"My favorite author, J.R.R. Tolkien" earned an immediate like.

Excellent video! JRR Tolkien most definitely smoked Capstan Medium Navy Flake. As a Tolkien lover I wrote to his estate and received this nice replay from his grandson. Dear John, You are perfectly correct, Professor Tolkien's tobacco of choice was indeed Capstan Medium Navy Cut. You might also be interested to know that it was also his son Christopher's favourite tobacco until he stopped smoking. Best regards Adam Tolkien

Apart from not smoking pipes younger people would probably not have the patience to sit through videos like these but I find your manner of speaking and your overall tone very soothing. Watching your videos is akin to sitting down with a pipe or two. Thanks for what you do. Tolkien and CS Lewis were part of an unofficial “club” with other Oxford professors, meeting at an Oxford pub called The Eagle and Child (which they nicknamed the “Bird an Baby”) they called themselves the “Inklings “. I would love to have spent a night with a pipe and pint just listening to the conversations that went on there. And that pub is still there!

Revelation is referred to as an American blend. It consist of Burley, Kentucky, Latakia, Perique, and Virginia. It is coarse cut and flavored with Fruit and Citrus. Sutliff makes a match blend of this tobacco and House of Windsor makes Revelation. I really like your videos.

Tolkien and Lewis were both WWI veterans and professors at Oxford so they had a lot in common. Tolkien also spent a lot of time translating medieval manuscripts into modern English.

Hi Muttonchop. I hope you are well. Family is very important. I came across your Chanel a couple of months ago and have watched many of your videos. I new to pipe smoking and thoroughly enjoy it. I credit that to the information and the many things I’ve learned from you. I live in Indiana but had moved away for career reasons. That took me to New England for several years and then out west. When my Dad was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer a couple of years ago I sold my house, quit my job and moved back to IN. I was fortunate to have been able to spend time with him until he passed in Jan 2020. I was with him when he passed. I wouldn’t have been if I had stayed out west. My mom has been in and out of the hospital recently and I’ve been able to be here for her. Some things are more important than all the stuff we seem to get caught up in with life. I’m glad you have been able to be with family. Thank you for all you have done in the pipe smoking community. Your are a great man and teacher. I wish you all the blessings life has to offer.

Your deadpan delivery at the end is spot on. Very funny! Great list. For your next one, I might recommend Bertrand Russell, a 20th century logician, mathematician, and philosopher, who was rarely seen without his pipe.

I really enjoy your videos. that being said you have left out one of the most famous pipe smokers that I know. my father. cherry blend was his go to smoke and being a child of the sixties cartoons were a favorite of mine also. if popeye smoked spinich well I could too. I've never revealed this to anyone outside my family. one boring summer day I decided to obtain one of my father's many pipes I took it to the kitchen found a can of spinich opened it up filled the bowl with what I thought would be enough (not draining it) heard someone coming took off outside found my match stash (you always needed to have matches stashed just in case) tried to light up the pipe. well i put the pipe in my mouth lit the match took a big pull and the rest is history. tobacco laden spinich juice filled my mouth. unfortunately I swallowed it. not realizing what was about to insue. now light headed feeling dizzy and breaking out in a cold sweet the back door opened and my mom held the spinich can and yelled out to me was I going to finish it. she saw me on the ground to groggy to move came over to me and the jig was up. spending the next I don't know how long dry heaving and then falling fast asleep. funny thing is I wasn't punished for doing that. later on when I got older I asked my father why. he told me that he knew that that day I had learned a valuable life lesson. that pipe sat on the mantle in my father's study and every time I looked at it I was reminded of that summer day. I have many of my father's pipes and do enjoy a bowl every now and then (although I don't smoke out of his). the spinich pipe is long gone I expect it started to smell and my father knew that I had been tortured enough. just thought I'd share this with you and your followers. again thanks.

You've been providing me with the most enjoyment out of videos I've had in a long time. Thank you for the effort you're placing in each and every video. I wish you and your family all the best in these crazy times.

Thank you for your videos. I’m 23, and a new piper. Your videos have helped me a lot as far as learning the etiquette and how-to’s of the craft. You conduct yourself in such a helpful and classy manor. Keep up the good work, and thank you again.

You're such an elegant and nice man, Mister Muttnchop Piper, greetings from Mexico.

I have never seen this channel or smoked tobacco, but I enjoyed watching this for some reason.

C&D makes a blend called "Epiphany". Its a replica of Revelation, and you can buy it in bulk

I am new to pipe smoking and find it very relaxing, your videos are the best and even make me feel relaxed just watching them. Thank you and keep up with those videos.

Fantastic video. Would love to see another installment of this please.

ahhh the good Ole PX....Post Exchange. ..that started my smoking lifestyle back in 1980. I really enjoyed this video. ... I hope you do more.

Nice video. I like the history and information you always provide. One of my favorites is Edward G Robinson. I bought a can of his blend and it's pretty good.

I really enjoyed the video. Looking forward to volume 2. Thanks for sharing.

Loved it! Thanks for taking the time to research! Do another installment!

I love history lore, thank you muttnchops I enjoyed very much. I wonder if I can get some of those tobacco blends still.

I enjoyed this video. Very interesting! I want to add that I read somewhere that Mark Twain was very fond of corn cob pipes. He would often pay someone to break it in for him!

Loved the Popeye info at the end, loved that cartoon as a child.

Excellent video! Thank you

Thank you very much for your Vids. They are very elegant and most enjoyable !

I want to thank you sir for the awesome content you constantly make on your channel. Very fun to watch!

Excellent video. I would imagine many famous pipe smokers would have had several favorites like many of us today do. I can only suppose this would make any list harder to compile. I've often thought it would be interesting if a company would offer a special price on a 'famous people assortment'.

Nice!! So nice! Thanks when I started smoking a pipe there was this blend called "Bogey" ... well that was a fine one! And it fit your description of what HB smoked!

Interesting video :) The last one on the list only smoked corncobs as well. I like these kind of video's. Greetings,, Kitty.

Loved this video. Thanks.

Enjoying a great Capstan, courtesy of Muttnchop, while enjoying one of my favorite videos of yours.

My dad smoked only Phillip Morris Revelation.. The taste is pretty hard to describe but pretty natural and unique...kind of an American English...Only Brindley's Mixture had a similar flavor / aroma.... It had some flavoring but not much...I smoked a lot of it too in the 60's. Thanks for the video !

I really enjoy your videos! Keep it up!

I'm new to pipe smoking and I find your videos very informative!

Great video, very entertaining to watch while I enjoy a bowl! Thanks and keep up the the great work!

Can you give me an idea of how much Perique is in Nightcap ? I don t do well with heavy perique blends (dizzyness, nausea, revulsion) however if there is a small amount Id like to try it. I heartily agree with you on the Frog Morton blends, but again I would hesitate to try Bayou or Cellar as Im not big on whiskey blends. Thanks Steve in Denver

Chris that was cool. Knowing what they liked i find interesting. Well Done good a/v can't wait # 2

Spinach blend 47 i was dying!! Earthy. I heard its super strong lol That was hilarous!!

Your an awesome man so please keep up the great work!!!!

Greetings, mutton chop from Santa Barbara, California! I always enjoy all of your videos, and I have watched this one several times. It just now occurred to me, that people might be interested to know how many of the old tobacco smoked by these famous people are still available? It might be really interesting to be having the same experience as some of these luminaries from long ago! Just a thought…

Bing Crosby also smoked Hayward Mixture. Stalin also smoked Royal Yacht. Very interesting videos! Keep'em going!

Love how you can actually see your copies of Lord of the Rings on the shelf just below your tobaccos. A true Tolkein fan!

Thanks for the video. Very enjoyable. Back in the day we could purchase smoking pipes at the PX. Due to nanny state, doubt tobacco is offered anymore to the troops. But I'll ask my neighbor who still uses the facility if they sell smokes.

nice informational and I laughed my heart out with the popeye bit and you kept a straight face too props

Fantastic topic and great video as always!!

Super interesting topic, as evidenced by the huge number of views!

Love that dunhill nightcap in the background

This was a great list. never knew that Bogart was a pipe smoker. If you are still looking for ideas for Vol 2 (if it hasn't been done yet) I wrote to the Norman Rockwell museum and they confirmed that he smoked Edgeworth Ready Rubbed.

the last one was LMAO! great video

Thanks for this, it was a lot of fun to watch!

Hey MP, I'm a newbie, so this is 4 and a half years late. Very interesting info! So Einstein must have figured out his Theory of Relativity while smoking "Revelation!" And of course, Bogart would naturally smoke something called "Bogie!" And OMG! You DO have a sense of humor! I've been trying to find out what blend of tobacco J. Robert Oppenheimer (leader of the Manhattan Project) smoked. So far, unsuccessful.

Love the video keep it up my man!

Totally enjoyed this video, well done Sir.

Rehash this video soon plz great content and typically newer content reaches audiences sooner. That's how I discovered your channel. Link through a video u recently made

Loved the Popeye at the end, literally laughed out loud at your earthy description!

Very cool video! I never had most of those blends and it made me very curious!

Very interesting, great video, thank you 👍🏆.

cool vid! popeye at the end made me laugh out loud

Awesome video ! Basil Rathbone portrayed Sherlock Holmes between 1939 and 1946. Cool to know what he smoked.

That was fun! Thank you so much.

The end was a nice touch.

Lewis was a great writer. I never knew that he smoked Three Nuns blend. Thanks for sharing.

Carl Gustav Jung smoked ‘Granger’ pipe tobacco, a light classic burley American aromatic blend.

I heard Stalin often enjoyed Royal Yacht by Dunhill. Great video sir

Well done my friend, entertaining and informative. I had heard a rumor that the Spinach blend has a horrible room note and Olive Oyl was not a fan of Popeye smoking in the house, especially around sweetpea ;)Take care,Stephen

I would like to mention my favourite author, the late great P G Wodehouse. Prolific pipe smoker but I have no idea what brand he used.

C&D Epiphany is apparantly close to what Einstein smoked and it's now my go to Friday blend. Great for relaxing and thinking - very straight forward flavor, I spend more time thinking about other things than the blend itself

I love it.... especially the Peypie the Sailor man lol. Happy puffing

Love your videos. And I loved the Popeye mention in here lol. Very pleasant surprise.

Thanks. Did you ever get to do a follow up? Wish i was as good at what i do as you are at making videos!

Crooner is still in production or atleast similar is made by C&D, burley based blend with some kind alcohol casing...never smoked just heard stories about it. Thank you for intresting video. Have a great start for the week and cool smokes.

Great video. Enjoyed it a lot. Regards Mark

I just can not help seeing Lemmy. He smoked various things but loved the Gawith and Hoggarth Lakelands. "ACE OF SPADES"

love your Pipe video on heat shrink wrap for the pipe. I love your video on famous pipe smokers and what they smoked. i love history thank you For all the cool history. I loved Rathbone and Sherlock stories I collect memobilla from Sherlock Holmes . I want Rathbones blend Wilkes blend . I have his Autograph and picture. a long with A conan Doyle Autograph. I love your pipe set up and I learned A lot . thank you and God bless love your videos their Awesome Happy New year

Very inyeresting. I'm like tolkien . But sometimes I like english blends too or virginia perique.

Quite lnteresting brother👍🏾 Thanks for sharing

Hi there, newish subscriber working my way through the archives. So far. really enjoying the videos, educational and entertaining. Anyway loved this one, looking forward to parts 2, 3, et al. One suggestion for future research would be Jacques Tati, who was a French comedic actor famous for his Monsieur Hulot character who lived with a pipe in his mouth.

Love the Popeye ending!!!! Great review!!!

This is a fascinating video. Thanks for the time and research you put into it. Very well done, my friend!

Very interesting, really liked the last One.

You might do a video or two on the types and shapes of tobacco PIPES they used.

That was awesome. had me going with Frosty the whole time lol

Good video. CS Lewis is one of my favorite authors. I did not know he smoked 3 Nuns.

What a great idea and cool video, thanks a lot! I really enjoyed it. Einstein´s blend sounds really interesting to me. I´m looking forward to the next volumes! ;0)

The whole time I was gonna ask you what Popeye put in his pipe. Low and behold you got him in there and got it answered. You're the man, muttnchop . Glad to see you back as I go through older videos that I missed.

Very nice video. I had been wondering what kind of tobacco Tolkien smoked, actually.

Very interessting, please can you get out what tobacco was the favourite of Errol Flynn ? He also was a pipesmoker .Greetings from Germany Ed

Captain Navy Cut is by far (as in its the only pony in the race) my favorite tobacco. Yeah it sucks its so expensive, but I think the price is well deserved. Just an absolutely outstanding smoke. My top three are Capstan Navy Cut, McClelland's Domician Glory Maduro, and Rattrays Old Bowtie. All stay true to the true taste of tobacco Imo. Great video!

Revelation was, is a box drugstore blend, I did try it years ago, mostly burly, so is Field and Stream, slightly flavored burly type smoke, thanks for the neat info well delivered, natural teacher.

My dad smoked Revelation. I have one of his old Decatur humidors. It still smells of Reve just like it did when he used it many years ago.

That was awesome! Do you happen to know what Cary Grant smoked? Also what type of pipe? Was it a Canadian?

Thank you for your reply . it means a lot to me . Pipe history is so Important . I have a friend who owns a few of Albert Enstiens pipes . His grandfather knew him. He has all documentation with them . What history and Tolken was such a Genius. I love his works and how his love for pipes went into his stories . Just like Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes . maybe you can add Doyle to your future videos . Thank you again and I loved The Chesty Puller stories . I am a Marine and your right he was a Real American Hero won 5 navy crosses . more than any other Marine in History. They said he would be smoking his pipe. during combat and would walk up to a Marine with pipe in Mouth bullets flying by him and check on his Marines no Fear . The Marine Mascot is Named after him. a Bulldog called Chesty Thank s again

Very interesting, thank you. If you do another video, Bertrand Russell is a famous philosopher and famous for smoking a pipe. There is a video on here about how pipe smoking saved his life. He was on a plane and changed seats to the smoking section so he could have a pipe and the plane crashed, killing everyone in the non-smoking section.

Brown Bogie is still listed tobacco at Smoking Pipes,Humprey Bogart i always liked him ,it said that with him died the MEN..No wonder that he smoked the strongest tobacco known to mankind ,thank you for sharing this info ,im going to order some BB

The whole time I was gonna ask you what Popeye outta in his pipe. Low and behold you got him in their and for it answered. You're the man, muttnchop . Glad to see you back as I go through older videos that I missed.

I've heard Tolkien also smoked Erinmore. Maybe that's where he got the name Ettenmoors.

very enjoyable thanks

Very nice video! C.S. Lewis also smoked a tobaco called "Gold Block", who stills exist today.

Great trivia! I really enjoyed it. And I heard that some company either had created or was trying to create a blend that was similar to Einstein's Revelation. I also think you can still get Bogart's Brown Bogie. If I recall correctly, it's a twist.

Your content is awesome.

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