The “art” of pipe smoking is the major draw (no pun intended) and differentiator for me. There is a true lifelong artistic journey to pipe smoking, from pipe and tobacco selection, to packing, lighting, cadence, seemingly infinite variables all of which can effect the quest to find that “perfect smoke”, which also takes acquired talent. Pipe smoking is also a collector’s dream, and can become a very fun obsession for those of us in search of those nirvana smokes. And yes, they really do exist…I’m off to find my next one! :) Thanks Eddie, awesome video!
Couldn’t agree more. Packed too tight? Too loose? Totally different experiences. Too wet? Too dry? Again, totally different experiences. That perfect smoke we all strive to reach is what makes this hobby/lifestyle so obsessive. I’ve gotten to the point where I can get great smokes from most of my favorite blends every time. But new blends I’ve never tried? Some trial and error is definitely involved.
@@gtrmusic69 Its not that hard to learn when I had the right older man to teach me how to pack, how to light one and how to pace a smoke for max enjoyment
@@Hosunlee89 too tight and the pipe jams too loose and it goes out way too fast. With wet it makes the pipe do a gurgling sound and too dry it burns too fast and send red hot smoke into your mouth. Despite popular pipe smokers belief of little nicotine it does have it 35MGS to 55MGS based off tobacco strength. Mine is 45 MGS I tried 55 but it put me into a fuge like state and it was legit tobacco nothing funky.
I actually started smoking cigars and then went to pipes. I changed to pipes because of the cost savings over time and many of the points you made in the video.
I'm a pipe and cigar smoker. The only advantage I find in Pipe vs Cigar is value for money. I can buy a tin of pipe tobacco that I can enjoy for 2-3 weeks with the price of one cigar. Top level cigars cost even more. But there is no free lunch out there. While most of cigars (even the cheap short filler ones) are made with pure, fermented, aged, high quality tobacco leaves - it is not the case with with pipe tobaccos. Pipe tobacco makers (even top end) add lot of chemicals to their blends. All blends are cased with chemicals/sugar to keep their humidity, some of them are topped for flavor, some chemicals to control burn rate... in other words, you don't know what is in the tin in addition to tobacco, because it is the blender's secret sauce. There is also no regulation to expose these add-ons, since tobacco is already considered by regulators as controlled substance.
I have to admit I'm not overly versed in the legal aspects of what is and isn't required by pipe tobacco or even cigar disclosures. I do wish they all disclosed what was included, however. Even with food products, there are things companies don't have to disclose. I would much prefer more information rather than less, in all cases. Thanks for watching!
As an avid cigar smoker, and as someone who fell in love with tobacco because of cigars, I have to say that I’m leaning more towards pipes now. Pipes and pipe tobacco are far cheaper than cigars. At one point I had 600+ cigars in my collection, and I constantly wonder how many blends and high end pipes I could have instead for the same cost. Also, I find that pipe tobacco has more flavor and variance in flavor than cigars do. The only negative about pipes I have is that I can’t smoke them in the summer. It’s just too hot where I’m at. My bowl is too hot to hold during the summer, and the flavors are too heavy. May-September is still cigar season for me, but during the colder months I smoke pipes exclusively. Don’t get me wrong, I still love my cigars. However, I’ve gone from smoking 4-6 a week to smoking 1 every week or every other week. For the price of one cigar I can get a 2 oz tin of tobacco that will last 15-20 smokes. For less than a box of cigars I can get a pipe that will last me a lifetime.
I agree with pretty much everything you said here Eddie. I do really enjoy cigars, but pipes will always be my main love. Thanks for the great video! - Mike Howell
You are always spot on Eddie. I enjoy your presentation. Pipes win for me. You have insightful, enjoyable pipe information. Always a pleasure to tune in.
Well said Eddie! Agree on all points. I'd like to see you showcase a pipe a week if possible. Pick a brand, shape or style you stock and just do a quick video on it. Gives me ideas for future purchases. Have a great day.
You are so, so right. I started with cigars and switched to pipe smoking for all those reasons. Price being the biggest reason. Now, I would still stay with pipes even if it cost more than cigars.
I had this same conversation (and made the same points) with my friends at our local speakeasy/cigar lounge. Price, art of learning to smoke the pipe, variety of tobaccos and pipes...but one thing also is it's super cool being THE ONLY person in an entire building with a pipe hanging from your mouth. Had so many ppl double-take or say "that's cool" when they walk by
@@Larry-q5t Sadly not fast enough. I ignore a lot of stupid behaviour in Australia. People act like Im the entertainment of the day. "You people act like you never seen a man smoke before"
I agree on all those points, even though I do smoke the occasional cigar as well as maybe 5 or 6 bowls (occasionally slightly more) in my pipes per week. Subscribed.
I frequent a cigar lounge for many years on a weekly basis and they do sell pipes and pipe tobacco but for me, i prefer to smoke pipes at home. i really enjoy them. some restaurants around the area have signs on their outside patios prohibiting cigar smoking so i get the lingering smoke smell. i enjoy both cigars and pipes.
I started with vanilla cigarillos during reenactment (which are still nice) but during the hobby its better and looks smarter to use a pipe (when reenactming the Dutch in Great Britain). I also like the variety of the pipe tabaccos. The problem is that I'm still new and I'm still testing all kinds of pipe tabacco.
I agree. I like a good cigar but like you said your locked into that cigar for an hour or more. That is why I usually gravitate to my pipe. Plus unlimited flavor options. Thank Eddie and have a blessed day .
I have a decent humidor filled with hundreds of cigars ranging from Southern Draw to Davidoff and Padron. And yes a lot of those sticks are amazing and delicious, but tell me why I still gravitate towards the relaxing smoking experience of a $15 dollar tin of tobacco in my briar pipe. Sometimes the act of packing, lighting, and smoking a pipe is so much more satisfying than just lighting up a cigar. I still enjoy my cigars, but it’s a once a week thing for me now. My pipes and pipe tobacco are something I love and meditate with on a daily basis. Most mornings I’ll start off with a 3/4 bowl of some burley/burley forward blend and a coffee. Evenings, I’ll wind down with some Virginia/VaPer or English/Balkan blends. It’s just so relaxing and allows me to be alone with my thoughts and just slow everything down.
I love pipes and cigars for entirely different reasons. I much prefer cigars however ive had some beautiful pipe experiences. I love the art of the pipe and the challenge of packing and smoking and absolutley love english/balken blends. But what i love about cigars is the opposite. Just the purity of it. Me and the leaf. The ease and relaxation of getting rediculously cool and flavorful smoke. Im now trying to transition into smoking more english pipe blends in winter and cigars in the summer.
I am a tobacco pipe smoker and Yes I have smoked cigars even Cuban ones. I have smoked a pipe for 30 years and I find it was way better then cigars for a lot of reasons. Cigars I find are good but often feel less then a pipe due to nicotine. Pipe smokers swear pipes have nearly none but not true. Online I seen on measure pipes are 35MGS to 55MGS of the stuff making them twice as strong as Cuban cigars. The tobacco in a pipe has more choice due to the many offered for taste, smell and punch factor. St Bruno is the strongest I have smoked and so strong I fell asleep with my eyes open smoking it while walking on a train bridge in the UK. Pipes offer the same hand holding as a cigar with a cupped difference and feels amazing with mouth holding even if talking is a challenge. BTW I have enjoyed Many different English pipe tobaccos and enjoyed smoking them all.
I love cigars and pipe as well!! I like both!! I don’t do cigarettes or chewing tobacco. In fact, I avoid them because I heard they’re more dangerous cigars and pipe.
Ten bullseyes! While I will accept and smoke a cigar when one is offered, the last time I actually bought a box of them was for distribution in celebration of the birth of my youngest daughter--and she is now in her forties. My experience with the stogie puffers has been good; I can go to a cigar lounge and excite no comment re: my briar. And I have seen cigar people drop in a pipe club gathering with never a negative comment from the pipesters present. That said, I cast my vote against pipe filters and never argue with those who prefer them.
I also started out with cigars but decided to try a pipe and I haven't looked back. I just like the flavors of pipe tobacco over the cigars. But that's just me and my opinion. Great video thank you
Well done. Cigars do not compare to pipes for all of those reasons you stated including filtered pipes which I always use. I’ve been smoking a pipe for 5 years now and blending my own blends for 3 1/2 years. Thank you for making videos. 😎
I would recommend Old Joe Krantz, Haunted Bookshop, and some blends that have some cigar leaf in them such as BriarWorks Country Lawyer, C&D's Billy Budd and Gray Ghost, and GL Pease Key Largo.
For me, pipes allow me to finish and enjoy a leaf. I can't control the burning time of a nice cigar. For me, when I tried a cigar, if it went out for a significant amount of time, it never tasted as good again when I lit it. Just slower and more methodical for me, it's my companion.
I love both and hand roll and blend both which is a +1 for the pipe making a quick pipe blend is way easier than rolling stogies. Also just taking care of cigars is expensive as well a good humidor and boveda packs cost a lot more than some straight wall mason jars.
As a Carolinian that grew up on a tobacco farm i feel alot pride in fine tobacco products.. But I have always preferred cigars.. Idk why, maybe cause i had my first cigar at 14 (im 30 now) but i feel much more comfortable smoking a cigar where as i feel i try to hide my pipe out of embarrassment so others dont see it.. Cigars feel blue collar and pipes feel like a scholarly fancy thing where im supposed to contemplate or read.. While i just wanna smoke and mindlessly scroll on my phone after a long hard day if work
These days, it's hard for me to think of cigars as Blue Collar, what with many sticks costing upwards of $10! But cigars are definitely more accessible to more people, with an easier learning curve.
I agree on all points, I personally think that your a very interesting person and not a one trick pony. I like 9mm filters, all the briar pipes I've ever bought came from you, and I'm hoping my daughter is getting me 2 more for Christmas from you. "I made sure she couldn't get them on Amazon". Anyway great talk and I do agree on what cigars have to offer. You have mellow,medium, and full and that's it. If I wanted a cigar, I find the cheapest thing out there and smoke that. Just can't beat a good ole Dutch Masters, King Edward, or White Owl. See ya Eddie
I was a cigar smoker but I never wanted a humidor and all the problems of maintaining one. Pipes allow me to cultivate a taste for different blends and then store that tobacco very conveniently. And for a lot less money.
Never smoked a pipe. Only cigars. If davidoff didnt exist id probably switch over, but they burn so cool. Also thr main reson i stay, is with cigars you arent getting chemicals added versus it seems thst pipe blends have other ingredients
There are blends (particularly aromatics) that have added food-grade elements. But there are also blends that have very little to no additives, very similarly to cigars. If you ever venture into pipes, I would recommend non-aromatic blends, if that is something you want to steer away from. Captain Earle's blends are great, as well as many Cornell & Diehl blends like Briar Fox, Haunted Bookshop, and many more.
I used to only smoke premium cigars 3 sticks a day cost me 250 a week premium pipe tobaccos cost me 25 a week also most people love the room note of pipe pipes are a lot of work to master proper rhythm i certainly would not want to start over but IMO it was a better choice for me
@@ThePipeNook I've heard so many people say that pipe tobacco gives them so many good memories of there grandfather even them being non smokers I love cigars and still enjoy a half dozen a year im actually visiting my mother in Florida and she lets me smoke a pipe in the house would never be able to smoke a cigar in the house I've been smoking some strong blends g&h Kendall Kentucky and some English nothing automatic
I'll add that video idea to my list! I haven't been making many videos lately, but hopefully that will change in the weeks to come. Thanks for the suggestion!
I love cigars.........Love the tasting notes......Not the cigars that are infused....Just the natural tasting notes from the tobaccos.....I like pipe as well.
Number 7 is the biggest for me! That ruins a great cigar and the smoking experience instantly. Not to mention storing pipes and pipe tobacco is also easier and more economical.
Eddie! You don't know me but my son is up in Poulsbo, WA right now. He stopped into the CargoHold tobacco shop on Front Street this afternoon and met Doug. They got to talking and my son said that he was from Pensacola. Doug said, "Hey, if you ever get to the Pipe Nook in Pensacola, tell Eddie that I said hi!" What a small world. SO, HI FROM DOUG, EDDIE! ;) P.S. My son bought a wick lighter & cigar from Doug and forgot to ask if he could take it back on a plane. Do you how he can transport this flying Delta?
Small world, indeed! Doug's a great guy. As far as what can fly or not, I'm not an expert...in fact, I'm as uninformed a guy as you could ever meet! I've only flown twice in my life, and both times were before the year 2001. Sorry, I'm no help there! :)
Another thing that I find better with pipe smoking is storage. Cigars require more attention and expense to maintain them. Simply placing pipe tobacco in a jar, is in contrast much simpler. Especially for those, like me, whom are only an occasional smoker.
I actually find the opposite. All the stuff ive put in the basement has dried up like crazy stored out of sunlight in a ball jars. My cigars are easy, air tight pyrex with a 65% Boveda envelope. Absolutely golden. Set and forget.
@@theblishknovk Well, we all have different experiences in life. I usually use a small moistened piece of paper towel and tape it to the lid if I need to rehydrate tobacco, but Bovevda packs will also work great for pipe tobacco. Sounds like you enjoy cigars more. Nothing wrong with that. God has given us much in this life to enjoy. All the best, blish.
@@musketmerve1436 ill have to try that. I have some distilled water in the garage. I do enjoy cigars more but i am in love with english blends as well. Been smoking Dan Tobacco Old Ironsides lately and loving it.
I don't go as far as dedicating a specific pipe to a specific blend. I mostly smoke non-aromatic Virginia and Burley based blends, usually with some dark fired Kentucky and/or Perique in the mix, and I'll smoke those types on blends in most of the pipes I own. I do have just a few pipes that I'll only smoke English blends in, and a few I'll smoke Aromatics in.
I never smoked a pipe before and getting my first pipe for Christmas. How long is a pipe season? When my session is over and I wanted to smoke again, can I have another session with the same pipe or do I need to wait few days to smoke that pipe again?
The pipe session depends on the size of the bowl and your “cadence.” You don’t have to pack a bowl to the top. You can pack it halfway for a shorter smoke. I have a little corn cob pipe from Missouri Meerschaum called a Short Stop for 10-20 min smokes. If your pipe is made of briar, you don’t want to smoke it back to back day after day. You want it to dry out between sessions which takes a few days. That’s one reason some pipers have several pipes in their collection. If you’re smoking a corncob pipe, you can smoke the same pipe every day. The other advantage to corncob pipes is that they don’t hang onto the flavor of the previous tobacco, which pipers refer to as “ghosting”. Pipers tend to designate certain pipes for certain tobacco. You may have one pipe for aromatic tobacco, and another pipe for anything containing Latakia tobacco, and then another one for Virginia tobacco, etc. Lots more information for you on youtube. Muttnchop Piper’s channel is a great place to start. Good luck, God bless, and have fun. Don’t get too caught up in the “rules” of pipe smoking. You will quickly get the hang of it. EDIT NOTE: I originally wrote Lambchop Piper but meant Muttnchop Pipe. Tomay-to; tomah-to ...
As a tobacco grower myself there is one and only one advantage to the pipe: I can't yet make good maduro tobacco for the highly desirable cigar flavor, while it's easy for me to sun cure and cut up some pipe tobacco. But I really prefer the cigar.
My theory is that cigar smokers like the simplicity. Light it and forget about it, no accessories needed. Pipe smokers like "tending the fire" and the bits and bobs that are part of the experience.
Mr. PIPE NOOK, Washington and Maine are not allowed to order pipe tobacco online as of July last year. There’s no pipe or cigar stores within 100 miles of my house. The only tobacco store triples the price of tins and has no selection. HELP!!!!!!!
in WA you could get tobacco shipped to oregon and make a run to pick it up, you might need an OR resident to order it though. or try having a local tobacco shop order it for you, dealer license and fees{ thanks Jay}
I came to those same conclusions! I still like an occasional cigar, and in certain cases, they are more convenient. Over all, I believe pipes are objectively better.
The objective benefits of Pipes will always be outweighed by the subjective social "cool factor" of cigars, sad but true. But that's okay, it keeps our community tightknit and friendly, no drama or egos :)
It's not John's pipe cabinet, no...but I do believe I purchased it from the same Etsy seller his came from, and it is very similar. I honestly didn't plan it that way...I didn't even think about John's cabinet when I put in my order and chose the options. But as soon as I put it behind me in my videos, people noticed how similar it was and started asking me about it, LOL! There are good and bad aspects to the cabinet, but overall, I'm happy with it. You can search TH-cam for "Pipe Cabinet Review" and see my further thoughts on the subject.
The most prevalent complaint of Pass-Through filters for me is that because of their high absorption levels, using them inhibits the flavor of your pipe tobacco
That's certainly a commonly held opinion of pipe filters. However, I find that pass-through charcoal filters actually help focus the taste of the pipe tobacco by removing excess tars and other impurities from the smoke. All I can tell folks is to try them and see if you like them, or if they help with tongue-bite. And if you find that filters negatively affect the taste of your tobacco, is the alleviation of tongue-bite worth it for you personally?
@@ThePipeNook The activated charcoal filters do affect the taste of tobacco and give the impression of an immediate loss of flavour to the non-filtered pipe smoker. However, as Eddie says, I believe the flavour of the smoke becomes focused or highlighted. I only noticed a huge difference after about 2 weeks of smoking with filters. If I smoked one bowl of tobacco with a 9mm filter, I wouldn't like it, and didn't when I first tried due to the reasons PA Piper stated. It took time for my palate and body chemistry to adapt from non-filter to filtered. I still have non-filtered pipes and enjoy them too. Now I have noticed that the filters taught me how to have a great smoke free of any tongue bite even with non-filtered pipes. Before I used filters I would get immediate tongue bite from blends with red Virginias even when I tried lighting with a match without drawing flame directly into the tobacco. I don't know what happened but now I can smoke red Virginia and VaPer blends without a filter and also without any tongue bite. I say if you try it out, smoke only 9mm for at least one week, and if you still don't like it, then no loss and return to what you enjoy and makes you happy.
Well, my great grandfather had to worry about it with his pipes all the time, LOL! I think he just always loaded his pipes too full, which is a bad habit I do myself more often than not. Gotta be careful with that initial bloom of the first light...make sure it's tamped flat before you can ignore it. :)
Well, I don't want to throw all cigar smokers under the bus, especially since I smoke cigars myself! But pipe smoking does tend to calm folks down more so than cigar smoking.
As a pipe and cigar smoker I can say the only reason I smoke a pipe is because it’s more economical. I didn’t get any of the natural tobacco notes from a pipe that I do a cigar. I’d love to find pipe tobacco as satisfying as cigars. But so far I’ve only been disappointed.
Well, I think there's some crossover there. But cigars are definitely more user friendly, while pipes require quite a bit more time and experience to get the most out of them. It's a fun journey, though!
Hi, Anthony! There are literally hundreds of blends on the market these days, so it's difficult to pick just one blend for a beginner recommendation. However, I do maintain a list of recommendations broken into basic categories, that I can email you. If you'd like this list, please email me to request it on the "contact" page of my site. Thanks!
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The “art” of pipe smoking is the major draw (no pun intended) and differentiator for me. There is a true lifelong artistic journey to pipe smoking, from pipe and tobacco selection, to packing, lighting, cadence, seemingly infinite variables all of which can effect the quest to find that “perfect smoke”, which also takes acquired talent. Pipe smoking is also a collector’s dream, and can become a very fun obsession for those of us in search of those nirvana smokes. And yes, they really do exist…I’m off to find my next one! :) Thanks Eddie, awesome video!
I think you did mean the pun intended. You couldn't resist. 😂🤣😂
Couldn’t agree more. Packed too tight? Too loose? Totally different experiences. Too wet? Too dry? Again, totally different experiences. That perfect smoke we all strive to reach is what makes this hobby/lifestyle so obsessive. I’ve gotten to the point where I can get great smokes from most of my favorite blends every time. But new blends I’ve never tried? Some trial and error is definitely involved.
It's not "art" to pack and smoke a pipe. It's a learned skill, big difference, and that's all it is. Been smoking pipes since 1983.
@@gtrmusic69 Its not that hard to learn when I had the right older man to teach me how to pack, how to light one and how to pace a smoke for max enjoyment
@@Hosunlee89 too tight and the pipe jams too loose and it goes out way too fast. With wet it makes the pipe do a gurgling sound and too dry it burns too fast and send red hot smoke into your mouth. Despite popular pipe smokers belief of little nicotine it does have it 35MGS to 55MGS based off tobacco strength. Mine is 45 MGS I tried 55 but it put me into a fuge like state and it was legit tobacco nothing funky.
I've smoked cigarettes for a time but have never had the urge to smoke cigars. I have smoked pipes for almost 5 decades now!
Good video, Eddie!
I actually started smoking cigars and then went to pipes. I changed to pipes because of the cost savings over time and many of the points you made in the video.
I'm a pipe and cigar smoker. The only advantage I find in Pipe vs Cigar is value for money. I can buy a tin of pipe tobacco that I can enjoy for 2-3 weeks with the price of one cigar. Top level cigars cost even more.
But there is no free lunch out there. While most of cigars (even the cheap short filler ones) are made with pure, fermented, aged, high quality tobacco leaves - it is not the case with with pipe tobaccos.
Pipe tobacco makers (even top end) add lot of chemicals to their blends. All blends are cased with chemicals/sugar to keep their humidity, some of them are topped for flavor, some chemicals to control burn rate... in other words, you don't know what is in the tin in addition to tobacco, because it is the blender's secret sauce. There is also no regulation to expose these add-ons, since tobacco is already considered by regulators as controlled substance.
I have to admit I'm not overly versed in the legal aspects of what is and isn't required by pipe tobacco or even cigar disclosures. I do wish they all disclosed what was included, however. Even with food products, there are things companies don't have to disclose. I would much prefer more information rather than less, in all cases. Thanks for watching!
Excellent comparison and couldn't agree more. I've been thinking of comparing the two myself so I'm glad you covered it!
Thank you! I'd still love to hear your take on the subject. Your videos are always well thought out, and you present your thoughts very well!
@@ThePipeNook thanks man, I appreciate that!
As an avid cigar smoker, and as someone who fell in love with tobacco because of cigars, I have to say that I’m leaning more towards pipes now. Pipes and pipe tobacco are far cheaper than cigars. At one point I had 600+ cigars in my collection, and I constantly wonder how many blends and high end pipes I could have instead for the same cost. Also, I find that pipe tobacco has more flavor and variance in flavor than cigars do. The only negative about pipes I have is that I can’t smoke them in the summer. It’s just too hot where I’m at. My bowl is too hot to hold during the summer, and the flavors are too heavy. May-September is still cigar season for me, but during the colder months I smoke pipes exclusively. Don’t get me wrong, I still love my cigars. However, I’ve gone from smoking 4-6 a week to smoking 1 every week or every other week. For the price of one cigar I can get a 2 oz tin of tobacco that will last 15-20 smokes. For less than a box of cigars I can get a pipe that will last me a lifetime.
Well said .My pipes are always my first choice.
Such a great video, Eddie. I’ve watched this several times and it never gets old. Take care, brother.
I agree with pretty much everything you said here Eddie. I do really enjoy cigars, but pipes will always be my main love. Thanks for the great video! - Mike Howell
You are always spot on Eddie. I enjoy your presentation. Pipes win for me. You have insightful, enjoyable pipe information. Always a pleasure to tune in.
Well thought out and balanced points. All roads lead to Pipecraft!
Well said Eddie! Agree on all points. I'd like to see you showcase a pipe a week if possible. Pick a brand, shape or style you stock and just do a quick video on it. Gives me ideas for future purchases. Have a great day.
You are so, so right. I started with cigars and switched to pipe smoking for all those reasons. Price being the biggest reason. Now, I would still stay with pipes even if it cost more than cigars.
I had this same conversation (and made the same points) with my friends at our local speakeasy/cigar lounge. Price, art of learning to smoke the pipe, variety of tobaccos and pipes...but one thing also is it's super cool being THE ONLY person in an entire building with a pipe hanging from your mouth. Had so many ppl double-take or say "that's cool" when they walk by
Yeah, that's always nice to be the sole spokesperson and information purveyor of any particular subject in a crowd. :)
Pipes are making a comeback
@@Larry-q5t Sadly not fast enough. I ignore a lot of stupid behaviour in Australia. People act like Im the entertainment of the day. "You people act like you never seen a man smoke before"
I agree on all those points, even though I do smoke the occasional cigar as well as maybe 5 or 6 bowls (occasionally slightly more) in my pipes per week. Subscribed.
Good points! Couldn’t agree more.
Great video and love the Bob and Doug McKenzie album in the background!
Some very good and valid points
Fantastic list Eddie! Love your points on the time commitment of a cigar.
I frequent a cigar lounge for many years on a weekly basis and they do sell pipes and pipe tobacco but for me, i prefer to smoke pipes at home. i really enjoy them. some restaurants around the area have signs on their outside patios prohibiting cigar smoking so i get the lingering smoke smell. i enjoy both cigars and pipes.
Loved all the reasons. I hope the powers at be keep your 1-2-3 in the “economical” range….
Cheers from the South Carolina Lowcountry. Good Job!
I started with vanilla cigarillos during reenactment (which are still nice) but during the hobby its better and looks smarter to use a pipe (when reenactming the Dutch in Great Britain). I also like the variety of the pipe tabaccos. The problem is that I'm still new and I'm still testing all kinds of pipe tabacco.
I agree. I like a good cigar but like you said your locked into that cigar for an hour or more. That is why I usually gravitate to my pipe. Plus unlimited flavor options. Thank Eddie and have a blessed day .
I have a decent humidor filled with hundreds of cigars ranging from Southern Draw to Davidoff and Padron. And yes a lot of those sticks are amazing and delicious, but tell me why I still gravitate towards the relaxing smoking experience of a $15 dollar tin of tobacco in my briar pipe.
Sometimes the act of packing, lighting, and smoking a pipe is so much more satisfying than just lighting up a cigar. I still enjoy my cigars, but it’s a once a week thing for me now. My pipes and pipe tobacco are something I love and meditate with on a daily basis. Most mornings I’ll start off with a 3/4 bowl of some burley/burley forward blend and a coffee. Evenings, I’ll wind down with some Virginia/VaPer or English/Balkan blends. It’s just so relaxing and allows me to be alone with my thoughts and just slow everything down.
Thanks, Eddie for this great comparison between cigars and pipes. Other commentators say it much better than I can. 💨💨
Great comparisons Eddie. Pipe tobacco is like wine ... the blends and varieties are almost endless.
I'll always prefer pipes, but still enjoy a nice Cohiba every now and then. I agree one hundred percent!
Great video! I agree on all 10. Thanks for sharing
Great idea for a video. I figure when I get tired of pipe smoking, then I’ll switch to cigars. So in about 400 years, give or take.
Great done with well thought out points. Pipe On
I love pipes and cigars for entirely different reasons. I much prefer cigars however ive had some beautiful pipe experiences. I love the art of the pipe and the challenge of packing and smoking and absolutley love english/balken blends. But what i love about cigars is the opposite. Just the purity of it. Me and the leaf. The ease and relaxation of getting rediculously cool and flavorful smoke. Im now trying to transition into smoking more english pipe blends in winter and cigars in the summer.
Solid points. No argument here.
I am a tobacco pipe smoker and Yes I have smoked cigars even Cuban ones. I have smoked a pipe for 30 years and I find it was way better then cigars for a lot of reasons. Cigars I find are good but often feel less then a pipe due to nicotine. Pipe smokers swear pipes have nearly none but not true. Online I seen on measure pipes are 35MGS to 55MGS of the stuff making them twice as strong as Cuban cigars. The tobacco in a pipe has more choice due to the many offered for taste, smell and punch factor. St Bruno is the strongest I have smoked and so strong I fell asleep with my eyes open smoking it while walking on a train bridge in the UK. Pipes offer the same hand holding as a cigar with a cupped difference and feels amazing with mouth holding even if talking is a challenge. BTW I have enjoyed Many different English pipe tobaccos and enjoyed smoking them all.
I love cigars and pipe as well!! I like both!! I don’t do cigarettes or chewing tobacco. In fact, I avoid them because I heard they’re more dangerous cigars and pipe.
Ten bullseyes! While I will accept and smoke a cigar when one is offered, the last time I actually bought a box of them was for distribution in celebration of the birth of my youngest daughter--and she is now in her forties. My experience with the stogie puffers has been good; I can go to a cigar lounge and excite no comment re: my briar. And I have seen cigar people drop in a pipe club gathering with never a negative comment from the pipesters present. That said, I cast my vote against pipe filters and never argue with those who prefer them.
good points, ty and happy new year to you.
Loved the video 👍 keep them coming sir
Eddie, I concur with Mike Howell. Thanx
Heck yeah! You need to be an Episcopal Minister.
I also started out with cigars but decided to try a pipe and I haven't looked back. I just like the flavors of pipe tobacco over the cigars. But that's just me and my opinion. Great video thank you
Well done Ed!!
Well done. Cigars do not compare to pipes for all of those reasons you stated including filtered pipes which I always use. I’ve been smoking a pipe for 5 years now and blending my own blends for 3 1/2 years. Thank you for making videos. 😎
Thank you! Love your channel name, by the way! Simple, classic.
Since you're a cigar smoker before...what's the best blends of pipe tobacco that looks and smells like a cigar? What do you recommend?
I would recommend Old Joe Krantz, Haunted Bookshop, and some blends that have some cigar leaf in them such as BriarWorks Country Lawyer, C&D's Billy Budd and Gray Ghost, and GL Pease Key Largo.
For me, pipes allow me to finish and enjoy a leaf. I can't control the burning time of a nice cigar. For me, when I tried a cigar, if it went out for a significant amount of time, it never tasted as good again when I lit it. Just slower and more methodical for me, it's my companion.
I love both and hand roll and blend both which is a +1 for the pipe making a quick pipe blend is way easier than rolling stogies. Also just taking care of cigars is expensive as well a good humidor and boveda packs cost a lot more than some straight wall mason jars.
As a Carolinian that grew up on a tobacco farm i feel alot pride in fine tobacco products.. But I have always preferred cigars.. Idk why, maybe cause i had my first cigar at 14 (im 30 now) but i feel much more comfortable smoking a cigar where as i feel i try to hide my pipe out of embarrassment so others dont see it.. Cigars feel blue collar and pipes feel like a scholarly fancy thing where im supposed to contemplate or read.. While i just wanna smoke and mindlessly scroll on my phone after a long hard day if work
These days, it's hard for me to think of cigars as Blue Collar, what with many sticks costing upwards of $10! But cigars are definitely more accessible to more people, with an easier learning curve.
Another Great video.
I agree on all points!
I agree on all points, I personally think that your a very interesting person and not a one trick pony. I like 9mm filters, all the briar pipes I've ever bought came from you, and I'm hoping my daughter is getting me 2 more for Christmas from you. "I made sure she couldn't get them on Amazon". Anyway great talk and I do agree on what cigars have to offer. You have mellow,medium, and full and that's it. If I wanted a cigar, I find the cheapest thing out there and smoke that. Just can't beat a good ole Dutch Masters, King Edward, or White Owl. See ya Eddie
I was a cigar smoker but I never wanted a humidor and all the problems of maintaining one. Pipes allow me to cultivate a taste for different blends and then store that tobacco very conveniently. And for a lot less money.
Never smoked a pipe. Only cigars. If davidoff didnt exist id probably switch over, but they burn so cool. Also thr main reson i stay, is with cigars you arent getting chemicals added versus it seems thst pipe blends have other ingredients
There are blends (particularly aromatics) that have added food-grade elements. But there are also blends that have very little to no additives, very similarly to cigars. If you ever venture into pipes, I would recommend non-aromatic blends, if that is something you want to steer away from. Captain Earle's blends are great, as well as many Cornell & Diehl blends like Briar Fox, Haunted Bookshop, and many more.
I love both. Depends on how I'm feeling and how much time I have. I will say pipe smoking is more economical.
I used to only smoke premium cigars 3 sticks a day cost me 250 a week premium pipe tobaccos cost me 25 a week also most people love the room note of pipe pipes are a lot of work to master proper rhythm i certainly would not want to start over but IMO it was a better choice for me
Wow, yeah, pipe smoking is definitely easier on the pocketbook! And I agree that folks around me prefer it over cigars.
@@ThePipeNook I've heard so many people say that pipe tobacco gives them so many good memories of there grandfather even them being non smokers I love cigars and still enjoy a half dozen a year im actually visiting my mother in Florida and she lets me smoke a pipe in the house would never be able to smoke a cigar in the house I've been smoking some strong blends g&h Kendall Kentucky and some English nothing automatic
Would love to see a video on pipe collecting from your perspective 🍻
I'll add that video idea to my list! I haven't been making many videos lately, but hopefully that will change in the weeks to come. Thanks for the suggestion!
I love cigars.........Love the tasting notes......Not the cigars that are infused....Just the natural tasting notes from the tobaccos.....I like pipe as well.
True on all accounts!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Great Video! Where did you find you pipe case at?
I found mine on Etsy. Not sure what's available over there at this point. They can be pricey, be forewarned! :)
Number 7 is the biggest for me! That ruins a great cigar and the smoking experience instantly. Not to mention storing pipes and pipe tobacco is also easier and more economical.
Eddie! You don't know me but my son is up in Poulsbo, WA right now. He stopped into the CargoHold tobacco shop on Front Street this afternoon and met Doug. They got to talking and my son said that he was from Pensacola. Doug said, "Hey, if you ever get to the Pipe Nook in Pensacola, tell Eddie that I said hi!" What a small world. SO, HI FROM DOUG, EDDIE! ;) P.S. My son bought a wick lighter & cigar from Doug and forgot to ask if he could take it back on a plane. Do you how he can transport this flying Delta?
Small world, indeed! Doug's a great guy. As far as what can fly or not, I'm not an expert...in fact, I'm as uninformed a guy as you could ever meet! I've only flown twice in my life, and both times were before the year 2001. Sorry, I'm no help there! :)
Another thing that I find better with pipe smoking is storage. Cigars require more attention and expense to maintain them. Simply placing pipe tobacco in a jar, is in contrast much simpler. Especially for those, like me, whom are only an occasional smoker.
Good point! I wish I'd put that one in my video. :)
I actually find the opposite. All the stuff ive put in the basement has dried up like crazy stored out of sunlight in a ball jars. My cigars are easy, air tight pyrex with a 65% Boveda envelope. Absolutely golden. Set and forget.
@@theblishknovk Well, we all have different experiences in life. I usually use a small moistened piece of paper towel and tape it to the lid if I need to rehydrate tobacco, but Bovevda packs will also work great for pipe tobacco. Sounds like you enjoy cigars more. Nothing wrong with that. God has given us much in this life to enjoy. All the best, blish.
@@musketmerve1436 ill have to try that. I have some distilled water in the garage. I do enjoy cigars more but i am in love with english blends as well. Been smoking Dan Tobacco Old Ironsides lately and loving it.
@@theblishknovk Give North Woods from Boswells a try if you haven’t already.
Right on!!
Do you assign certain pipes to certain blends? If so what goes into consideration. Love your content and I hope you have a great afternoon!
I don't go as far as dedicating a specific pipe to a specific blend. I mostly smoke non-aromatic Virginia and Burley based blends, usually with some dark fired Kentucky and/or Perique in the mix, and I'll smoke those types on blends in most of the pipes I own. I do have just a few pipes that I'll only smoke English blends in, and a few I'll smoke Aromatics in.
I never smoked a pipe before and getting my first pipe for Christmas.
How long is a pipe season?
When my session is over and I wanted to smoke again, can I have another session with the same pipe or do I need to wait few days to smoke that pipe again?
The pipe session depends on the size of the bowl and your “cadence.” You don’t have to pack a bowl to the top. You can pack it halfway for a shorter smoke. I have a little corn cob pipe from Missouri Meerschaum called a Short Stop for 10-20 min smokes.
If your pipe is made of briar, you don’t want to smoke it back to back day after day. You want it to dry out between sessions which takes a few days. That’s one reason some pipers have several pipes in their collection. If you’re smoking a corncob pipe, you can smoke the same pipe every day. The other advantage to corncob pipes is that they don’t hang onto the flavor of the previous tobacco, which pipers refer to as “ghosting”. Pipers tend to designate certain pipes for certain tobacco. You may have one pipe for aromatic tobacco, and another pipe for anything containing Latakia tobacco, and then another one for Virginia tobacco, etc.
Lots more information for you on youtube. Muttnchop Piper’s channel is a great place to start.
Good luck, God bless, and have fun. Don’t get too caught up in the “rules” of pipe smoking. You will quickly get the hang of it.
EDIT NOTE: I originally wrote Lambchop Piper but meant Muttnchop Pipe. Tomay-to; tomah-to ...
@@ArmenChakmakian Early Merry Christmas.
Thank you for taking some time of your day to respond. This is very informative.
@@88crazykyle I'm glad that it was helpful to you. Merry Christmas!
I agree with Armenchakmakian. What he said. :)
@@88crazykyle I just noticed that I wrote Lambchop Piper but meant Muttnchop Piper (that's how he spells it). I just corrected it on my post.
As a tobacco grower myself there is one and only one advantage to the pipe: I can't yet make good maduro tobacco for the highly desirable cigar flavor, while it's easy for me to sun cure and cut up some pipe tobacco.
But I really prefer the cigar.
My theory is that cigar smokers like the simplicity. Light it and forget about it, no accessories needed. Pipe smokers like "tending the fire" and the bits and bobs that are part of the experience.
Mr. PIPE NOOK, Washington and Maine are not allowed to order pipe tobacco online as of July last year. There’s no pipe or cigar stores within 100 miles of my house. The only tobacco store triples the price of tins and has no selection. HELP!!!!!!!
I wish I could help, but I can't ship tobacco to those states for the exact reasons you mentioned. Believe me, I wish things were different.
@@ThePipeNook it seems there should be some legal 'go-around"..an extra tax or form.
in WA you could get tobacco shipped to oregon and make a run to pick it up, you might need an OR resident to order it though.
or try having a local tobacco shop order it for you, dealer license and fees{ thanks Jay}
I came to those same conclusions! I still like an occasional cigar, and in certain cases, they are more convenient. Over all, I believe pipes are objectively better.
for me: top reasons: #1: cheaper, #2: smell doesn't linger or seep into fabric as much, #3: variety
The objective benefits of Pipes will always be outweighed by the subjective social "cool factor" of cigars, sad but true.
But that's okay, it keeps our community tightknit and friendly, no drama or egos :)
Is that the Matches860 pipe cabinet behind you?
It's not John's pipe cabinet, no...but I do believe I purchased it from the same Etsy seller his came from, and it is very similar. I honestly didn't plan it that way...I didn't even think about John's cabinet when I put in my order and chose the options. But as soon as I put it behind me in my videos, people noticed how similar it was and started asking me about it, LOL! There are good and bad aspects to the cabinet, but overall, I'm happy with it. You can search TH-cam for "Pipe Cabinet Review" and see my further thoughts on the subject.
True true.
The most prevalent complaint of Pass-Through filters for me is that because of their high absorption levels, using them inhibits the flavor of your pipe tobacco
That's certainly a commonly held opinion of pipe filters. However, I find that pass-through charcoal filters actually help focus the taste of the pipe tobacco by removing excess tars and other impurities from the smoke. All I can tell folks is to try them and see if you like them, or if they help with tongue-bite. And if you find that filters negatively affect the taste of your tobacco, is the alleviation of tongue-bite worth it for you personally?
@@ThePipeNook The activated charcoal filters do affect the taste of tobacco and give the impression of an immediate loss of flavour to the non-filtered pipe smoker. However, as Eddie says, I believe the flavour of the smoke becomes focused or highlighted. I only noticed a huge difference after about 2 weeks of smoking with filters. If I smoked one bowl of tobacco with a 9mm filter, I wouldn't like it, and didn't when I first tried due to the reasons PA Piper stated. It took time for my palate and body chemistry to adapt from non-filter to filtered. I still have non-filtered pipes and enjoy them too. Now I have noticed that the filters taught me how to have a great smoke free of any tongue bite even with non-filtered pipes. Before I used filters I would get immediate tongue bite from blends with red Virginias even when I tried lighting with a match without drawing flame directly into the tobacco. I don't know what happened but now I can smoke red Virginia and VaPer blends without a filter and also without any tongue bite. I say if you try it out, smoke only 9mm for at least one week, and if you still don't like it, then no loss and return to what you enjoy and makes you happy.
Very interesting
As you can tell by my Avatar, I'm an avid cigar smoker. I'm contemplating venturing into pipes. There is a learning curve with pipes...
Finished watching video. I can taste different flavors with cigars. The balance I can't disagree with.
pipes!
Also you don't need to worry about ashes burning your sofa
Well, my great grandfather had to worry about it with his pipes all the time, LOL! I think he just always loaded his pipes too full, which is a bad habit I do myself more often than not. Gotta be careful with that initial bloom of the first light...make sure it's tamped flat before you can ignore it. :)
My experience is that Cigar smokers tend to be a bit more boisterous and arrogant...While pipe smokers tend to be more down to earth.
Well, I don't want to throw all cigar smokers under the bus, especially since I smoke cigars myself! But pipe smoking does tend to calm folks down more so than cigar smoking.
Cigarettes is beer.
Cigars is white wine.
Pipe is red wine.
Cigarettes are more like cheap light beer. Cigars are cheap, cheap white Zinfandel.
8-10$ for a good premium cigar, not in the UK it’s not, try 50-60$, it’s an absolute joke!!
As a pipe and cigar smoker I can say the only reason I smoke a pipe is because it’s more economical. I didn’t get any of the natural tobacco notes from a pipe that I do a cigar. I’d love to find pipe tobacco as satisfying as cigars. But so far I’ve only been disappointed.
I would recommend C&D's Haunted Bookshop, Americana, Pegasus, and Old Joe Krantz. Plenty more, but that's a good start!
Cigar smoking is lovely for beginners. Pipesmoking is for the more serious tobacco conaisseur.
Well, I think there's some crossover there. But cigars are definitely more user friendly, while pipes require quite a bit more time and experience to get the most out of them. It's a fun journey, though!
What blend would you advise for a beginner? I tried cigars once and made me very sick. Id like to try a pipe but need something very mild.
Hi, Anthony! There are literally hundreds of blends on the market these days, so it's difficult to pick just one blend for a beginner recommendation. However, I do maintain a list of recommendations broken into basic categories, that I can email you. If you'd like this list, please email me to request it on the "contact" page of my site. Thanks!