Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.

We are starting to miss you, Sir. Hope all is well with you and your dearest ones.

Here's a saying I read at a feed store once Chris. " If you want fresh quality oats, you have to pay a fair price. However, if you can settle for oats that have already been through the horse, that comes at a much cheaper price" 😂

I’ve done everything you could imagine with tobacco consumption. I chewed when younger, smoked cigarettes, cigars for 8 years. Tried a pipe a couple times and was hooked ever since. The pure essence and methodology along with the enjoyment from pipe smoking change the way I looked at tobacco. It’s a wholesome event. A wonderful habit. Anyway I just wanted to thank you for all your videos and appreciate the time you’ve took to share your wisdom.

I can't watch one of your videos without smiling by the end of it. Grate job!! So exited about blend club.. ordered my tobacco for it last night! 6 mounts into pipe smoking..thank you for the wisdom and guidance! Be blessed. Praying for your mom and family.

Thanks to your amazing videos I’m a far more confident pipe smoker. I have been re watching and remembering some of the great tips you have given me over the years. I hope you and your family are safe and well. And I really hope to hear from you again on here.

I've seen several videos from this channel and they're all great. Thank you for sharing your love of the hobby

I hope all is well with you and yours, your absence is felt but we all hope you are well! I am doing some research for my next beginner video and who better to help than Muttonchop Piper?!?! Missing you brother! Happy Piping!

I've been smoking a pipe for many years (more than I really care to admit), and I was fortunate enough to have someone to teach me what to do and what not to do in the beginning, so this has been a very enjoyable journey for me. But I know from talking to others that they have not had the benefit of having a mentor in this hobby and on their behalf I want to thank you for continuing to make these videos.

I'm always glad to stop by on your utube channel. By because I always find out something new about how to smoke pipe tobacco pipe. And pipe tobacco. I'm never disappointed when I go to your channel. Thank you for your knowledge.

Just saying that I love your channel!! You are extremely informative, and easy to understand. Thank you for all your time and effort you put into your videos. Always looking forward to your next installment!

I liked the days drugstore tobacco was still good and the variety was plentiful. Miss those days.

As a newer member, I have to say that I have found your videos very informative and have actually found my groove with your help. I have also recruited a couple newcomers. Thanks so much. Awaiting your next video.

Agree with you completely. Cutting corners on tobacco will make an ex-smoker out of you pretty soon. Get a good quality leaf and smoke it leisurely and, dare I say it, respectfully, you'll be an avid pipester for life! I bought my first pipe in 1961 and made just about every mistake a novice could make before getting on the right track. There were books and pamphlets back in those days, but nothing like this site, where you take the newbie by the metaphorical hand and help him avoid going through what I had to. Many thanks.

"Life's to short to smoke cheap tobacco".....Smokin' Briar 😆

I Live in the Dominican Republic and I'm starting to smoke pipe. Even though we have a wide variety of good Cigars, we have no variety of Pipe tobacco as you mentioned for Latin America. This video show me that you know what you're talking about. I just subscribe and will do as you mentioned, I will spend a bit to get the premium one to avoid a bad experience. Thank you sir.

You're hitting the nail right on the head here. One thing I'm finding with my pipe smoking journey is that when I invest a little more in tobacco, I get more reward for my efforts. I've recently been buying some good premium blends and they've been great smokes. I got a pretty cool story that kind of ties into this. As I've been delving into pipe smoking, I've been learning about things like Syrian vs Cyprian Latakia. I was talking to the pipe guy at a tobacconist I like to go to about this subject, and he showed me a blend called Syrian Super Balkan, made by McLelland. It's a blend that's made up of Syrian Latakia, oriental, Virginia and perique. Sounds good already. But then he pointed out that the tin was dated 2006! I could not pass it up - I had to try it, despite the added price. I popped it open tonight and was surprised how great it smelled; it has this rich raisin smell to it that's just beautiful. And when I smoked some, I was not let down at all. There are flavours like raisins, wine, at one point cinnamon bread, some perfumey notes to it too. And the bowl just lasted, and I was using my smallest pipe. So good!! The only sad part is that I probably won't come across this again, so I better savour it. But it just demonstrates what you said - spend the money and get a good tobacco, and you won't be sorry. A great video, but also important video! Keep up the great work!👍🏻

Thank you for the tour of pipe smokers get together s. You took video close-up of business cards, and I jumped on it. I did buy a few pipes from these vendors. Again, thank you.

Thank you, sir, for all your experience that you have shared with us. Long live and prosper 🙂

Your videos are a joy to watch! Continue the great work! Stay classy sir!

you are so on point, I just started piping about 3 weeks ago and I tried the cheapest tobacco on the market, thank goodness I found your channel and you recommended Eileen's Dream. That is a beautiful tobacco! I've smoked a whole ten in less than a week and I get the whole taste and reason for smoking a pipe. Thanks for all the great info and keep up the video's. Happy piping

This is an excellent video. Great advice about buying quality tobacco. I wish I had known 20 years ago. My first tobacco back then was borkum riff whiskey and it was so bad I was turned away at first. A few years later I tried super value vanilla. That was a mistake also. I didn't know a good tobacco shop so I went online and discovered everything there is available while hunting for better tobacco. Now all I smoke is premium brands like C&D and Mcclelland.

Great video collection, really amazing. Thank you for sharing.

Great video. I'm getting started on my journey and this was very helpful!

great video. i started two friends pipe smoking with frog morton's cellar in corn cobs they loved it.

Best wished and prayers for you and yours brother.

You and stuff and things with pipe nook have the best pipe yt channel.

Always having great videos, appreciated m8!

Smokin nailed it on the better quality. As always. ..loved this video and great idea on the play list...woots 😀

Your voice is a good example of ASMR. And I thank you for that. :)

I quit smoking cigarettes for about twenty years.... But since I've watched the YTPC Iv'e gained interest in smoking a pipe.... Iv'e got two cobs for smoking and some Lane 1-Q... I enjoy your videos very much, they are very encouraging....

I watched your video on the types of tobaccos you like to use while breaking in a pipe. If possible, could you make a step by step video on the proper way to break in a new pipe. There are many videos that explain how this is done, and no two are the same. I'm a new pipe smoker, and really enjoy, and value your opinion. I feel like I'm doing well with the whole pipe process on account of your videos, and your knowledge. Thank you for taking the time to educate on the fine world of pipe smoking. Looking forward to your next video.

Excellent content, please make more 🙏

Great video Chris, as always ! I agree with you and I'm glad to have followed the right path... Here in France it's really difficult to find a decent pipe tobacco. You could have a real choice in specialised tobacco shop, in big cities. And tobacco prices increased 10% couple of weeks ago ! That's the European policy to fight against smokers...

Great video; very important information. The principle of getting quality goes for many things in life, too--you want to try a new sport, then buy or rent the equipment the pros use to find out how fun/challenging/whatever it can be, then go from there. I even applied this principle in buying a kitchen dishes brush for my family--I'm tired of crappy brushes that wore out every few months, so I checked out the ones used by restaurants (at a restaurant supply), then bought it on Amazon; works great! I'm a new subscriber, so I hope you have a video(s) on what good premium tobaccos are, how to pick them, etc.

Great video! I used to smoke cheap menthol pipe tobacco that would be $2.00 an ounce including tax. That stuff tasted like saw dust. I now only smoke premium pipe tobacco and have never looked back. quality really does make a diffrence in what you smoke.

Great information! Keep it up!

Great vid Chris. Congrats. I liked it a lot. Thanks.

great video and thank you! im new to pipe smoking and have a question: as far as blindly guessing, what or how much an oz. is good pipe tobacco and below what price range is considered cheap tobacco???? and it seems like a lot of discount tobacco stores go more out to have better quality cigars but the pipe tobaccos in the jars seem almost always cheap.........

A higher quality pipe tobacco will be much better satisfaction. The cheaper tobacco's (no telling what all is in it) will not bring satisfaction, which brings you to smoke more often without achieving quality satisfaction. {{ Very good video }}

You hit it right on the head you have to spend good money to get good tobacco. Thanks Steve

Thank you for this informative video.

Chris your right Quality is not what it used to be!! As with all products you get what you pay for . Most older people you meet smoke Captain Black and blends like that even their quality has dropped . Great video and very important info for everyone . its easy to forget the basics. The history of Tobbaco is a very long and fascinating journey . Thank you my friend for another great lesson !😀😀😀😀😀👍

I made that mistake myself the first time I bought some tobacco for my first pipe I bought a one pound bag of Cherokee for $12 now I'm buying 50-gram tins for $13.

Because of this video I decided to spend a bit more and bought something of a bit more high quality - Rattray's Blossom Temptation and oh man, what junk have I been smoking before? I'm in nirvana right now. It's very very mild even for someone like me but the aroma is amazing all the way through! Thank you Muttnchop! Only downside is that I now can barely contain myself for the other stuff high quality tobaccos that I ordered!

Thanks for the tips. I guess you can say the same thing for cigars as well. Happy smoking my friend.

wow.. no wonder it felt like I was smoking cigarette butts for awhile

I hope one day you get the subscriber base you deserve. Unfortunately pipe smoking just doesn’t attract to many nowadays.

well i guesse i now know that i am a potential pipe smoker ...lol i quit smoking cigarettes for the final time 8 years ago and have absolutely no desire for them, i am however intrigued by the pipe smoking community and love pipe tobaccos in general, i was just worried that the nicotene would trigger something from the past, BUT after educating myself and being an avid subscriber of yours i am now looking forward to it, i look at it as a relaxation/contemplative hobby and quite possibly a hobby of collection, but a huge thank you goes out to you Chris for doing this video because i was waiting for the cheapest of the cheapest tobacco to fit my budget - i know you said buy the cheapest brair pipe over a cobb, now i know NOT to get the cheapest tobacco, THANK YOU!👊

Great info.

Well said!

Great advice. Has anything changed in the past three years as far as beginner pipe tobacco?

Thank you this helped very much

Also beginners, do yourself a favor and avoid Borkum Riff as a whole. Especially their whiskey. Just don't do that to yourself.

Great video as always...

Okay, that explained a few things I didn't know. Especially about burley. Thanks. I'm considering a "smoking tour" as it were of the older/oldest over the counter name brands. Prince Albert, Sir Walter Raleigh, Half & Half, and other brands of a similar age. The thought being, they have been around for decades or, in some cases, a century or more. They wouldn't have done that unless they were at least decent. They are also cheap, so there's not a large monetary investment simply to try them. Any advice or recommendations among that type? And is there any commonality in them as far as the type of tobacco? (Aromatic, burley, English etc.) From what I've seen the different brands of tobacco seem like going to a dinner buffet. You just need to keep going back to the steam tables and trying everything till you find what "You" enjoy. then fill up your plate ... or bowl, as the case is, with that favorite. In the same metaphor, is there a dessert tobacco type? Thanks, again.

Yes I do agree,one gets what you pay for ,yet I do assume all over the world we do have access to basic Mc Baren Blends of a descent stable quality,& not much of a divercity,though,meantime ,while in america varieties are pretty much endless, thanks for this educational clip, have a nice week Chris, Greets, Paul

Thank you for your video. 15 minutes earleir, I was browsing web of local tabacoo shop and chosing 50g tabacoo for 15€ 😂. Now i understand why is the choice of first tabacco so important. I am potentional smoker and i love tastes like dry earthy red wine, rum or irish whiskey... Can you recomend me some brand or type of tabacoo which i can use as my first??

Thanks a lot ! My Tobacco right now is Captain Black...

I have to say I tried your recommendation of night on the town and it's already one of my favorites for this year. Thanks for all the great videos. They have really helped me get back in to/enjoying my pipe smoking experience. Do you have any favorite St. Patrick's day blends? Also what are your thoughts on the spiral packing method (pour the tobacco in to your hand and move the pipe bowl over the tobacco in a circle)? Thanks again for all the time and effort put in to these videos.

New to the channel and loving every minute of this. I assume you have address this before, but, thought I would try. With all the options out there, what is your preferred online market place for tobacco? And, if I may, your preferred brand, if you have one? Thank you, sir, for your time.

Ring the 🔔 . School is in session. Mutt I can't thank you enough for sharing your knowledge. I have learned so much from you and I suggest your channel on my channel. Great topic . Hope all is well with you and your family. God Bless

Great advice Chris. There are some good OCT blends . Carter Hall & Prince Albert are good examples. But yes do get quality tobacco. To sample the tastes of different tobacco types I suggest one gets some blending tobaccos. these are available on line. Good work . Take care. Jeb

+Muttnchop Piper Question: Newbie piper here, but have smoked ciggies, a few cigars and hashish with tobacco for 30 years straight, so I am not new to smoking, just new to smoking pipe. I have watched many of your videos now, and I have learned a lot, I would not have had such a smooth start skong pipe if not for you, so thanks! Now, I need help. I went and got myself a tin of Dunhill Early Morning, and I must say I find it weak and with little flavor (although it gets a little harsh at the bottom of the bowl). It is like a cigarette with some hickory smoke to it (I believe that is from the tobacco called Latakia?). I can easily smoke it, but it does little for me, and the hickory smoke /wet camp fire note is not really interesting to me, at all. So, the question is, where do I go from here? The only pipe tobacco I have tried before this is called Special Dublin Navy Mixture, package does not say by whom, but I think it is also made by the guys at Orlik (I live in Denmark, so many of their products around). That one is sweet and very flavorful with strong prune and raisin notes, and I like it a lot. But I suspect, after watching youtube vids, that it is full of artificial food-grade flavoring, and I kinda dislike that idea. So I would like something that has that deep prune/raisin type taste, but no or little hickory/wet camp fire taste, and no artificial flavor added. Can you tell me what tobacco types I am actually looking for? What tobaccos taste like deep, dark prunes/ raisins? Is there a Dunhill blend to my taste? Please direct a newbie piper in the right direction :) Cheers from Denmark.

Thank you for telling us about this scam. Premium all the way, having to spend more. Thanks again, Tyra Rubin

Just starting to get into pipe smoking. Bought 2 pipes so far with more to come and I am looking at tobaccos. Theres so much to learn that its a little over whelming. Your videos are top of the line. I am hoping that by smoking a pipe it can curb my cigarette useage

Hello, I am looking to get into the pipe smoking community after being a cigar smoker for the last few years. I was wondering if pipe tobacco needs to be kept in a humidor much like cigars or what is the proper way to store them?

3:40 same thing happens to me most of the time (not everytime) and I don't smoke cheap tabaccos it's beacause of the burley? Or at least they're not the cheapest stuff... I've got some McBaren and Sail (from Planta)... is it because they are some kind of aromatics?

Thanks for another great video.Going a bit off the subject here but can you give me some advice for cellaring loose tabacco,my local shop has informed me they wont be able to get a particular loose tabacco i really enjoy smoking.

Are there such things as a premium pipe tobacco sampler package/tin you can purchase?

Muttnchop, I'm enjoying your videos. They have helped get back into pipe smoking from which I had given up on a while back in my early 20's. I'm 2 weeks in now and really enjoying it. I took your advice and bought a low cost briar pipe made in Italy, and started out with a quality tobacco, Frog Morton's "On the Town." I feel I'm ready to change it up. I've been looking at a couple of different "high end" pipes, which I feel I am comfortable with. However, my question is, what tobaccos would you recommend I try next to start creating a rotation. I do not want to get into aromatics just yet until I have a couple of pipes in my collection, so I can dedicate each of them to specific tobacco types. Thanks again and happy piping!

Hello Muttnchop, my name is Aaron and I'm a new pipe smoker. I just purchased my first pipe, which is a Missouri Meachuam pride cob pipe. And I purchased a cheap tobacco, which I should not have done that. It's a Sutlifff vanilla and I haven't smoked it yet. Do you have any good suggestions on some premium tobacco that I should try?? Thanks in advance.

Hope you are doing well and as well as your family miss your advice. New smoker John

Good job @Muttnchop Piper! Thank you for all your tips & informative videos. Can you make a video on how to smoke the plug type of tobacco? im often smoke flakes, rubbed and loose cut type. please share your knowledge. please

Really thank you. You describe what exactly is happening in Greece

Hey Muttnchop, I hope this finds you well. I have a question that perhaps you can answer. I bought a tin of tobacco that has a very strong soap taste. It's just very, very soapy. It's a C.A.O blend. Not Eileen's Dream. That stuff is great. It a cherry blend. Any idea what might be the cause. Its horrible

what would be a premium flavored pipe tobacco? thank you in advance.

Good advice! I'm a cigar smoker trying out a pipe, and I can tell you any cheap tobacco will disappoint

It may be a cheep brand but I can't put down Carter Hall as a beginner tobacco. Its easy to get easy mechanics, neutral flavor. I agree whole heartedly with you on the aromatics.

Greetings, Muttnchop. I was wondering if you had come across a brand of tobacco that consistently comes at a perfect or near perfect moisture content from the tin. I begun pipe smoking not too long ago and I am trying to find a point of reference for just the right moisture. I keep seeing videos and descriptions, but I feel I need to touch some of it in order to fully understand what I am looking for when I leave some tobacco out to dry before packing a pipe.

Hi Muttnchop piper. I have never smoked cigars or cigaretts. I bought some pipes from local shop and premium Peterson tobacco: Old Dublin, Sherlock Holmes and Connoiseurs Choice as aromatic. I want to have pleasant smoke with that aromatic, but I am getting only tobacco taste. Can you make video about aromatic tobacco, what is difference in packing and smoking aromatic to natural tobacco... etc... It eould be very helpful for me, because I was very happy with smell from the tin, but smoke was not so good. Marek from Slovakia (europe)

Wau you look fantastic, and your beard is just amazing!

Mutton Chop, Couldn’t find any reviews on the Hearth & Home Mid-Town Series blends. Any comments for those? I read some good reviews for Chatham Manor, but when I tried it, I feel like what you describe in this video. Seems to start out okay, but in the end, I’m left disappointed. Tried using the same pipe over and over to see if by using again that the tobacco would get better. It didn’t. Thoughts? Thanks and enjoy your videos.

We are so lucky to still be able to purchase the best.

Greetings from Cairo, Egypt Muttnchop First if all thanks for your valuable vedios and you chanel You've mentioned that people in UK and Europe not having tobacco options please visit my region .. we are suffering here and the only option I have is captain black only captain black and sometimes I find erinmore mixture flavor and very bad quality borkum riff tobacco .. Please I need your feedback on captain black royal or round taste (classic) and erinmore mixture Also one of my pipe cracked from the top and I can't figure out the reason why is it due to my bad use or is it bad quality pipe noting that I clean it regularly and I keep my smoke as cool as possible using breath method

Nice video! I live in Germany and would like to correct one thing: It is correct that tobacco mixtures are slightly more expensive than in the USA. But they are not as expensive as you say in your little example. It's no problem to get a premium blend here in Germany for less than 15 €. And although the American blends are unfortunately not available here, there is still a large amount of really good blends on the European market. There are even a few small manufacturers that offer blends for less than 14 € for 100 g and these are often quite outstanding.

in NZ its 100 bucks for a 50g tin its insane. im a beginner but il try and save for the good stuff haha. great videos by the way, very helpful

Sound advice!

I am from Austria and 50g premium tobacco costs ~ 15$ We dont have the greatest variaty of tobaccos but its not that bad. This year we got Cornell&Diehl/ G.L Pease tobaccos also available. Germany, our neighbors, have some realy small and nice tobacco comanies, like TAK, DAN Tobacco... Plenty to try out and I would say, that the pipe hobby is still very inexpensive, compared to other hobbies.

Excellent advice Chris. Unfortunately, some tobacconists recommend the lower grade tobaccos to new pipe smokers, most likely because they are making a higher percentage of profit off the cheap stuff. As soon as I started smoking strictly tin tobacco in the early days, my smoking experience increased tenfold. Another thing that can make it difficult for new pipe smokers, is that tobacconists don't have their tobaccos categorized, and the labels on the tobacco itself doesn't designate tobaccos aromatic or non aromatic. I'm afraid that during the learning process, a lot of new pipe smokers decide that pipe smoking just isn't for them, and they give up the hobby, before they become educated to the differences between tobaccos.

For beginners I always recommend Aromatics to start with. They're easy on the pallet and not too overbearing like English blends and Syrian mixtures. But always the higher quality brands.

dear Muttnchop piper, thanks for your information on this video, to be honest i really enjoy having a conversation about piping with you. here i have a question and need your opinion. i was a casual smoker, i enjoyed having few cigarettes during a week. actually i lost my interest to cigarette for last 4 months and nearly quit smoking at all, but i always wanted to taste pipe smoking one day. during my smoking time i enjoyed heavy cigars, flavored cigarettes and aromatics. now to for pipe smoking, what kind of pipe and tobacco is good to start with? thank you in advance for your help

New pipe smoker and like the smell of Captain Black white. I know you may be reluctant to say this is a bad choice but I would appreciate the advice.

happy piping to you too.

I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos sir. I've just started my journey into pipe smoking and it has been made a easier by yourself in particular. A query I have is I notice in your videos you mention Dunhill Early morning (I believe it is one of your favourites?) and nightcap. Would you recommend these tobaccos to a beginner pipe smoker too? I have dabbled with some aromatics but I'm keen to try other tobaccos. As I see and hear a lot of people mention these two tobaccos I want to try it, but don't want to waste it if it wouldn't be beneficial to me just yet as I'm new to this world. In comparison it wouldn't be wise to give someone who's used to drinking cheap lager and £80 bottle of red wine if they wouldn't appreciate it in the same way as a connoisseur. A little over exaggerated but I think you understand. Your thoughts? Keep up the great videos (including the stories!) always a like from me.

I love the videos!!! As a new/intermediate smoker I have a video request. Could you please explain why they say one smoke in 24 hours, should you have 1--10 pipes? I enjoy 1-2 bowles a day and I dont want to distroy my pipe to quickly.

Im in Australia, just bought 50g of Amphora full aroma, it set exactly $125. It's my first tin of pipe tobacco so can't really compare it to anything. But that was 1 of only 3 pipe tobaccos available at my local brick and mortar store.

I'm interested to know what type of tobacco Benjamin Franklin or someone in the era would have smoked? I'm interested in buying tobacco that is as close as you can get to what soldiers in the Revolutionary War might have smoked. 1765-1785 era??? Thanks for the help kind sir!

I agree with you totally with you Muttnchop (Chris ) when it comes to tobacco but I would like to add just one thing. Briar pipes can be VERY expensive but on the other hand. Cheap "briar" pipes can be very nasty. These "briar" pipes do not have to be made out of briar wood. Some are made out of pear wood for example and made to look like briar . So, it someone smokes a very cheap nasty pipe with a cheap nasty tobacco they are going to get a cheap and nasty smoke which will leave them with a disgusting taste in their mouth and never smoke a pipe ever again. A good pipe for a "virgin" pipe smoker in my opinion is...... a Falcon. A metal stem which is easy to keep clean and a bowl that is a middle of the road priced briar which will last for years. Here in the UK a Falcon pipe complete with a bowl will cost round about £20.

Question, if the cheaper tobacco companies are not taking time to let the topping be absorbed by the tobacco, is it possible to cellar some cheap tobacco, allowing the toppings to be absorbed more and thus creating a situation where that flavoring lasts longer?