This video Chronicles my journey from being a non pipe smoker to where I am today, plus how I went from smoking aromatic blends to English blends and back to aromatic blends.
52 years ago, while working night shift at a assembly factory , an old pipe smoking janitor took pity on a 20 year old clerk an tutored me in loading a pipe, lighting it, 2nd light, drawing a puff to which he would always say "sip my boy....sip...tobacco should be savored like fine wines ". He noticed I had been enveloped in a cloud of smoke........now half a century later I realized he taught me the breath method......thanks ole man!!!!
hello sir, I quit straights about 5 months ago but really missed enjoying tobacco, so 3 days ago i decided to try a pipe to get some flavour, didnt really enjoy it and had a hard time getting my head around the experience, and then i found your videos, ive been having one bowl per night and really taking my time to enjoy it slow and easy and not letting it get too hot, the breath method is fantastic and i am now starting to really appreciate the flavour and calming enjoyment from tasting and enjoying my evening smoke :) thanks so much for helping out the new guys........hopefully going to be a hobby i can enjoy for many years to come.
Hello, Muttnchop. I am from Argentina. I've started with Pipe Smoking about a year ago. It was really difficult to find decent "tutorials" about how to smoke correctly in spanish, my native tongue. Your channel was and is a very helpfull resource to keep improving my smoking experience. Thank you very much for that! Sorry about my poor english and greetings from the south of the World. Gracias y Saludos!
Muttnchop Piper I have a problem I took my church warden out of rotation for cleaning. I can't get the stem back in at all I've never had that happen any advice?
Hi, Samir! I went to Buenos Aires last month and had a great time there. Went to "Tabaqueria Inglesa", great shop in Palermo (Calle Paraguay). Unfortunately we can't smoke our pipes in many places there, as it's been in many countries around the world. All this fascist idea about health politically correct approach...
Bruno Modigliani Hello, Bruno! I'm glad you liked our city. The Tabaquería inglesa (English Tobacco Shop) is one of the finest places in town, perhaps the best. Sadly, like you've said, the anti-tobacco regulations are making very difficult to enjoy the hobby, and also hitting hard on the argentinean Tobacco industry, once one of the most important in the whole region. Nevertheless, we still have some good Blenders and even Pipe carvers artisans, like Ezequiel Herrería. I recomend his work. You can find it on the internet. Sorry again for my english... Saludos y Buenos Humos!
@proud Dutchman I'm not sure... he's definitely pictured with one in movies. But the novels always describe him smoking three types of pipes: a clay, a briar and the cherrywood a long-stemmed, also known as a Churchwarden.
I am so glad I stumbled upon this video because this compliment will suite you so well. I am 35 and I come to your channel for advice on everything regarding pipes and tobacco. I look up to you like Gandalf. You are wise, calm, serious, and light hearted all at once and you make the experience more fun by being you. So, thank you for your channel and for taking the time to do this. Thank you for showing us how to care for and better enjoy such a wonderful experience!
Hey Muttnchop how are you? I wanna let you know I smoked my 1st pipe tonight, and I have to thank you for all of your videos. Without all the things you've taught me through your videos I don't think I would have managed. I was recently lucky enough to be given a peterson by my grandfather, due to health reasons he can no longer smoke. It's a real shame that I can't learn to smoke directly from my grandfather, he lives on your side of the pond and I live in Scotland. You've been a great inspiration and I really appreciate your videos. I'm still fairly young (27 years old) but i'm an experienced cigar smoker (5 years or so). I really enjoyed the process of smoking my pipe tonight, but not so much the flavour. I was smoking the Davidoff red mixture. I can only describe it as "light and perfume-ey" I don't know if that makes sense to you or if you've smoked this before? I wonder if you could suggest a blend that would be more akin to a cigar. I tend to like the medium to full bodied flavours when it comes to cigars and I like a thick deep smoke. I'd really appreciate your advice, or any of the communities advice on here actually. Many thanks from Scotland. Andrew
Andrew Haynes - First of all let me say Congratulations!!! On your first pipe, and I'm pleased that you have aloud me to be a part of it. Second, I hate to hear about your grandfather, but if it was suggested that I stop smoking for my health, I would probably do the same. Third, yes, I have had that perfumy type of tobacco, not my favorite. I think Dunhill Nightcap would be a good choice of tobacco for you to try, also look at Cornell & Diehl's Haunted Book Shop, you might like that one as well. 👍👍👍
Thank you for the recommendation Muttnchop. I notice you reviewed that blend in blend club. I look forward to trying it and thank you for taking the time to respond :D
@@andrewhaynes2448if you haven't tried G.L. Pease Quiet Nights, give that a try or Mac Baren Old Dark Fired, those are pretty full bodied. I know this comment is 6 years old but might as well leave my two cents lol.
I smoked hookah for about 5 years. Then I bought a corn cob from Walgreen's and some cheap cherry tobacco. I got a bad case of tongue bite. It's taken me about a year to really get the hang of smoking from a pipe. I find my self still learning new ways to enjoy the hobby.
Charles Richey - I thought it started to get old, the one thing about doing UA-cam videos, people expect fresh, I will probably do something like it in the future. 👍👍👍
Muttnchop Piper Really like the vid, now days in my local I'm the only one I know that smokes a pipe. I've learned a lot from your vids just today, I feel a meditative feeling from smoking a pipe,. started just two weeks ago and smoking Captain Black, which is not so good, what would you recommend for my next tobacco? thanks:)
Me and several friends started with a pipe few months ago and while doing research I came across this channel. This is so far the best source of information about pipe smoking and I really want to thank you as your channel made our enjoyment of pipe much easier! Happy piping!
Thanks for the video. My journey is vice versa. I started with Virginias and then to latakia based blends and Va/pers. this was from 1980 to 1990.Then came burley based blends but no aromatics. Now 2017 rotation is around 7 blends,mostly English,Burley and Va/per.Have smoked few tins aromatics during these years but they're not my cup of tea. Pipesmoking is made from success and error. Everyone has had their fair share of bite and bad bowls.Have a great start for upcoming week and as always cool smokes ,mate.
I am fairly new to pipe smoking and just wanted to say that I enjoy your videos. They are very informative. I'm learning quite a bit from your videos. I look forward to more!
You summed up a good point in this video. Those of us who are starting out now have the benefit of UA-cam, and people like you that care enough about pipe smoking to put this information out there. Thanks to you, and a handful of other people, my personal journey is similar to yours, but takes place inside of seven months, rather than several years.
Smokin' Briar - yeah, that was disheartening "Kid don't bother me" I think they thought it was a passing fancy, that I would loose interest in a few months and I would go away, well it's been 40 years now, and I'm still here. 👍👍👍
I'm one week into pipe smoking and I'm very lucky to have gleaned some of your knowledge. Bouncing around the internet, hearing stories of veteran smoker's early experiences and horror stories of tongue bite and frustration, I realized that you helped me bypass all that. Thanks Muttnchop!
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man, when you first hit that explosion of flavors, and no tongue bite. The pipe nirvana. That is amazing! My discovery was that you let fresh "side air" mix with the smoke, like 50/50. You dont close you lips completely when you draw in. It increases the flavors many times and prevents tongue burn. Try Peterson Sherlock holmes, which many thinks doesnt taste anything, but man! with this method you get alot of flavor. For me that is pipe nirvana. I can easily smoke a whole bowl in one go without tongue burn. Im going to look into this breathe method now. Im a pipe beginner though, used to smoke cigars, but now i'm almost all in on pipes. I really looking forward testing all the different tobaccos.
You grew up in Lexington??! That's awesome! I just turned 18 and have recently gotten into this sort of thing and have tried to watch as many of your videos as possible. You're a great knowledge to me and these videos are so relaxing. I live about 30 minutes north of Lexington in Northern Kentucky. But I'm moving down directly into Lexington in about a week as I'm enrolled at the University of Kentucky! Glad to see a fellow Kentuckian on UA-cam. Once again, great videos and I can't wait to watch them all! 👍🏻👍🏻
I'm new to this and really loved the sensation, so I smoked bowl after bowl each evening for about a week. .. my tongue was in some baaaad pain after that. I took a few days break and started slowing the hell down, relighting if necessary but slowing down. I'm finding I enjoy it even more.
Pegasi - If you have not watched them, I want to refer you to a couple of videos on how to smoke your pipe. The first is called “Smoking a pipe using the Breathe method” and another one called “General pipe discussion and a second look at the breathe method of pipe smoking” learn how to smoke your pipe this way, and you will enjoy it 10 times better. 👍👍👍
Thank you so much Muttnchop for giving us your story from the beginning, as a totally new pipe smoker in my early 30s (always wanted to try it since reading & watching LOTR too heh). Your channel has been and will continue to be invaluable advice to get a good head start, through the power of the internet from you older seasoned pipers. I'm a flavor explorer I guess you could say, I just love exploring new flavors in food, beverages, tobacco and a whole lot more. Been using our native form of oral tobacco for a very long time (Snus), and have been a smoker when I was younger for periods. But I had always heard since I was a small lad that pipe tobacco was way different. What stopped me before was thinking enjoying piping was reserved for the older gentlemen 50+ at minimum right. Stupid to even entertain such nonsense out of a fear of what you think society would think of you, but I sure did. So I'm glad I finally picked it up the hobby and to dive into all the interesting tobacco types, pipes, methods and the finer details. Everyone should have atleast ONE thing they love nerding out over. I'm mainly coming from the niche but oh so mindblowing world of real top shelf pure leaf teas and the multiple lifetimes you could spend exploring that wonderful world, it's nice to take a break with another hobby to deep dive into! There are indeed alot of similarities I've noticed in how wine nerds, fine spirits nerds, tea nerds, and pipe nerds, etc speak about flavor and the infectious passion to want to initiate more people and show them what the REAL DEAL done right can really be like tends to be very similar! I may not be entirely sober since it's a Friday night when I'm writing this, so excuse my rambling and you all have a fine day ladies and gentlemen. Now, back to try and season my first pipe!
I learned to smoke a pipe by watching your videos. Thank you for taking me under your wing and showing me the correct way to smoke a pipe since I have nobody else to teach me. I don’t have it down yet but I’m still learning
I became a pipe smoker just recently, it was about 3 months ago. When I found your channel, I was so glad that I am not insulting myself anymore by just draw and puff and constantly getting a tongue bite and wasting the tobacco that I've bought. Thank you for the contents you bring. Plus, your chop and moustache is so damn cool 👍. Wish you a happy piping from Indonesia.
Hello Muttnchop Piper, Im a pipe smoker for last 3 years, when i started with smoking i had no one to explain me how i can properly smoke a pipe, so i do some google and youtube research and start smoking. I had a lot of pipe and tobacco to try out. But after few moths of smoking i start having issues like tong bite, too hot bowl you name it all. Then i stop smoking pipe, because im also a Cigar smoker and i keep continue smoking cigars. Then i found your video channel on youtube few weeks ago, i take the time and watch them and listen carefully to your instruction, then i took my pipe and start smoking. And guess what :) im totally into it now. Special thanks to you :) So i wanna thank you very very much for all your video and instruction and the way how you explain it. I saw a lot of video but your helps a lot. I realize what i was doing wrong al those years. In this way you became my mentor on pipe smoking. Thanks again for all your works until now. So keep it up so that we (me) can learn a lot from you. Have a good day Sir. Greetings, Areen from Holland
Thank you very much Sir. Do you have any advice what type/kind of pipe with what kind of tobacco i can best smoke for a cool and flawless smoking? Hopefully there will be a video of it :)
Areen Ahmed - there is a lot more then just the pipe and tobacco which I'm sure you know, a pipe is a personal choice, so whatever pipe you choose is the right pipe, and I find an oriental forward tobacco blend to be the coolest smoke for me at least Hearth and Homes White Knight is a great example. 👍👍👍
I started on Aros but knew right away that they weren't for me. While I enjoy an occasional aro now and then I still can't get into the fruit cased aros, they just reek havoc on my palate. I do however like G.L. Pease's: The Virginia Cream and keep a tin on hand for when the sweet tooth strikes. I'm just glad that there is plenty of variety of blends out there because my palate is ever changing. Sweet smokes amigo 😎
Muttonchop this is funny but I am familiar with the pipe shop. I lived in Florence for the longest time. Now I am ending up in Idaho. Id love a chance to meet you one day!
Coming from the world of cigars it has been hard to stop puffing. I'm use to puffing and waiting sixty seconds and doing it again. The breath method is definitely awkward.
Thanks for the video, and kind of opening the idea of aromatics up to me once I get this breathe method down. I got frog morton on the town like you said, my smoking experience has improved. I really appreciate all the work you have put into this channel, its kind of like my pipe smoking encyclopedia.
I just started smoking a pipe, after many years of enjoying LOTR and being fascinated. Your video's have been incredibly helpful to me, and I appreciate that you took the time to make them, nobody I know smokes a pipe so I felt like I was on my own till UA-cam. Also, those are some pretty rad mutton chops.
I really appreciate all your videos and that you reply to messages you have helped me a ton already and can't thank you enough my friend, the breath method really works, I got a package in the mail the other day from one of your subscribers who offered to send me some tobacco well he sent me a bunch and I mean a bunch smells awesome and Dunhill is going in my rotation for sure ! thank you again sir keep up the excellent work my friend
Loved the video... I also tried my first pipe on my 16th birthday. .. Dr G and sir walter...packed it so full you coukd barely draw it.... your video brought back very loved memories
Hey Muttnchop, I really relate to this video. I had somewhat of a similar experience when I bought my first pipe, maybe 10 years ago ... let me tell you, I have discovered the breath method on your channel, and it made my day. That was the first day I truly smoked a pipe properly and enjoyed the experience to the maximum of its extent ... Thank you sir !!!
BothSchafter001 - you're welcome my friend, the breathe method is so much more relaxing, providing a cooler, more flavorful smoke, won't ever smoke my pipe any other way. 👍👍👍
I too wanted to start smoking pipes because of Lord of the Rings. At the time I read all the books the first movie was just about to come out as well. I was enthralled with Tolkien's brilliance and the movies just helped bring it to life. At the time I was too young to purchase and use pipe tobacco so I would take any chance I could to go with my dad when he was getting cigars just so I could stare in awe at the pipes. Years later, I started my real pipe journey and your videos have been pivotal in making it an experience well worth the wait.
Dear Chris, I've learned pipe smoking looking your great videos, especially using the breath method that you introduced. Thank you for times spending to produce these videos. Best wishes to you and your family
It's funny cause I'm the opposite, I avoid aromatics due to adulteration and flavoring.... I'm the opposite of you, I'm a tobaccophile, I love the natural leaf. Like the book I suggested. You were attracted through characters and pipes themselves, nothing wrong with that, 2 paths to the same destination :-) After 16 years of cigarette smoking I knew I loved tobacco, but I didn't like cigarettes, nasty stinky shites they are, the biggest basterdation to happen to tobacco leaf, from its start with the native Americans. It actually started with them and didn't spread globally til Europeans started checking out the Americas in the 1400's... I gave up cigarettes once before, but due to family tragedy I turned back to cigarettes before freeing myself in 2012... so like I was saying, I enjoyed the art of interacting with tobacco smoke and I enjoy the feeling of nicotine... But I disdained all the nasty crap in mechanized and chemically enhanced cigarettes... so in 2012 instead of quitting tobacco again completely I decided to explore pipes and cigars. I did my research, I got a nice starter briarwood, but I learned you should rest it a day, so quickly I picked up a Missouri cob, since I needed nicotine several times a day.. and for hahas I picked up a beautiful lion carved Turkish meershim in a hard leather case... but but but, kept getting tounge bite, to the painful level...i couldn't replace cigarettes that way, I was doing good at my job, I'd been promoted so I could afford ordering humidors and cigars. Natural hand rolled premium, non flavored or chemicaled cigars. Being an ex pack na half to 2 packs a day smoker I could easily smoke 10-16 cigars a day, no bite, premium hand rolled tobacco... fast forward to this year, early 2018, I've suffered a divorce and lay off.... so financially tight, my 5 humidors reduced to one poorly stocked... I've dusted off the pipes and decided to give it a go again, because there are many wonderful natural pipe tobacco to enjoy, I'm already finding some success in drying my tobacco by leaving it in my cigar humidor set to 65%...i figure of cigars kept at a relative humidity don't scold my tounge, even 16 of them a day, why should pipe tobacco. I wanted to suggest to you there is a wonderful bbc documentary series called addicted to pleasure. (Opium, sugar, tobacco, and alcohol) are the 4 pleasures in the brain. I think you would love the tobacco episode, please watch it. As I stated out saying, I'm a student of tobacco, pipes are my medium of exploration now. It is a rather fascinating nightshade weed, in fact it can't even currently survive with out human cultivation... interesting that like a baby needs it's mother tobacco needs us as much as we need it. I watched all that bbc series because I liked it, and because I actually enjoy whiskeys, aged rums, etc, so I'm a student of alcohol as well... and sugar applied to me as well.. never messed with opiates besides a couple very limited medical situations in my life, in childhood.. but the series is fantastic. I believe in studying what I'm into, understanding it. Sorry this ran so long as a comment, hell surprised if ye're still reading it hehe, also of note after ordering some pipe tobacco with my very small recent cigar order, I took the liberty, though on limited funds to grab a cobbit shire to add to my small pipe collection.. honestly I think I want the Missouri free hand more but like the wizard, I'm afraid the cobbit line will sell out faster due to our love of Lord of the Rings lol. so anyway there's more than ye ever wished to know about me lol. TTYL
thanks for be our guide. I tried pipe smoking in the 90s and stopped because of tongue bite and there was nobody to teach me how to pipe smoking. now with the technology im back and doing it right, thanks to teachers like you that have the patience to show correctly how it should be done. now I'm teaching others so they don't have to go through the same mistakes I made.
I was a 20 year cigarette addict and I've been quit for 30 years. But now that I'm old and dying, I've been thinking about smoking a pipe on my porch at night. But I am afraid it will stimulate my cigarette addiction. Does anyone have any input on this question?
This video from 2017, I'm watching in 2021, smoking the last tin of my most loved tobacco, McClelland 2006 Christmas Cheer. the same one on the top shelf in the back of this video (the red can). Can anyone suggest a tobacco similar to this one? Love the videos, thank you for making them.
Lexitonian here. I remember the Turfland Mall only vaugely remember the shop. Awesome to learn from you. Started smoking a pipe and went to a shop off of Southland called Schwab's Pipes N Stuff. Great store and great people. Have a Eric Nording Freehand and love it. Thanks for your vast knowledge
I am 35 years or more now smoking a pipe and it is a great voyage of discovery.It starts off awful and then it becomes better and better as the years go by.You then become an expert in all types of pipes and tobacco blends.Thats what I like to think anyway.Always buy a Churchwarden though because if you,and we all do, buy a ropey or harsh tasting baccy the Warden will take a lot of the sting out of it and it saves chucking it in the bin.That is my one and only bit of advice.I leave that to the well-versed and articulate Muttonchop.Jim.Liverpool.
When i was 18, i brought a BC army mount pipe from tobacco shop, that was my first time smoking pipe. After that, i kept the pipe inside my table drawer. These few yrs, i started my pipe smoking hobby and i really enjoy.
It's like playing a harmonica - nobody can "teach" you because nobody can show what's going on inside your mouth. However, if you just stay at it, it will come to you.
I have never been a "smoker" , but pipes have always fascinated me. I used to love it when someone would be nearby smoking one because it smelled so good. While I was in college I bought myself a pipe from the drugstore just to try for the fun of it. It took a while before I found a tobacco blend I could enjoy occasionally. I am 52 now and don't smoke enough to count but I still enjoy a bowl from time to time. I really like hearing stories about pipes and the art of smoking them. Thanks for your videos.
Your right, as a young boy I remember older mens smoking Pipes . One of the smells I remember was a Tobacco called Saint Bruno. I wish we here in the uk could get hold of that Berry you were talking about. Could you tell me who makes it please my friend ? I really enjoyed watch your Vid . Thanks so much . Roy Welsh Smokey Dragon.
Lane1-Q is my favorite. I buy it by the pound lol. Cult Blood Red Moon and Erinmore are a close second. I learned the breath method from your channel and it really elevated my enjoyment of pipe smoking. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Travis Fahey - no I don't have anything like that, I appreciate the sentiment, but I do these videos for the love of pipe smoking, and the hope that those that watch my videos learn the proper way to smoke a pipe. 👍👍👍
Such a relief to hear that someone endured the same problems in the beginning as you (no flavor, tongue bite etc.) and finally get to his "flavor nirvana". That really empowers! Happy piping, Chris :)
I was on the fence until I learned "the breath method". I really wanted to enjoy a pipe, but I was struggling. The Breath Method is the proper way for pipe smoking. I 75% of the time I smoke now doing the breath method, and the other 25% I take the pipe in my hand and sip it slowly. Its amazing! Thanks Muttonshop and to YTPC!
Hey Muttenchop been watching on my secondary account for a while now and you helped me alot when i first started I'm still fairly new and was hoping you could point me to a cheap place to get a nice rustic diplomat looking pipe. its my dream pipe and as always hobbies arent affordable as we would like them to be lol so ive been looking with no luck. thanks and keep up the awsome work!
Very Very Informative. I also started pretty much the same way and today have reached a level where I can identify the various aromas and also how to prolong the smoke till the end and also extract the wonderful aromas. Thanks for the posting.
Nope. You’re just drawing it into your mouth and back out again. It took me some trial and error, but thanks to these MCP videos I had a good starting point. Once you’re able to figure out breath method and your cadence it’s a completely different experience in a good way. Trial and error and patience. You’ll know when you’ve figured it out. Thanks for sharing your experience and lessons MCP.
Hahahaha, I'm 16, and I didn't even try to go to a store, I just started to make them. I know they aren't the best, but it's what I can get for now and I'm enjoying it alot
I'm young so I don't actually have quite th story; but I used to be 120% anti smoking, no matter what, but I always thought pipes were elegant and sofisticated. Then I went to a community market and found a Tobacco store, and saw a few really nice looking, altough cheap pipes; that just stoked my interest a bit. Then, another day I was looking for a pocket knife, and I found a tobacco store near my house. It was then I decided to try the hobby. Been pipe smoking for about a year now, and have no plans of stopping. Weird how I went from anti smoking to this point.
Virtually Dead - It’s not weird, it’s called having an open mind, I appreciate your candor telling us how much you hated smoking of all kinds, but having an open mind about everything, sparks curiosity and exploration, explore other things in your life you may hate and ask yourself have I tried it, do I know much about it? You may find other things you hate that you may change your mind about. 👍👍👍
Muttnchop I'm still trying the breath method but not doing good.... I will keep trying my friend..great video as always still proud to be the president of the mutthchop fan club......maybe you can do a breath method video for dummies like me haaa take care my friend be well..long live the chop
Hello. I am from Czech Republic. I visited your channel by accident but I really enjoyed this video. I appreciate this kind of video as a pipesmoker (beginner). I'm your new follower :-D. Thank you and have a nice day.
I love your talks and that you care so much about this it made me wanna try the craft of pipe smoking my first blend that I got was mac bearn vanilla flake and I am really enjoying it. thank you for all the knowledge you have given us .
what chris forgot to mention was lord of the rings had just released on the book shelfs when he was 16 lol. just messing with you buddy. I first started because a friend of mine smoked a pipe he got me to start with a basket pipe now both my pipe and tobacco collection are getting large including 3 meers.
From this man I first found out from that breathing method. It was hard in the beginning of course it was my first bowls, it was normal but I kept learning. Now I consider my self as an intermediate pipe smoker after couple of months. What I'm trying to say is that you sir helped me a lot and saved me a lot of trouble, thank you !
For me, it went something like this: I was walking around in downtown Raleigh NC in '98-99, came across Pipes By George and went in. I looked around, sniffed some tobacco, and came out with some kind of what I think was straight Latakia with white crystals all over it...never seen its like since, some Solani 127, and a generic pipe. The Latakia was very interesting and the Solani bit like pissed off Indian Rock Python [those are evil in tube form, if you have never had the "pleasure"]. Over the years I learned all I know about smoking by pure trial and error, with a good education about varietals by George. I got very consistently into it around 2009, and started getting various blends to cellar by McClelland and MacBaren, mostly flakes, Dark Star, Christmas Cheer, Dark Twist, The Craftsbury series, Grand Orientals...you get the idea. I consistently smoked various englishes, va flakes and so forth. Now my cellar is around 20+lbs of various tins, jars and such [many over 7-10yo], I smoke many bowls per day and I have a number of Savenelli, Brebbia, Vauen, Peterson, and some others.
Ian McDonald - very interesting, sounds like you are set up nicely either way the Deeming regulation goes, thanks for sharing your story my friend. 👍👍👍
I quit piping years ago after a bad first experience with aromatics. I found Pipes by George while visiting Raleigh on business a few months ago and was surprised at how kind and laid back everyone was. George helped me out with advice and information, even gave me my first samples of Gawith to try in the shop. I thought I was in Heaven but I stepped outside and was still in Raleigh. Regardless, my cellar now looks like yours sounds, and I'm thoroughly enjoying the hobby.
Thanks for all of your videos, Muttonchop Piper. I have learned a tremendous amount from them. So, I have a question. I recently inherited my Uncles pipes after he passed and most of them look like they have never been cleaned. I know you stress keeping the carbon cake at the bottom, but there must be a point where you need to clean some of it out. For instance, with my Uncles pipes, there is a lot of carbon buildup covering the inside of the pipes. Any suggestions on how much to clear out and how?
So much awesome info here! I will have to find your videos on the breath method and get to trying that way. I have been smoking for about two years almost. Enjoying learning the pipes and getting into restoration a little bit. Have a great day
Hello Muttnchop Piper, Thanks for your wonderful videos and tutorials, i did smoke Cigars before(Mostly Dominicans and Cubans), but now for the third time i start smoking pipe, and this time after watching your good videos i learnt a lot, i bought 2 pipe one Corn Cob and the regular Brebbia, and also buy Mac Baren Vanilla Flake, and Sweet Vanilla Honeydew. I really don't know what i do wrong, i smoke slowly, i use breath technic and also i let my tobacco dry a little bit before smoke it. but still i didn't taste much from my tobacco, i taste a little but not as much i suspected from it. but i still trying and give it more and more chance. i should test English blend too i think God Bless you man
Amir Mahmoudi - sounds like you are doing everything right, keep at it, and I think your tongue will adjust to pick up more of the flavor, and yes I would give English blends a try. 👍👍👍
Excellent video sir! I personally am a life long cigarette smoker, but I do occasionally enjoy a pipe of aromatic tobacco... Its lovely. However as a cig smoker, I've on and off been to broke to buy packs of factory made smokes (i started with Marlboro Reds, and thats still my go to brand when i buy packs. Unless they have Lucky Strike non-filters.. which are always $8 a pack) and I discovered after smoking Lucky Strike filterless for a while when i had the ridiculous money to afford them.. That smoking Marlboro's and most "premium" cigarette brands is smoking a bunch of garbage tobaco.. So now that im not able to afford packs of $8 cigs, I've discovered Peter Stokkebye's AMAZING RYO tobacco blends... They arent very cheap at $8.50 per 1.23oz bag w/papers... However, they are so very vastly superior in every way to all the pre-packaged fitered cigs available ( save for Lucky non filters... those do use excellent blended tobaco..). Smoking the non filtered Lucky Strikes, and coming to realize how much more I enjoyed those, I did research into why they were so much better and more expencive. And ended up learning all about "reconstituted tobacco" and its use in primarily lower cost filtered cigs, but also even in premium smokes such as Marlboro and Camels... so no more pre-packed filtered cigs for me... I Love Peter Stokkebye's Danish Export RYO, English Export RYO, as well as the Burley/virginia blended Stockholm Shag blends... I wanted to mention this even though your channel is about Pipe smoking, because im certain many fellow cig smokers will see this video, and perhaps not realize (like i didnt for years!!) what we are missing when buying and paying waaay to much for factory made filtered cigs... Try getting as cheap tube-stuffer if you insist on a filtered smoke, a $3 box of tubes... and a bag of Peter Stokkebye's tobacoo.. (THEY ARE ALL AMAZING, there is a Turkish Blend for those who preffer Camels btw)... you will be amazed at the difference in the flavor, and the tobacco... Just break open a cig of your usual brand, and compair the look and color and smell of the tobacco to what you get in the bag of RYO Peter Stokkebye's... Pipe smokers have been well aware of the VAST difference between "cigarette tobacco" and real Pipe Tobacco for a looong time. Now that I am, i wont waste my cash on a pack of Marlboro's ever again... P.S. I dont care for the American Spirit RYO tobacco, its not terrible, but its not very good either... Thanks for the outstanding video sir! Sorry for the long-winded Cig Smoking comment. I'd love to hear which non aromatic tobacco's you enjoy the most!
Van Calloway - No apology necessary my friend, it was interesting to read someone willing to explain what type of cigarettes they like and why, and your right I think, buying roll your own cigarette tobacco, and papers is far more superior to store bought, thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
Still skeptical about the breath method. You did say that you were asthmatic, and so there's probably legitimacy in trusting you doing this, but I got to ask if it's safe-ish. Got the same condition as you hence me asking so cautiously. Thank you for your videos and a have a nice day.
Timber Sellick - yes, I find it safe, it's easy to control the intake of tobacco into my mouth, I don't inhale so for me at least it's worked out great. 👍👍👍
I hate ta say it Chris ! I laughed thru this whole video. Went thru the whole game back in the 60s. Took me a while ta realize. I can tell you like ta sample tobaccos. Photo interp. ;-) Keep it up. will keep up with your stuff. Yep, I'm just beginning ta realize stuff. Thanks for your in sites Sgt. Cpt. Ewing ! Take care ! Good job !
Mr. Muttnchop, one more question for you, if you don't mind. I would like to experience each type of tobacco on its own (virginia, balkan, oriental) so that I am able to better distinguish them when I start buying blends of them. What do you suggest? Are there any pure tobaccos of each type that you recommend? Thanks for any help.
Joseph Maiello - I have done some videos on this subject called tobacco components Vol 1 Base components, and tobacco components Vol 2 Condiment components. Check those videos out, and let me know if you have questions. 👍👍👍
Thank you so much! Those videos were so helpful. I really appreciate all you do. Since watching your videos I have been looking for a virginia bright blend and a virginia red blend to start with and begin to test the differences between the two. It seems that all the bright and red that I could find is apparently blended with other condiment blends as well. Is there such a thing as "pure" virginia red or bright to try?
Joseph Maiello - this is the best way to experience the taste of the individual blend components. You can go to either pipesandcigars.com, or smokingpipes.com and search for tobacco that's called "Blending Tobacco" you can then order just the components you want, bright Virginia, red Virginia, burly, etc. 👍👍👍
hey muttnchop piper great vid. I got into pipe smoking about 25 years ago from reading LOTR and also C.S Lewis. I bought a cheap pipe and aromatic blend. The experience certainly didn't match the joy Gandalf and the Hobbits talked about. Every smoke was ash and tongue bite the worst being the crud i needed to spit out every five minutes. of course no Internet. No one I met smoked a pipe. Two months ago I came back to the pipe after watching your beginners series. so thanks. By the way i love the LOTR pipe and posters you have. sorry for the ramble.
Gary Travis - no problem about the Ramble, I experienced the same thing when I first started smoking a pipe after reading the LOTR, "Why would anyone enjoy this" I said to myself, now years later I get it. I'm glad you're back smoking a pipe, and I am glad I was able to help. 👍👍👍
David Gaver - English blends are created using the following tobacco components; Virginia, Latakia, Oriental, and Perique, Aromatics are created using primarily burly, and cavendish tobacco combined with a food grade topping, like Vanilla, Maple, fruit, or alcohol like Bourbon or wine, to give it a sweet flavor. 👍👍👍
been smoking for about 2 years the last couple of months ive gotten really bad toungebite and little to no flavour because i forgot to look at it as relaxing but as a chore like you did in the beginning really started to enjoy it again luckily!
What a great video. Thank you very much. I am a very new pipe smoker. I buyed a little Pipe here in Santiago, Chile last year. It is an awful ugly and little pipe that heats a lot and give me a bad taste and horrible tongue bite. I almost quit, but I ordered a Peterson Aran 86 and everything went better from there. I follow your advices and bought Dunhill Nightcap and Frog Morton on the town (Great tobaccos). I know you are a Savinelli fan, so I order a Savinelli New Art 315 KS. Today I came home and get the pipe on the mail. What a wonderful peace of Art! it is just so beautiful and I immediately put frog Morton on the town on it. It is heaven. I am very happy with my new hobbie. I really like it and it is because I am following your great advices. I am gonna save some more money so I can buy a Savinelli Piano Forte and Some Plum Pudding tobacco. I really want to thank you for this. Please, keep the great advices coming. Best Wishes.
Pablo Bennett - my friend, this pleases me to hear more than you know, I am glad that you have started your adventure in a grand way, and to be a part of that is a blessing for me. 👍👍👍
Haha exactly. Burnt my upper lips. And then i found your breath method video after 3 bowls. Would probably have quit pipe without it. thanks again my friend. And thanks to channel (saveurs partagées) who suggested me to come here.
Muttnchop, I honestly think your channel is very good. I've been smoking pipes since 1997. I thought after doing it for over 20 years, that I new it all. When I watch your videos, I'm always finding new ways and ideas to improve my hobby to its full potential. When I meet new pipe smokers, and they ask me questions on pipe smoking, I try to answer their questions the best I can. I also tell them that if they want in depth knowledge, just watch your channel. There's really no one putting out the pipe smoking education like you sir. A few channels try, but I think yours is the best. Again, keep up the great videos.
You mentioned Elizabethan, Elizabethan was the first pipe tobacco I bought 3 years ago. My favorite smoke early morning with my coffee. Nice muttonchops, how long have you had muttonchops?
Congrats Chris Muttnchop Piper! I subscribed your channel when we were only 400 in the community. Now we're 9,000! Great channel! I knew you would have lots of subscribers. Good stuff!
52 years ago, while working night shift at a assembly factory , an old pipe smoking janitor took pity on a 20 year old clerk an tutored me in loading a pipe, lighting it, 2nd light, drawing a puff to which he would always say "sip my boy....sip...tobacco should be savored like fine wines ". He noticed I had been enveloped in a cloud of smoke........now half a century later I realized he taught me the breath method......thanks ole man!!!!
Kenneth Lustig - sounds like you had sound guidance, and pleasant memories. 👍👍👍
What pleasant memories we have from the people we meet in this world
The Bob Ross of pipe smoking LOL Very enjoyable my fellow Kentuckian.
ModernRome1 - Thank you my friend, I am good company. 👍👍👍
hello sir,
I quit straights about 5 months ago but really missed enjoying tobacco, so 3 days ago i decided to try a pipe to get some flavour, didnt really enjoy it and had a hard time getting my head around the experience, and then i found your videos, ive been having one bowl per night and really taking my time to enjoy it slow and easy and not letting it get too hot, the breath method is fantastic and i am now starting to really appreciate the flavour and calming enjoyment from tasting and enjoying my evening smoke :) thanks so much for helping out the new guys........hopefully going to be a hobby i can enjoy for many years to come.
foamige - that pleases me to hear my friend, I'm glad you are enjoying your pipe. 👍👍👍
Hello, Muttnchop. I am from Argentina. I've started with Pipe Smoking about a year ago. It was really difficult to find decent "tutorials" about how to smoke correctly in spanish, my native tongue. Your channel was and is a very helpfull resource to keep improving my smoking experience. Thank you very much for that! Sorry about my poor english and greetings from the south of the World. Gracias y Saludos!
Samir Petrocelli - you're welcome my friend, and don't worry about the English, you did fine. 👍👍👍
Muttnchop Piper I have a problem I took my church warden out of rotation for cleaning. I can't get the stem back in at all I've never had that happen any advice?
Clarence Bodicker - was the pipe hot when you removed the stem?
Hi, Samir! I went to Buenos Aires last month and had a great time there. Went to "Tabaqueria Inglesa", great shop in Palermo (Calle Paraguay). Unfortunately we can't smoke our pipes in many places there, as it's been in many countries around the world. All this fascist idea about health politically correct approach...
Bruno Modigliani Hello, Bruno! I'm glad you liked our city. The Tabaquería inglesa (English Tobacco Shop) is one of the finest places in town, perhaps the best. Sadly, like you've said, the anti-tobacco regulations are making very difficult to enjoy the hobby, and also hitting hard on the argentinean Tobacco industry, once one of the most important in the whole region. Nevertheless, we still have some good Blenders and even Pipe carvers artisans, like Ezequiel Herrería. I recomend his work. You can find it on the internet. Sorry again for my english... Saludos y Buenos Humos!
The way I started was i read the Sherlock Holmes series and was fasinated with the pipe he smoked
one outdoorsman - Another great series of books. 👍👍
@proud Dutchman I'm not sure... he's definitely pictured with one in movies. But the novels always describe him smoking three types of pipes: a clay, a briar and the cherrywood a long-stemmed, also known as a Churchwarden.
for me it was Huckleberry Finn
I am so glad I stumbled upon this video because this compliment will suite you so well. I am 35 and I come to your channel for advice on everything regarding pipes and tobacco. I look up to you like Gandalf. You are wise, calm, serious, and light hearted all at once and you make the experience more fun by being you. So, thank you for your channel and for taking the time to do this. Thank you for showing us how to care for and better enjoy such a wonderful experience!
Hey Muttnchop how are you? I wanna let you know I smoked my 1st pipe tonight, and I have to thank you for all of your videos. Without all the things you've taught me through your videos I don't think I would have managed.
I was recently lucky enough to be given a peterson by my grandfather, due to health reasons he can no longer smoke. It's a real shame that I can't learn to smoke directly from my grandfather, he lives on your side of the pond and I live in Scotland. You've been a great inspiration and I really appreciate your videos. I'm still fairly young (27 years old) but i'm an experienced cigar smoker (5 years or so).
I really enjoyed the process of smoking my pipe tonight, but not so much the flavour. I was smoking the Davidoff red mixture. I can only describe it as "light and perfume-ey" I don't know if that makes sense to you or if you've smoked this before? I wonder if you could suggest a blend that would be more akin to a cigar. I tend to like the medium to full bodied flavours when it comes to cigars and I like a thick deep smoke. I'd really appreciate your advice, or any of the communities advice on here actually.
Many thanks from Scotland.
Andrew
Andrew Haynes - First of all let me say Congratulations!!! On your first pipe, and I'm pleased that you have aloud me to be a part of it. Second, I hate to hear about your grandfather, but if it was suggested that I stop smoking for my health, I would probably do the same. Third, yes, I have had that perfumy type of tobacco, not my favorite. I think Dunhill Nightcap would be a good choice of tobacco for you to try, also look at Cornell & Diehl's Haunted Book Shop, you might like that one as well. 👍👍👍
Thank you for the recommendation Muttnchop. I notice you reviewed that blend in blend club. I look forward to trying it and thank you for taking the time to respond :D
@@andrewhaynes2448if you haven't tried G.L. Pease Quiet Nights, give that a try or Mac Baren Old Dark Fired, those are pretty full bodied. I know this comment is 6 years old but might as well leave my two cents lol.
I smoked hookah for about 5 years. Then I bought a corn cob from Walgreen's and some cheap cherry tobacco. I got a bad case of tongue bite. It's taken me about a year to really get the hang of smoking from a pipe. I find my self still learning new ways to enjoy the hobby.
Broken Pipe 86 -I'm glad you have figured it out my friend. 👍👍👍
Muttnchop, thanks for share you´r experience. (I start smoking pipe for the LOTR). Best regards from Argentina!!!
Fernando Villagran - that's awesome, thanks for watching my friend. 👍👍👍
I enjoyed the riddles. Why did you stop putting them up?
Charles Richey - I thought it started to get old, the one thing about doing UA-cam videos, people expect fresh, I will probably do something like it in the future. 👍👍👍
Muttnchop Piper Really like the vid, now days in my local I'm the only one I know that smokes a pipe. I've learned a lot from your vids just today, I feel a meditative feeling from smoking a pipe,. started just two weeks ago and smoking Captain Black, which is not so good, what would you recommend for my next tobacco? thanks:)
Me and several friends started with a pipe few months ago and while doing research I came across this channel. This is so far the best source of information about pipe smoking and I really want to thank you as your channel made our enjoyment of pipe much easier! Happy piping!
Thanks for the video. My journey is vice versa. I started with Virginias and then to latakia based blends and Va/pers. this was from 1980 to 1990.Then came burley based blends but no aromatics. Now 2017 rotation is around 7 blends,mostly English,Burley and Va/per.Have smoked few tins aromatics during these years but they're not my cup of tea. Pipesmoking is made from success and error. Everyone has had their fair share of bite and bad bowls.Have a great start for upcoming week and as always cool smokes ,mate.
Olle Wahlroos - great explanation of the start of your journey, thanks. 👍👍👍
I am fairly new to pipe smoking and just wanted to say that I enjoy your videos. They are very informative. I'm learning quite a bit from your videos. I look forward to more!
You summed up a good point in this video. Those of us who are starting out now have the benefit of UA-cam, and people like you that care enough about pipe smoking to put this information out there. Thanks to you, and a handful of other people, my personal journey is similar to yours, but takes place inside of seven months, rather than several years.
Jake Nelson - that's great to hear my friend. 👍👍👍
Was that gentleman that taught you the breath method Alan Kerslake?
"Kid don't bother me"....LOL! If they could only see you now! Enjoyed the story Chris! Thank you😁👍
Smokin' Briar - yeah, that was disheartening "Kid don't bother me" I think they thought it was a passing fancy, that I would loose interest in a few months and I would go away, well it's been 40 years now, and I'm still here. 👍👍👍
the LOTR movies are why I keep ps24 in my rotation. I went through just about the same experience when learning to smoke a pipe. Great channel!
I'm one week into pipe smoking and I'm very lucky to have gleaned some of your knowledge. Bouncing around the internet, hearing stories of veteran smoker's early experiences and horror stories of tongue bite and frustration, I realized that you helped me bypass all that. Thanks Muttnchop!
man, when you first hit that explosion of flavors, and no tongue bite. The pipe nirvana. That is amazing! My discovery was that you let fresh "side air" mix with the smoke, like 50/50. You dont close you lips completely when you draw in. It increases the flavors many times and prevents tongue burn. Try Peterson Sherlock holmes, which many thinks doesnt taste anything, but man! with this method you get alot of flavor. For me that is pipe nirvana. I can easily smoke a whole bowl in one go without tongue burn. Im going to look into this breathe method now.
Im a pipe beginner though, used to smoke cigars, but now i'm almost all in on pipes. I really looking forward testing all the different tobaccos.
You grew up in Lexington??! That's awesome! I just turned 18 and have recently gotten into this sort of thing and have tried to watch as many of your videos as possible. You're a great knowledge to me and these videos are so relaxing. I live about 30 minutes north of Lexington in Northern Kentucky. But I'm moving down directly into Lexington in about a week as I'm enrolled at the University of Kentucky! Glad to see a fellow Kentuckian on UA-cam. Once again, great videos and I can't wait to watch them all! 👍🏻👍🏻
Aaron T - UK is a great school, you will have a great time there. 👍👍👍
I need to vent I was taking a stroll enjoying a bowl of Walter railgh and every one asked you got weed in that.
That does happen. Would be a terrible tool for smoking herb, though.
I'm new to this and really loved the sensation, so I smoked bowl after bowl each evening for about a week.
.. my tongue was in some baaaad pain after that.
I took a few days break and started slowing the hell down, relighting if necessary but slowing down. I'm finding I enjoy it even more.
Pegasi - If you have not watched them, I want to refer you to a couple of videos on how to smoke your pipe. The first is called “Smoking a pipe using the Breathe method” and another one called “General pipe discussion and a second look at the breathe method of pipe smoking” learn how to smoke your pipe this way, and you will enjoy it 10 times better. 👍👍👍
I spy with my little eye a tin of Dunhill's Elizabethan Mixture!what an absolute BEAUT of a smoke that is 👌🏻👌🏻 Hope you're well my friend ✌🏻
Blue Smokee Monkee - I am well, yes it is a great smoke. 👍👍👍
Thank you so much Muttnchop for giving us your story from the beginning, as a totally new pipe smoker in my early 30s (always wanted to try it since reading & watching LOTR too heh).
Your channel has been and will continue to be invaluable advice to get a good head start, through the power of the internet from you older seasoned pipers.
I'm a flavor explorer I guess you could say, I just love exploring new flavors in food, beverages, tobacco and a whole lot more.
Been using our native form of oral tobacco for a very long time (Snus), and have been a smoker when I was younger for periods. But I had always heard since I was a small lad that pipe tobacco was way different. What stopped me before was thinking enjoying piping was reserved for the older gentlemen 50+ at minimum right.
Stupid to even entertain such nonsense out of a fear of what you think society would think of you, but I sure did. So I'm glad I finally picked it up the hobby and to dive into all the interesting tobacco types, pipes, methods and the finer details. Everyone should have atleast ONE thing they love nerding out over. I'm mainly coming from the niche but oh so mindblowing world of real top shelf pure leaf teas and the multiple lifetimes you could spend exploring that wonderful world, it's nice to take a break with another hobby to deep dive into!
There are indeed alot of similarities I've noticed in how wine nerds, fine spirits nerds, tea nerds, and pipe nerds, etc speak about flavor and the infectious passion to want to initiate more people and show them what the REAL DEAL done right can really be like tends to be very similar!
I may not be entirely sober since it's a Friday night when I'm writing this, so excuse my rambling and you all have a fine day ladies and gentlemen.
Now, back to try and season my first pipe!
Wow!! My local tobacco shop in Cape Girardeau Missouri is named Tobacco Lane!!! Got my first pipes there also.
Glen McCoy - That's really cool. 👍👍👍
God bless you Muttonchop. I'm learning so much from you. A great help to get the best from my pipe time. Many thanks for all your guidance.
I learned to smoke a pipe by watching your videos. Thank you for taking me under your wing and showing me the correct way to smoke a pipe since I have nobody else to teach me. I don’t have it down yet but I’m still learning
I became a pipe smoker just recently, it was about 3 months ago. When I found your channel, I was so glad that I am not insulting myself anymore by just draw and puff and constantly getting a tongue bite and wasting the tobacco that I've bought. Thank you for the contents you bring. Plus, your chop and moustache is so damn cool 👍. Wish you a happy piping from Indonesia.
Hello Muttnchop Piper,
Im a pipe smoker for last 3 years, when i started with smoking i had no one to explain me how i can properly smoke a pipe, so i do some google and youtube research and start smoking. I had a lot of pipe and tobacco to try out. But after few moths of smoking i start having issues like tong bite, too hot bowl you name it all. Then i stop smoking pipe, because im also a Cigar smoker and i keep continue smoking cigars.
Then i found your video channel on youtube few weeks ago, i take the time and watch them and listen carefully to your instruction, then i took my pipe and start smoking. And guess what :) im totally into it now. Special thanks to you :)
So i wanna thank you very very much for all your video and instruction and the way how you explain it. I saw a lot of video but your helps a lot. I realize what i was doing wrong al those years. In this way you became my mentor on pipe smoking. Thanks again for all your works until now. So keep it up so that we (me) can learn a lot from you.
Have a good day Sir.
Greetings,
Areen from Holland
Areen Ahmed - that pleases me to hear my friend, I always enjoy hearing success stories, I am glad you are enjoying smoking your pipe. 👍👍👍
Thank you very much Sir. Do you have any advice what type/kind of pipe with what kind of tobacco i can best smoke for a cool and flawless smoking? Hopefully there will be a video of it :)
Areen Ahmed - there is a lot more then just the pipe and tobacco which I'm sure you know, a pipe is a personal choice, so whatever pipe you choose is the right pipe, and I find an oriental forward tobacco blend to be the coolest smoke for me at least Hearth and Homes White Knight is a great example. 👍👍👍
Please come back MuttonChop Piper!
I started on Aros but knew right away that they weren't for me.
While I enjoy an occasional aro now and then I still can't get into the fruit cased aros, they just reek havoc on my palate. I do however like G.L. Pease's: The Virginia Cream and keep a tin on hand for when the sweet tooth strikes.
I'm just glad that there is plenty of variety of blends out there because my palate is ever changing.
Sweet smokes amigo 😎
Upon AstariKnight - I'm pretty much in the same boat my friend. 👍👍👍
Muttonchop this is funny but I am familiar with the pipe shop. I lived in Florence for the longest time. Now I am ending up in Idaho. Id love a chance to meet you one day!
Coming from the world of cigars it has been hard to stop puffing. I'm use to puffing and waiting sixty seconds and doing it again. The breath method is definitely awkward.
Such a good video with love. Thank you for sharing.
Each journey is our own, you're right. But thanks in large part to your wonderful videos, I got off on the right foot. 👍
Great video, I grew up in Lexington also and spent my youth at the pipe shop in Lexington mall. Keep up the good work sir!
Thanks for the video, and kind of opening the idea of aromatics up to me once I get this breathe method down. I got frog morton on the town like you said, my smoking experience has improved. I really appreciate all the work you have put into this channel, its kind of like my pipe smoking encyclopedia.
Colorado Kenny - you're welcome my friend. 👍👍👍
I just started smoking a pipe, after many years of enjoying LOTR and being fascinated. Your video's have been incredibly helpful to me, and I appreciate that you took the time to make them, nobody I know smokes a pipe so I felt like I was on my own till UA-cam. Also, those are some pretty rad mutton chops.
neoexploited - I'm glad that you have found value in my videos, and I'm glad that you have UA-cam to help you learn to smoke your pipe. 👍👍👍
I really appreciate all your videos and that you reply to messages you have helped me a ton already and can't thank you enough my friend, the breath method really works, I got a package in the mail the other day from one of your subscribers who offered to send me some tobacco well he sent me a bunch and I mean a bunch smells awesome and Dunhill is going in my rotation for sure ! thank you again sir keep up the excellent work my friend
ThecrazyScotsman - You are very welcome. 👍👍👍
Loved the video... I also tried my first pipe on my 16th birthday. .. Dr G and sir walter...packed it so full you coukd barely draw it.... your video brought back very loved memories
Michael Page - doing the video brought back the same for me my friend. 👍👍👍
Please turn up the volume of your excellent presentations. Thnx!
Hey Muttnchop, I really relate to this video. I had somewhat of a similar experience when I bought my first pipe, maybe 10 years ago ... let me tell you, I have discovered the breath method on your channel, and it made my day. That was the first day I truly smoked a pipe properly and enjoyed the experience to the maximum of its extent ... Thank you sir !!!
BothSchafter001 - you're welcome my friend, the breathe method is so much more relaxing, providing a cooler, more flavorful smoke, won't ever smoke my pipe any other way. 👍👍👍
I too wanted to start smoking pipes because of Lord of the Rings. At the time I read all the books the first movie was just about to come out as well. I was enthralled with Tolkien's brilliance and the movies just helped bring it to life. At the time I was too young to purchase and use pipe tobacco so I would take any chance I could to go with my dad when he was getting cigars just so I could stare in awe at the pipes. Years later, I started my real pipe journey and your videos have been pivotal in making it an experience well worth the wait.
Cole Norton - thank you my friend. 👍👍👍
Dear Chris, I've learned pipe smoking looking your great videos, especially using the breath method that you introduced. Thank you for times spending to produce these videos. Best wishes to you and your family
Tooradj Khoshzaman - you are more then welcome my friend. 👍👍👍
It's funny cause I'm the opposite, I avoid aromatics due to adulteration and flavoring.... I'm the opposite of you, I'm a tobaccophile, I love the natural leaf. Like the book I suggested. You were attracted through characters and pipes themselves, nothing wrong with that, 2 paths to the same destination :-)
After 16 years of cigarette smoking I knew I loved tobacco, but I didn't like cigarettes, nasty stinky shites they are, the biggest basterdation to happen to tobacco leaf, from its start with the native Americans. It actually started with them and didn't spread globally til Europeans started checking out the Americas in the 1400's... I gave up cigarettes once before, but due to family tragedy I turned back to cigarettes before freeing myself in 2012... so like I was saying, I enjoyed the art of interacting with tobacco smoke and I enjoy the feeling of nicotine... But I disdained all the nasty crap in mechanized and chemically enhanced cigarettes... so in 2012 instead of quitting tobacco again completely I decided to explore pipes and cigars. I did my research, I got a nice starter briarwood, but I learned you should rest it a day, so quickly I picked up a Missouri cob, since I needed nicotine several times a day.. and for hahas I picked up a beautiful lion carved Turkish meershim in a hard leather case... but but but, kept getting tounge bite, to the painful level...i couldn't replace cigarettes that way, I was doing good at my job, I'd been promoted so I could afford ordering humidors and cigars. Natural hand rolled premium, non flavored or chemicaled cigars. Being an ex pack na half to 2 packs a day smoker I could easily smoke 10-16 cigars a day, no bite, premium hand rolled tobacco... fast forward to this year, early 2018, I've suffered a divorce and lay off.... so financially tight, my 5 humidors reduced to one poorly stocked... I've dusted off the pipes and decided to give it a go again, because there are many wonderful natural pipe tobacco to enjoy, I'm already finding some success in drying my tobacco by leaving it in my cigar humidor set to 65%...i figure of cigars kept at a relative humidity don't scold my tounge, even 16 of them a day, why should pipe tobacco. I wanted to suggest to you there is a wonderful bbc documentary series called addicted to pleasure. (Opium, sugar, tobacco, and alcohol) are the 4 pleasures in the brain. I think you would love the tobacco episode, please watch it. As I stated out saying, I'm a student of tobacco, pipes are my medium of exploration now. It is a rather fascinating nightshade weed, in fact it can't even currently survive with out human cultivation... interesting that like a baby needs it's mother tobacco needs us as much as we need it. I watched all that bbc series because I liked it, and because I actually enjoy whiskeys, aged rums, etc, so I'm a student of alcohol as well... and sugar applied to me as well.. never messed with opiates besides a couple very limited medical situations in my life, in childhood.. but the series is fantastic. I believe in studying what I'm into, understanding it. Sorry this ran so long as a comment, hell surprised if ye're still reading it hehe, also of note after ordering some pipe tobacco with my very small recent cigar order, I took the liberty, though on limited funds to grab a cobbit shire to add to my small pipe collection.. honestly I think I want the Missouri free hand more but like the wizard, I'm afraid the cobbit line will sell out faster due to our love of Lord of the Rings lol. so anyway there's more than ye ever wished to know about me lol. TTYL
Donn Testa - WOW, that’s a lot to take in, lol, but honestly, thanks for that comment, and I will look into the BBC documentary you suggested. 👍👍👍
Great video Chris I was curious do you still have the Ben wade freehand?
Stogie Pipe smoker - no, sold it some years ago, I am not a sentimental guy, my taste changed, in style of pipe. 👍👍👍
thanks for be our guide. I tried pipe smoking in the 90s and stopped because of tongue bite and there was nobody to teach me how to pipe smoking. now with the technology im back and doing it right, thanks to teachers like you that have the patience to show correctly how it should be done.
now I'm teaching others so they don't have to go through the same mistakes I made.
Gerardo Correa - great to hear my friend. 👍👍👍
I was a 20 year cigarette addict and I've been quit for 30 years. But now that I'm old and dying, I've been thinking about smoking a pipe on my porch at night. But I am afraid it will stimulate my cigarette addiction. Does anyone have any input on this question?
Bill DeWitt- it is completely different than cigarettes. Give it a try.
Best video on UA-cam thank you sir!
This video from 2017, I'm watching in 2021, smoking the last tin of my most loved tobacco, McClelland 2006 Christmas Cheer. the same one on the top shelf in the back of this video (the red can). Can anyone suggest a tobacco similar to this one?
Love the videos, thank you for making them.
Lexitonian here. I remember the Turfland Mall only vaugely remember the shop. Awesome to learn from you. Started smoking a pipe and went to a shop off of Southland called Schwab's Pipes N Stuff. Great store and great people. Have a Eric Nording Freehand and love it. Thanks for your vast knowledge
I am 35 years or more now smoking a pipe and it is a great voyage of discovery.It starts off awful and then it becomes better and better as the years go by.You then become an expert in all types of pipes and tobacco blends.Thats what I like to think anyway.Always buy a Churchwarden though because if you,and we all do, buy a ropey or harsh tasting baccy the Warden will take a lot of the sting out of it and it saves chucking it in the bin.That is my one and only bit of advice.I leave that to the well-versed and articulate Muttonchop.Jim.Liverpool.
When i was 18, i brought a BC army mount pipe from tobacco shop, that was my first time smoking pipe. After that, i kept the pipe inside my table drawer. These few yrs, i started my pipe smoking hobby and i really enjoy.
Hey muttnchop, you from KY? Me too!
It's like playing a harmonica - nobody can "teach" you because nobody can show what's going on inside your mouth. However, if you just stay at it, it will come to you.
I have never been a "smoker" , but pipes have always fascinated me. I used to love it when someone would be nearby smoking one because it smelled so good. While I was in college I bought myself a pipe from the drugstore just to try for the fun of it. It took a while before I found a tobacco blend I could enjoy occasionally. I am 52 now and don't smoke enough to count but I still enjoy a bowl from time to time. I really like hearing stories about pipes and the art of smoking them. Thanks for your videos.
Your right, as a young boy I remember older mens smoking Pipes . One of the smells I remember was a Tobacco called Saint Bruno. I wish we here in the uk could get hold of that Berry you were talking about. Could you tell me who makes it please my friend ? I really enjoyed watch your Vid . Thanks so much . Roy Welsh Smokey Dragon.
Lane1-Q is my favorite. I buy it by the pound lol. Cult Blood Red Moon and Erinmore are a close second. I learned the breath method from your channel and it really elevated my enjoyment of pipe smoking. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Mr. Piper,
Do you have a Patreon page? I would very much like to contribute to it if you do.
Travis Fahey - I'm not sure what that is? 😏😏😏
Muttnchop Piper, It's a website where some UA-camrs allow their followers to make financial contributions to their channel :)
Travis Fahey - no I don't have anything like that, I appreciate the sentiment, but I do these videos for the love of pipe smoking, and the hope that those that watch my videos learn the proper way to smoke a pipe. 👍👍👍
Great video, I grew up in Lexington also and spent my youth at the pipe shop in Lexington mall. Keep up the good work sir!
Haha, the way you describe how you started pipe smoking is where I am right now. I guess many people have a similar experience.
Such a relief to hear that someone endured the same problems in the beginning as you (no flavor, tongue bite etc.) and finally get to his "flavor nirvana". That really empowers! Happy piping, Chris :)
I guess it’s up to us to pay it forward now
I don't use the breath method, but still thoroughly enjoy my pipes. Thanks for what you do!
I was on the fence until I learned "the breath method". I really wanted to enjoy a pipe, but I was struggling. The Breath Method is the proper way for pipe smoking. I 75% of the time I smoke now doing the breath method, and the other 25% I take the pipe in my hand and sip it slowly. Its amazing! Thanks Muttonshop and to YTPC!
I'm a new pipe smoker and I thank you for your instruction im smoking the plum pudding on your recommendation as I watch this it is great.
Thank you
Hey Muttenchop been watching on my secondary account for a while now and you helped me alot when i first started I'm still fairly new and was hoping you could point me to a cheap place to get a nice rustic diplomat looking pipe. its my dream pipe and as always hobbies arent affordable as we would like them to be lol so ive been looking with no luck. thanks and keep up the awsome work!
Very Very Informative. I also started pretty much the same way and today have reached a level where I can identify the various aromas and also how to prolong the smoke till the end and also extract the wonderful aromas. Thanks for the posting.
On breathing, using the breathe method, aren't you inhaling the smoke?
Nope. You’re just drawing it into your mouth and back out again. It took me some trial and error, but thanks to these MCP videos I had a good starting point. Once you’re able to figure out breath method and your cadence it’s a completely different experience in a good way. Trial and error and patience. You’ll know when you’ve figured it out. Thanks for sharing your experience and lessons MCP.
Hahahaha, I'm 16, and I didn't even try to go to a store, I just started to make them. I know they aren't the best, but it's what I can get for now and I'm enjoying it alot
I'm young so I don't actually have quite th story; but I used to be 120% anti smoking, no matter what, but I always thought pipes were elegant and sofisticated. Then I went to a community market and found a Tobacco store, and saw a few really nice looking, altough cheap pipes; that just stoked my interest a bit. Then, another day I was looking for a pocket knife, and I found a tobacco store near my house. It was then I decided to try the hobby. Been pipe smoking for about a year now, and have no plans of stopping. Weird how I went from anti smoking to this point.
Virtually Dead - It’s not weird, it’s called having an open mind, I appreciate your candor telling us how much you hated smoking of all kinds, but having an open mind about everything, sparks curiosity and exploration, explore other things in your life you may hate and ask yourself have I tried it, do I know much about it? You may find other things you hate that you may change your mind about. 👍👍👍
@@MuttnchopPiper well said, mate! Always good to find out new interests in places that never crossed your head before! Happy piping!
Muttnchop I'm still trying the breath method but not doing good.... I will keep trying my friend..great video as always still proud to be the president of the mutthchop fan club......maybe you can do a breath method video for dummies like me haaa take care my friend be well..long live the chop
Pipes And kayaks - you'll get it my friend, and when you do you'll say wow this is great. 👍👍👍
You're a class act, Muttnchop!
Nathan Heller - thank you my friend, that means a lot. 👍👍👍
there must be a lot of the new pipe smokers who have got into pipes because of Lotr. Mr Bilbo and Mr Gandalf have a lot to answer for
Are you still doing videos
Hello. I am from Czech Republic. I visited your channel by accident but I really enjoyed this video. I appreciate this kind of video as a pipesmoker (beginner). I'm your new follower :-D. Thank you and have a nice day.
Lukáš Kučera - thank you my friend, and I am pleased you have joined the muttnchop pipe club. 👍👍👍
I love your talks and that you care so much about this it made me wanna try the craft of pipe smoking my first blend that I got was mac bearn vanilla flake and I am really enjoying it. thank you for all the knowledge you have given us .
what chris forgot to mention was lord of the rings had just released on the book shelfs when he was 16 lol. just messing with you buddy. I first started because a friend of mine smoked a pipe he got me to start with a basket pipe now both my pipe and tobacco collection are getting large including 3 meers.
Chris Campbell - real funny my friend, lol, but seriously, at least you had a friend to go a long the journey with you, I wish I had had that. 👍😔👍
One day I will start posting videos and you will get your chance to poke at me lol
From this man I first found out from that breathing method. It was hard in the beginning of course it was my first bowls, it was normal but I kept learning. Now I consider my self as an intermediate pipe smoker after couple of months. What I'm trying to say is that you sir helped me a lot and saved me a lot of trouble, thank you !
For me, it went something like this: I was walking around in downtown Raleigh NC in '98-99, came across Pipes By George and went in. I looked around, sniffed some tobacco, and came out with some kind of what I think was straight Latakia with white crystals all over it...never seen its like since, some Solani 127, and a generic pipe. The Latakia was very interesting and the Solani bit like pissed off Indian Rock Python [those are evil in tube form, if you have never had the "pleasure"]. Over the years I learned all I know about smoking by pure trial and error, with a good education about varietals by George. I got very consistently into it around 2009, and started getting various blends to cellar by McClelland and MacBaren, mostly flakes, Dark Star, Christmas Cheer, Dark Twist, The Craftsbury series, Grand Orientals...you get the idea. I consistently smoked various englishes, va flakes and so forth. Now my cellar is around 20+lbs of various tins, jars and such [many over 7-10yo], I smoke many bowls per day and I have a number of Savenelli, Brebbia, Vauen, Peterson, and some others.
Ian McDonald - very interesting, sounds like you are set up nicely either way the Deeming regulation goes, thanks for sharing your story my friend. 👍👍👍
I quit piping years ago after a bad first experience with aromatics. I found Pipes by George while visiting Raleigh on business a few months ago and was surprised at how kind and laid back everyone was. George helped me out with advice and information, even gave me my first samples of Gawith to try in the shop. I thought I was in Heaven but I stepped outside and was still in Raleigh. Regardless, my cellar now looks like yours sounds, and I'm thoroughly enjoying the hobby.
Mike Reid - that's a great story mike, thanks for passing it along. 👍👍👍
George is a gentleman and a scholar; truly a good guy. I bet he and Chris would get along fabulously too.
Thanks for all of your videos, Muttonchop Piper. I have learned a tremendous amount from them. So, I have a question. I recently inherited my Uncles pipes after he passed and most of them look like they have never been cleaned. I know you stress keeping the carbon cake at the bottom, but there must be a point where you need to clean some of it out. For instance, with my Uncles pipes, there is a lot of carbon buildup covering the inside of the pipes. Any suggestions on how much to clear out and how?
So much awesome info here! I will have to find your videos on the breath method and get to trying that way. I have been smoking for about two years almost. Enjoying learning the pipes and getting into restoration a little bit. Have a great day
Hello Muttnchop Piper,
Thanks for your wonderful videos and tutorials, i did smoke Cigars before(Mostly Dominicans and Cubans), but now for the third time i start smoking pipe, and this time after watching your good videos i learnt a lot, i bought 2 pipe one Corn Cob and the regular Brebbia, and also buy Mac Baren Vanilla Flake, and Sweet Vanilla Honeydew.
I really don't know what i do wrong, i smoke slowly, i use breath technic and also i let my tobacco dry a little bit before smoke it. but still i didn't taste much from my tobacco, i taste a little but not as much i suspected from it. but i still trying and give it more and more chance. i should test English blend too i think
God Bless you man
Amir Mahmoudi - sounds like you are doing everything right, keep at it, and I think your tongue will adjust to pick up more of the flavor, and yes I would give English blends a try. 👍👍👍
Hopefully these videos will help others not suffer like you haha👌👌
Excellent video sir! I personally am a life long cigarette smoker, but I do occasionally enjoy a pipe of aromatic tobacco... Its lovely. However as a cig smoker, I've on and off been to broke to buy packs of factory made smokes (i started with Marlboro Reds, and thats still my go to brand when i buy packs. Unless they have Lucky Strike non-filters.. which are always $8 a pack) and I discovered after smoking Lucky Strike filterless for a while when i had the ridiculous money to afford them.. That smoking Marlboro's and most "premium" cigarette brands is smoking a bunch of garbage tobaco.. So now that im not able to afford packs of $8 cigs, I've discovered Peter Stokkebye's AMAZING RYO tobacco blends... They arent very cheap at $8.50 per 1.23oz bag w/papers... However, they are so very vastly superior in every way to all the pre-packaged fitered cigs available ( save for Lucky non filters... those do use excellent blended tobaco..). Smoking the non filtered Lucky Strikes, and coming to realize how much more I enjoyed those, I did research into why they were so much better and more expencive. And ended up learning all about "reconstituted tobacco" and its use in primarily lower cost filtered cigs, but also even in premium smokes such as Marlboro and Camels... so no more pre-packed filtered cigs for me... I Love Peter Stokkebye's Danish Export RYO, English Export RYO, as well as the Burley/virginia blended Stockholm Shag blends... I wanted to mention this even though your channel is about Pipe smoking, because im certain many fellow cig smokers will see this video, and perhaps not realize (like i didnt for years!!) what we are missing when buying and paying waaay to much for factory made filtered cigs... Try getting as cheap tube-stuffer if you insist on a filtered smoke, a $3 box of tubes... and a bag of Peter Stokkebye's tobacoo.. (THEY ARE ALL AMAZING, there is a Turkish Blend for those who preffer Camels btw)... you will be amazed at the difference in the flavor, and the tobacco... Just break open a cig of your usual brand, and compair the look and color and smell of the tobacco to what you get in the bag of RYO Peter Stokkebye's... Pipe smokers have been well aware of the VAST difference between "cigarette tobacco" and real Pipe Tobacco for a looong time. Now that I am, i wont waste my cash on a pack of Marlboro's ever again... P.S. I dont care for the American Spirit RYO tobacco, its not terrible, but its not very good either... Thanks for the outstanding video sir! Sorry for the long-winded Cig Smoking comment. I'd love to hear which non aromatic tobacco's you enjoy the most!
Van Calloway - No apology necessary my friend, it was interesting to read someone willing to explain what type of cigarettes they like and why, and your right I think, buying roll your own cigarette tobacco, and papers is far more superior to store bought, thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
Still skeptical about the breath method. You did say that you were asthmatic, and so there's probably legitimacy in trusting you doing this, but I got to ask if it's safe-ish. Got the same condition as you hence me asking so cautiously. Thank you for your videos and a have a nice day.
Timber Sellick - yes, I find it safe, it's easy to control the intake of tobacco into my mouth, I don't inhale so for me at least it's worked out great. 👍👍👍
Thanks fo all the knowledge keep up the good work I m hooked on your videos
I hate ta say it Chris ! I laughed thru this whole video. Went thru the whole game back in the 60s. Took me a while ta realize. I can tell you like ta sample tobaccos. Photo interp. ;-) Keep it up. will keep up with your stuff. Yep, I'm just beginning ta realize stuff. Thanks for your in sites Sgt. Cpt. Ewing ! Take care ! Good job !
James Ewing - you're welcome my friend. 👍👍👍
Mr. Muttnchop, one more question for you, if you don't mind. I would like to experience each type of tobacco on its own (virginia, balkan, oriental) so that I am able to better distinguish them when I start buying blends of them. What do you suggest? Are there any pure tobaccos of each type that you recommend? Thanks for any help.
Joseph Maiello - I have done some videos on this subject called tobacco components Vol 1 Base components, and tobacco components Vol 2 Condiment components. Check those videos out, and let me know if you have questions. 👍👍👍
Thank you so much! Those videos were so helpful. I really appreciate all you do. Since watching your videos I have been looking for a virginia bright blend and a virginia red blend to start with and begin to test the differences between the two. It seems that all the bright and red that I could find is apparently blended with other condiment blends as well. Is there such a thing as "pure" virginia red or bright to try?
Joseph Maiello - this is the best way to experience the taste of the individual blend components. You can go to either pipesandcigars.com, or smokingpipes.com and search for tobacco that's called "Blending Tobacco" you can then order just the components you want, bright Virginia, red Virginia, burly, etc. 👍👍👍
Outstanding video. Thank you
Kato Khaelan - you're welcome my friend. 👍👍👍
hey muttnchop piper great vid. I got into pipe smoking about 25 years ago from reading LOTR and also C.S Lewis. I bought a cheap pipe and aromatic blend. The experience certainly didn't match the joy Gandalf and the Hobbits talked about. Every smoke was ash and tongue bite the worst being the crud i needed to spit out every five minutes. of course no Internet. No one I met smoked a pipe. Two months ago I came back to the pipe after watching your beginners series. so thanks. By the way i love the LOTR pipe and posters you have. sorry for the ramble.
Gary Travis - no problem about the Ramble, I experienced the same thing when I first started smoking a pipe after reading the LOTR, "Why would anyone enjoy this" I said to myself, now years later I get it. I'm glad you're back smoking a pipe, and I am glad I was able to help. 👍👍👍
what is the differents between einglish blends and airomatices
David Gaver - English blends are created using the following tobacco components; Virginia, Latakia, Oriental, and Perique, Aromatics are created using primarily burly, and cavendish tobacco combined with a food grade topping, like Vanilla, Maple, fruit, or alcohol like Bourbon or wine, to give it a sweet flavor. 👍👍👍
been smoking for about 2 years the last couple of months ive gotten really bad toungebite and little to no flavour because i forgot to look at it as relaxing but as a chore like you did in the beginning really started to enjoy it again luckily!
still cant do the breath method but practice akes perfect :) happy easter
J9M7N - keep practicing, you will get it, just takes some time. 👍👍👍
What a great video. Thank you very much. I am a very new pipe smoker. I buyed a little Pipe here in Santiago, Chile last year. It is an awful ugly and little pipe that heats a lot and give me a bad taste and horrible tongue bite. I almost quit, but I ordered a Peterson Aran 86 and everything went better from there. I follow your advices and bought Dunhill Nightcap and Frog Morton on the town (Great tobaccos). I know you are a Savinelli fan, so I order a Savinelli New Art 315 KS. Today I came home and get the pipe on the mail. What a wonderful peace of Art! it is just so beautiful and I immediately put frog Morton on the town on it. It is heaven. I am very happy with my new hobbie. I really like it and it is because I am following your great advices. I am gonna save some more money so I can buy a Savinelli Piano Forte and Some Plum Pudding tobacco. I really want to thank you for this. Please, keep the great advices coming. Best Wishes.
Pablo Bennett - my friend, this pleases me to hear more than you know, I am glad that you have started your adventure in a grand way, and to be a part of that is a blessing for me. 👍👍👍
Haha exactly. Burnt my upper lips. And then i found your breath method video after 3 bowls. Would probably have quit pipe without it. thanks again my friend. And thanks to channel (saveurs partagées) who suggested me to come here.
MelodiousThonk - I’m glad you found me with a little help from our friend, I’m glad you didn’t quit. 👍👍👍
Appreciate your story of your initiation into pipe smoking.Enjoy your videos.
Muttnchop, I honestly think your channel is very good. I've been smoking pipes since 1997. I thought after doing it for over 20 years, that I new it all. When I watch your videos, I'm always finding new ways and ideas to improve my hobby to its full potential. When I meet new pipe smokers, and they ask me questions on pipe smoking, I try to answer their questions the best I can. I also tell them that if they want in depth knowledge, just watch your channel. There's really no one putting out the pipe smoking education like you sir. A few channels try, but I think yours is the best. Again, keep up the great videos.
karl wagner - Thanks Karl, I appreciate your confidence in me. 👍👍👍
Wishing you and your family well Chris.
You mentioned Elizabethan, Elizabethan was the first pipe tobacco I bought 3 years ago. My favorite smoke early morning with my coffee. Nice muttonchops, how long have you had muttonchops?
tinyman520 - About 3 1/2 Years. 👍👍
Congrats Chris Muttnchop Piper! I subscribed your channel when we were only 400 in the community. Now we're 9,000! Great channel! I knew you would have lots of subscribers. Good stuff!
Bruno Modigliani - Actually I'm amazed, when I started I thought if I'm lucky I'll get 200 Subs, boy was I wrong lol. 👍👍👍