TAD. Great video John, as always!
John,
As always good to see you my friend. I definitely took 2 years of smoking to find the 2 Shapes I truly like. Great insight on this one. Can’t wait to see your insights on Baccy. Keep em burning. Blessings from Gettysburg Pa
I’m just now getting into pipe smoking after quitting cigs. Luckily I inherited my Fathers large collection of very nice pipes. I really don’t know anything about them but most look to be high end. Some of them are really beautiful pieces, most seem to be Italian. Crazy thing is that all the tobacco he had stashed away seems to be perfectly fine to smoke even though it’s been 10 years since he passed. I haven’t even begun to See what I have. But it sure is fun yet bittersweet going through all of Dads prized possessions and catching that aroma that I took for granted when he was still around.
Anyway, I really have enjoyed your videos the past couple weeks. I have been watching a lot lately but keep gravitating back to your page. Thanks for sharing your expertise and stories. Please keep doing what your doing
Wow J Cooper! Do you know how many here would love to check out the 10-year-old tobacco's? Pipes as well! You are very lucky on a few levels, knowing the pipes he smoked and the tobacco! What a video that would make!
You see, I've had this issue now, for the past two and a half years. On average, I usually order somewhere between 10-20 tins or a partial mixture of tins and bulk pipe tobacco a month, be it a mix of English, Virginia, Burley and Aromatics. I also average a new pipe per month. So one or the other, or both, I've got it! I just hope I don't go to the same extremes I went to with cds, vinyl records, cassettes and dvds, let alone die cast cars and model trains! I just don't have the space I once had. By the way. Have you had a chance to check out "Elwood Maker's" video on his pipes and tobaccos for 2018? He has amassed quite the huge collection of pipe tobacco! Great subject and video, and would like to see more to come!
You have it bad LOL. Elwood Maker rings a bell, I will go take a look!
Good to see you John !!!
Cannot believe it is November already. February is getting closer 😊. Will you and Sarge be doing a post Thanksgoving Day Special? Also, will you be live streaming this winter?
Great topic. This is my third foray in to pipe smoking. Has to get rid of my first pipe collection . My first wife was very anti-smoking of any kind.
I tried in tge middle but 8t did not last long. Still have four
pipes from then. Added a 673
Savinelli and a Rhodesian but am being cautious about pipe buying. Trying to do tge same with tobaccos. Trying to get a sm rotation. Love OJK and HB.
Also Billy Budd. My fiance likes it's scent - likes the campfire smell. I do like Balkans too.
Be well good sir !
Sarge & I plan to get together 11/23, but things on the homefront are unpredictable these days. We replaced our modem in August and there was a definite issue which may have explained why I had problems live streaming. I will try again this winter, but I doubt I can stick to a set schedule.
Matches,..
Hi, hope you and you're family are doing well. Beautiful scenery and insite on tobacco and pipes. God Bless.
Hey John, PAD & TAD.....I definitely suffer (or rather enjoy) those two financially draining afflictions........... Happy Smokes!
Thanks for taking us outside, John. If you get a chance try the P.S. Toasted Burley. It's really good stuff.
Yep, I got that recommendation before!
Hello John. Thank you for sharing. Be well.
Hi John, great video! Hope you and yours are well. 👍
Hi Mitch! Hope all is well with you my friend!
I suffer from both. The struggle is real... :-D
Great spot, great chat. Take care.
Please do an in depth video on tobaccos!
I will add the topic to the list!
Good to see ya buddy
Back at ya'!
Great video Matches. I quit trying new tobaccos as i find i still always love my same old daily smoke HB... But will somtimes try other stuff just to renew my taste in HB.. Hope that made sense.. LOL.. Wes
Same here pretty much. It's HB all day and a bit of tinkering with other stuff at night sometimes, but I don't go looking for anything new.
Hey John, I guess I have a lil of both! I’m just more on the TAD side for now! Gotta have plenty of HBS on hand at all times! Hope you have a great weekend, Take care!!!
Another good video John, enjoy the smoke.
I am more settled now although occasionally a pipe or a tobacco will tempt me.
Another great video
great to see you John.
I never been much of a tobacco hoarder, it's always been pipes.
but given today's state of affairs where a blend can be here today and gone tomorow I'm seriously considering stockpiling my favourites.
I do enjoy trying new things now and again but now I mostly smoke, as you say, what satisfies.
which is:
gawith hoggarth ennerdale flake
gawith hoggarth coniston cut plug
gawith hoggarth spirit of scotland
amphora full aroma
I have more pipes than I ever need bit it is fun to collect
I know a guy who never tried more than a handful of tobaccos, but had a huge pipe collection.
@@Matches860 what with falcons, briars and cobs I think I am around the 40 mark....more than I'll need but if something catches my eye and it is within budget why not....life is for enjoying
Hmm yeah im getting there myself im afraid :D
Greetings,, Kitty.
Very Interesting topic, I'm pretty much settled on what I prefer as tobacco, Burleys and vapers + British Otc's and hardly any latakia blends these days, moreover, lately I been into those estates refurbished Britwoods , all this is a bad sign again, but I must confess after having bought few of those British manufacturer pipes from 60-70 I can say no of my newer medium to medium-high price range pipes (regardless of the brand be it Savinelli or Peterson or Stanwell)smoke so well and effortlessly as those older ones do,nontheless as a rule the large majority of these older production pipes are lighter in weight ye thin-walled so they do not seem to like hard puffing. Best Greets, Looking forward to another one, Greets, Paul
Great video! I love certain blends. Captain black royal, Old Port pipe tobacco is my usual go to. Haunted Bookshop and Billy Budd are two of my favorites just waiting to put an order in. Have a great day good sir! Can't afford to go crazy buying pipes and tobacco but I enjoy what I have.
Hi John, you mesmerize me... Your videos are so relaxing, informative and by golly... You sure know how to get the best out of your Savinelli's. I am a Canadian(Toronto Ontario) living in England. My personal preference in tobacco is Peterson and Solani aromatics. I smoke Falcons and Peterson mainly. But your favorite "Haunted Bookshop" is not easily a available in the UK, I can't wait to give it a go as soon as I can. Keep up the good work John, I love your Pipes and Ponderance theme. Take care my friend, best wishes to you from over the pond.
Rich.
I could only go crazy once and I ended up with a $200.00 Savinelli P.O.Y. From a mental standpoint, it was worth it. Everyone should have at least one awesome pipe.
Thank you so much Rich! Smoke what you enjoy!
I can see why those new to pipe smoking find enjoyment in trying the many new blends and pipes.
For me, my interest lies more in comparing the very few I typically smoke to something new but similar... a new twist. I suppose after all the experimenting I’ve done with blends and pipe styles, I found what I like. But the curiosity never stops...
Oh yes, there are so many ways to explore tobaccos! I believe my favorite two adventures were looking into complex blends, and then cigar leaf.
Matches860 The journey through various blend types is what keeps many engaged in this pastime. Each can go their own direction at their own pace. Sharing these experiences makes it all the more enjoyable.
As far as cigar leaf blends, I am not as familiar but do enjoy LJ Peretti’s “Cuban Mixture” and “Dundee” as well as GL Pease’s “Key Largo”. I have also been wanting to try C&D’s “Seersucker”...
Key Largo, was, in my opinion at the top of the list. Peretti, oh my, you can't beat their stuff either.
Matches860 I certainly agree about the L.J. Peretti blends! Their “No 8 Slice” is to me what “Haunted Bookshop” is to you. I also regularly enjoy their “Tashkent”, “Royal”, “British Blend” “London Flake” and “Blend No 52”... to name a few. 👍
Suffering from MLSAD (matches live-stream acquisition disorder) big time 😬🤒🤕
MATCHESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 860!!! hello John... Great spot today beautiful my friend... Well I'm sick as hell with both of them!! Haa!!.. Accept for the bacon old fashioned... Yup I'm on the hunt for that one... 🤣🤣🤣
Be careful what you ask for Brad!
It's always been pipes for me. When the tobacco experimentation bug hits, I usually end up regretting my decision but somehow there's always another pipe. I have far more than I rotate through, but even the ones that don't get smoked much have a visual and tactile appeal. I don't know... I guess disorder is an apt description!
John, great video
The smoke was better, but I do enjoy spouting off while enjoying a terrific pipe. LOL
I have both PAD and TAD in about equal measures. Mine are especially virulent: they have metastasized into books and classical CD's.
I settled early on tobacco my all day is haunted bookshop i have tje occasional ojk bouyou morning and carter hall. Saving up for my first savinelli i got a couple of bones pipes that smoke great
I've got all my great grandads and grandads pipes which need restored, I'll probably send them out to get done since I dont wanna screw those ones up, they arent expensive pipes or anything just sentimental value.
With musicians it's GAS; Gear Acquisition Syndrome/Guitar Acquisition Syndrome.
I have so many disorders. Pad or tad are just a couple. 😉
I think I'm probably more along the lines of TAD than PAD. You strike me as an eminently practical smoker.
I have T.A.D. because one can never have enough tobacco!
Enjoy them sweet smokes amigo 😎
I'm with you, mostly over it. I think about one or two pipes I might get someday and a handful of tobaccos I'd like to have more of in the cellar. I don't even want it if it's free.
Funny how appropriate this video is to me. I'm getting ready to order a pipe that i like. So many brands & models to choose from however i found a beauty a Peterson Rosslare straight billard, do you have any comments, good or bad ? Thanks John. Be well my friend.
Never, ever, take serious pipe advice from anyone else. There are so many variables among pipes that you really need to experience those things yourself. What is good or bad to me is the opposite for someone else. Anyway, I do like a Peterson (non-system) pipe and have several.
I suffer more with PAD than TAD. I got plenty of what I like to smoke squirreled away, but Im all the time running into a nice pipe I just gotta have. Pipes cost more than tobacco, so PAD hits my wallet harder.
Yup on the same journey. I thought PAD was bad enough, but I caught TAD recently. Can you tell us the story of how you came around to ‘Haunted Bookshop’ and that tobacco’s origin story? Or maybe point me in the direction of a video you already did. Would love to hear that story. I watched the story about the Friday Savinelli multiple times already ;)
I think in one of the Haunted Bookshop reviews I told that story. I've never been without it since 2006.
Definitely suffering from both at the moment. Lol
Can barely hear u over the damn geese so loud jewiz very nice video btw thanks
G'day mate.
Although I have a lot of pipes I’m by far more into buying more baccy then ever I’m running out of room and my wife is watching closely lol
Hey Beans! Thanks for coming by! Now I am wondering if you pipe makers/repairers tend to go more with tobaccos since you're fiddling with pipes 24/7?
Will you ever go back to no mustache in the future?
One never knows about these things LOL
I have a Horrible case of T.A.D need a therapist or something
What happened to Friday Night Live?
I suspect it was a problem with our modem, but don't know that for sure. I am entertaining the idea of trying again, especially with the colder weather coming. Not sure I'll be able to stick to any kind of schedule, but we'll see what happens in a few weeks.
Enough tobaccooo?what??? that is blasphemy as it is .Say 3 year ago somebody would say this;ahh.. i have enough MacLellend tobaccos ,they gonna be readily available .Imagine that dudes face when he learns that his favourite brand is just gone .Scratch of the had and cursing .In atention to all of my beloved pipe sisters and brothers .NO MATTER HOW POPULAR OR READILY AVAILABLE A BRANCH IS ,THEY CAN BE GONE IN A HEARTBEAT!!!!!So GRAB IT !!!STASH IT!!!THERE IS NO SUCH THING ;TOO MUCH TOBACCO.In only this case ignore what John says,but we love him regardless(or he is afraid that his wife watch hes video and to bring ease to her he say this just to camouflage his ginormous aquisitions)