Pipe Tobacco: A Taste Of Paradise

Smoking a pipe and its preparation is soothing and ritualistic like the Japanese tea ceremony. Best regards Ron

Thanks for sharing this with us. I just ordered a copy for myself. Awesome pipe. Glad you have a coffee blend.

" I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs "

~~Albert Einstein~~

I’m hoping to go to the Gatlinburlier in a couple weeks. Can’t wait.

let's goooo really looking forward to more videos and lectures

Congratulations on 30,000 subscribers sir.

Good to see you sir! Thank you for the recommendation, and God bless!

Well! Alan, I made a comment last night about my Mothers Catholic faith and the lack of my own, this kept me up all night a thinking. You and your family seem to be so content with your lives, I feel that I am missing something here, also some one I know and have a great deal of respect for is a Catholic, so I have decided to go and have a word with him . I am now 77 years old and need something other than just my pipe for solace , as it were. I will let you know how i get on. All the very best to one and all.

"The Culture of Defeat: On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery" sounds like an interesting read, from the same author.

You obviously appreciate the value of inspirited writing. Sadly at present, the attention span of most is limited to what they can read on their phones within a matter of a few seconds. And what we are unfortunately amassing is the dulling of intellect and disregard for creative expression. I agree with your assessment on the merits of that book and nice Stanwell you have there. Thanks for sharing.

I enjoy your excitement with reading that book and thank you for sharing the chapter you read. Looking forward to you being on ( pipe and tobacco talk) podcast next month. They are one of my go to podcasts every week.

I don’t dry a lot of my tobacco’s, but if I do I love just seeing it laying out there on the desk knowing it’s getting better with every moment gone by. Thank you for sharing!

Alan, a fantastic video as always, thank you! I have enjoyed watching your two latest installments with a bowl of squadron leader and my morning coffee, here in Lancashire, England. Looking forward to your next offering, God bless.

Careful men,idolatry comes in many forms.

This is excellent stuff, thank you for sharing it!
You can just take these words in like a fine blend.

Thanks a bunch 💛👏😉Alan,u’re awealth of inspiration& information, best greetings from Norway & myself. Pipe collector( 80+pcs.)& tobaccos (aging them)as well+ growing the plants& making smokable product(a lot of work though🥸😱)aspbergers helps!me there.😜😊

I’m currently waiting on my first pipe in the mail. I’ve been enjoying cigars for several years but since starting a family, I’ve realized it’s much more difficult to devote the time required to enjoying a good cigar. My hope is that a corn cob pipe might provide the opportunity to devote an hour or less to much needed enjoyment and reflection. I enjoy your channel and am thankful that you introduced me to the likes of Malcolm Guite. God bless you

It’s a taste of freedom.

Every time you say 'briar" I have a chuckle. In parts of Ohio, "briar" is a rude word — it's basically another way of saying "hillbilly."

Quoting Sir James M. Barrie in his book My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke:

“The glory of existence became a thing to speak of. Men who had hitherto concerned themselves with the narrow things of home put a pipe in their mouths and became philosophers. Poets and dramatists smoked until all ignoble ideas were driven from them, and into their place rushed such high thoughts as the world had not known before.”

Best video you’ve done in a while!

Re: German

The "o" in Wolfgang is pronounced like the first "o" in "Ontario". The "a" is pronounced like the "a" in "after".

Schivel- is pronounced like shee-val; -busch is pronounced like bush.

Another fine pipe accompanied by words of wisdom.

Another great video, but you had me at the '68 Stanwell.... Ha.

We absolutely love the coffee & all you do on your social media. Absolutely love your family. My honey and I can’t get enough of you and Dry Creek. We love hearing your birdies in the background 🦜🤗🙏🏻☦️

Great video! Akin’s pipe history? Can’t wait for that!

The quotes from the book are perfectly said, and I could agree more 👌🏼👏🏼

I love Stanwell pipes. The 83 is one of my favorites. Anyone else?

Hoooeeeee! Can't wait to hear from Jimmy Akin! He's such an interesting and brilliant dude!

Always love your videos. Thanks for sharing!!! Greetings from Texas!

Love gatlinburg and pigeon forge. My second homes haha

Pipe smoking should always be a kind of Gentleman's habit, no matter how much money you have. That's the difference to addiction. Greets from Germany.

I have found myself in recent days, attracted to things where the process is ritualistic. Smoking a pipe has a ritual leading up to and beyond the first light. Making coffee has a similar process. Get the beans, weigh the beans, grind the beans, brew the beans, and then enjoy the beans. This is also true with Asian Tea ceremonies. Very ritualistic.

You got a really good deal. I just looked for this book on Amazon and it's going for $17

Catholic gentleman must've invented that pipe

Enjoyment of a clamming Bourbon whiskey can be a good thing.

I too have an old Stanwell. I Love it! 1968 was an excellent year. Really dig your channel; great content.

One thing I’ve noticed when it comes to pipe smoking, is there’s allot of people who try it, but a little more than half that try a pipe keep up with it. I’m concluding that the continuation of a pipe smoker is in direct correlation to the IQ and patience of the individual.

This is a random question but when I smoke a few of my pipes they make a "whistling noise". Do you know how to fix that problem?

What about cancer?

I have recently gotten into pipe and cigar smoking as I let go of the cigarette. Your channel is amazing and I love your stories! I also love your accent. My daddy is from southern Mississippi and lives in North Carolina. I grew up in Virginia. Your accent reminds me of the old Carolina/Virginia accent and the whistilin' S reminds me of my Pawpaw and my great uncles. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and tid bits of wisdom. You need to do another video with Dewayne Noel! Hope all is well and God bless!

Its great to see that the chanel grew a lot since I checked it out last time! Best of luck

As a german native speaker I love to immitate that kind of southern accent keep up the great work, Sir!

Dang, that is one hell of a home library.

I could listen to you read a phone book and still love it. God bless you brother :)

Ha ha It took me 10 min to realize that there are your birds chirping and not mine. Cheers!

That is a very sweet Stanwell you got a hold of! 👍🏻👍🏻 Love it! I’ve heard people (including myself) use the word “meditative “ when describing smoking a pipe and the preparation of a bowl of tobacco. I agree!