Ignore the haters Alan (as much as you can) I know it's hard not to take it personally b/c you put so much time, effort, and energy into your content. Those of us in the community appreciate you - I appreciate you. Now I'm gonna go buy something from the cottage to poke my finger in their eye! 👍😁
@user-jf3ro4sb2c I haven't met any. We seem to be a relatively gentle and understanding community. I'm sure they exist, but I have never had the displeasure of coming across them so far :)
I'm 26 years old and have been a fairly avid cigar smoker for a handful of years. I finally made the leap into pipes because of yourself and the gentleman from the Dry Creek Wrangler School. We sure could use more folks like yourselves. Thank you for the content!
Pipe tobacco is great! There are a lot of different options and it's entirely different from cigars. Pipe tobacco is much more attractive to the senses as well. Especially to those who don't partake. It's definitely a skill that takes some learning though, not as easy as lighting up a good cigar.
@@clayfox899 What I love with pipes are the pipes. They are more than just a means to an end. I have 5 pipes and 3 in my rotation. I recently started and expanding the pipe collection is both fun and expensive. Trying new tobaccos are also fun. Have you tried latakia? If not it's a must, it's in most English Blends.
Dear Alan, I'm Italian and I actually live less then 5 miles from the Savinelli factory in Lombardy! A friend of my father works there and he gifted me a beautiful Leonardo Limited Edition Pipe. I'm just starting my pipe smoking journey, but I'm thinking of buying a cheap pipe to begin because I'm afraid of ruining such a work of art. Thanks, Davide
You have good friend. And I love and miss Italy and the Italian people, so much. I learned to love them when I was there for two years from my 13 to 14 years.
I’m glad you talked about what a man can and can’t afford. I’m pretty much on a Dr Grabow and Missouri Meerschaum budget, and they do quite well for me.
Thanks Derrick, I’m in the same boat. Although I’m sure Savinelli and Peterson pipes are great, they are way above my means. I am happy with estate pipes and new but affordable pipes I can buy on eBay. Happy piping!
Same here. Single Father. Starting over out of state. Not complaining just explaining! I’ve got three corn cobs at the moment which I thoroughly enjoy it but I cannot wait for the day when I get my hands on a fine Savinelli 🙏
This is a lesson I learned with cigars. Sometimes the $6 cigar will out smoke a $20 cigar. I started pipe smoking with a house blend and $4 corn cob pipe from the local brick and mortar
To say that you present the best pipe content, style and useful information would be the understatement of the century… Absolutely love your videos - thank you!
Cigar smoker for several years. I bought my first pipe a few months back. I purchased a Savinelli 677 KS alligator. I will admit, I didn't have a clue how to smoke it, but the feel and looks of the pipe had my interest. After watching channels like muttonchop, dry creek wrangler, and yours, I can proudly say I've learned how to enjoy this fine art! Thanks for the great content guys like yall put out.
I love my 6 Savinelli pipes. Great quality. I totally relate about grandparents and their favorite actors. My grandfather smoked a pipe and his favorite actor was Charles Bronson who also smoked pipes. Good stuff. 👍
I have one Savinelli Punto D'Oro 105, a small, light straight billiard shape pipe, rusticated. It immediately became my favorite. At the time of writing, this video has 227 likes and 0 dislikes. So please don't worry about negativity in the comment section. If some people want to spend time of their life to smear nasty content on the internet, that's their loss, not ours. You make a wonderful case each video for how life can - and should - be enjoyed instead.
Your style is refreshing. I watch all of your videos and enjoy them. It’s more than just a relaxing smoke. It’s a touch of class and appreciation for things we enjoy. Good work sir! Troy Scott, LA
the dispute about which pipe is better than the author's or the factory's is meaningless. The factory pipe can smoke much better than the original one, despite the cost. Now there are too many artisans who believe that in 2-3 years they have become great masters. In fact, in factories, most of the processes are also done manually, but at the same time there is experience accumulated over the centuries and the division of production, which, of course, is a step forward. And the experience in choosing briar is huge, as is the wholesale access to it. So, from my own experience, I vote for factory pipes.
I'm in the market for my first Savinelli pipe and your video appeared as a recommended video. Great timing. The shapes that I'm favoring are the 626 for my main pipe and a 106 for when I want a shorter pipe smoking session. Always great pipe video content from The Pipe Cottage!
I am highly encouraged by your tenacity in face face of the adversity from those who come around to merely stir the pot. keep up the fine work, I look forward to more high quality content.
It's because of your influence that I've been able to enjoy pipe smoking as much as I have. Learning about different styles and different blends has led me to be tobacca curious lol. You are a strong male figure and I have respect for you and I thank you for sharing all that you have over all these years!
I'm a lurker but I love to hear about pipes and stories from pipe smokers. I used to smoke back in my college days and for 10 years or so thereafter. I'd love to begin again sometime. When I smoked I had three Savinelli's (that I recall), a billiard, a bent bulldog and, I think it was called, a "vest" pipe-one of those where the stem bent back and it could be carried in one's shirt pocket. It was the worst pipe I ever owned. I had a few other pipes, all of them gone somewhere. My best pipe was an OTC pipe of questionable heritage. it was like an Oom Paul, deep bend and huge bowl and I could puff away for an entire episode of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone.) That was back in the '70's! Ah, memories. Be encouraged! You do a fine job.
Thanks for sharing. I’ve been pipe smoking for almost a year now and have only smoked out of Savinelli pipes. Affordable, look stunning, made and smoke well. Bings favourite I reach for mostly. My favourite shapes at the moment are the 811, Canadian, Zulu and bent Dublin. Haven’t smoked out of a 626. Definitely a 626 and a poker next on the list.
I've been smoking pipes for 43 years now, and after about my first 6 months a tobacconist introduced me to Savinelli's Punta de Oro pipe (back in 1980) and I've been smoking Savinellis ever since. For the past 15 years my favorite pipe has been the 606 half bent rustic model. The bowl diameter to depth ratio is just perfect! Savinellis do come with a balsa filter, having a triangular cross section. Now if that filter is pushed too far forward or too far backward so that it covers up the draw hole on either the stem or the bowl...... You will have trouble getting a proper draw. So the proper thing to do is to situate the filter halfway between the stem and the ball draw holes. That way you get a proper draw and also moisture absorption by the balsa filter.
I got a 606 ks roma, smoking it right now, great pipe, all my savinellis smoke great, i got a 701 and the stamping has a ghost "701" on it but you can hardly see it but, i have had great experiences eith mine
Just getting started in the pipe smoking hobby. After getting started on cigars for a bit, I came across your channel and decided to give pipe smoking a try. Definitely a bit more of a challenge, but I enjoy it very much. Just picked up 4 more pipes today at an antique shop. They all are in fantastic shape. I enjoy the old stuff much more than the new. Not afraid of using something that has been used before me. It has a history and I like that. I just want to thank you for the way you present your content. You are the only channel in the community that I watch on a regular basis.
I do so agree! 😊 A tribute to Savinelli is long due, factory or not, they are still hand made and not on a conveyer belt or by robots. They offer excellent quality, design, style, quality control and consistent enormous choice at a very reasonable price 😊 Your store is great and that Christmas special is fantastic! 😊😊👍👍
Thank you for your time ❤ I have really been loving my savinelli, smooth 6mm, clarks favorite. I am a sucker for a church warden, or demi-church warden stem. There is something about that shape brings me back to my Tolkien youth 🇳🇿
I have watched your channel many times .. I recently am comming back into the hobby of pipe smoking and your input has been most help full .. I could go on about many things but i believe that all is need is a simple. Thank you
You mentioned the filters that come with the Savinelli pipes. I've been smoking pipes since 1994 and to begin with - without the filter. But when I bought a pipe in 2015 and it had a filter inside, I thought to myself - why not try smoking with this filter and so I did. To me, it turned out to be a pleasant experience. It certainly absorb most of the tar and nicotine and gives you the feeling of a cool and dry smoke. Most importantly, the aroma, the flavor remains the same. I think it suits me because I tend to smoke a bit "heavier", drawing with more strength than maybe other smokers do. I use 3 mm, 6 and 9mm in my various pipes. Greetings to you from Hamburg, Germany
my friend has this thing that happens when tobacco smoke goes into his mouth, i guess it's common, he starts salivating a lot which goes down into the bottom of the bowl and gets weird and gross, i dunno why i do not ever have this issue lol, anyways we ended up trying filters and it helped a lot to trap a lot of the wetness and keep it out of the bowl, i also think it makes ghosting(when the flavor of tobacco you smoked prior mixes with a new flavor) happen less, i just switch filters, also if you start a pipe and are forced to stop and let it go out for whatever reason, if you change filters before relighting your pipe it's less nasty and stale and whatnot
I find your videos to be most uplifting. I have forwarded them on to many friends, and especially my grandchildren. Your comments about life and history are so valuable, ....reading the waning of the middle ages. And will be reading Mr. Shelby Foote soon......as the wonderful winter sets in. Many thanks to you, Sir.
Dear Alan, Thank you for all of your content! You made me buy my first Savinelli. I just received my Savinelli 320 Eleganza and it has been amazing. I completely agree with your decision to remove the filter. I find it allows you to really enjoy your tobacco. Keep up the good work!
I’m new to your channel and even newer to the Brotherhood of the Briar…You,sir with your calm Southern demeanor make me even more prouder of my Mississippi heritage and the good and decent people of the South….Blessings to you and all of the Brothers/Sisters of the Briar…………….Delta Devil here in Buckeye Country….
Thank you very much for this wonderful video. My Savinelli pipes are among my favorite pipes. Pipe smoking is a great sign of erudition, thinking and knowing how to enjoy life. Your videos are a great testimony to living life to the fullest.
Great video Thanks I have a few Savinelli I have a Clark in the mail for Xmass. It always interested me. My favourite Savinelli is the 616 big bowl. I have two I smoke regular and a new Xmass 616. Enjoy the festive season and best wishes to you and your family
I prefer the Author Pipes. I don't clinch too much, mostly I hold them. The Author is a fine holding pipe when one wants to ponder some of the more weighty subjects of life. I have more Savanelli pipes than any other brand, not counting my cobs. I have a mess of cobs which I enjoy very much as well. As far as the negative comments, be like a duck, and just let them roll off your back.
Great vid… I switched from a lifetime of cigarette smoking to pipes awhile back and started with a Savinelli Trevi 626. I have a small collection going now but recently bought a Savinelli 601 and while wishing the stem was a bit longer finding it my favorite “sipping” pipe of them all so far. It burns effortless and smooth with full flavor from top to bottom with no fussing around. Any pipe that has me drawing hard or fussing with it tends to revert me back to inhaling most of it instead of sipping.
So glad I stumbled across your channel, I love the content, I feel like every video is meant for me. Keep up the great work mate. Kind Regards Rosco 🏴
Hello! First time viewer and, now, subscriber to your wonderful channel, sir. I am returning to pipes after a 20yr hiatus from working 70-hour work weeks fitting up natural gas pipeline sets here in beautiful Tennessee up around the Ridge, the Cumberland Ridge that is. Now that I'm "semi-retired" I've got time to enjoy a briar on the porch & enough jingle in my pocket to get one of these fine looking Savinelli's w/o breaking the bank. Due to the cooler weather moving in I suddenly felt like having taste of my old favorite tobacco from my Gatlinburlier(in Gatlinburg, TN) called, Mellow Moonshine. Smooth & on the sweet side, I burn it in my old Italian 626-type Spitfire Sport by Lorenzo also purchased from my Gatlinburlier some 25yrs ago. Figured I'd look at new pipes when I came across these handsome Savinellis then, your great video. Couldn't have found a better vid or host if I had tried. Absolutely admire your style & love & respect my brothers & sisters from the South, especially S. Carolina. My family has been here in Tennessee for 300yrs cutting timber, stone & building villages since before Tennessee gained its statehood in 1796. Got lucky & married a sweet, green-eyed E. Tennessee girl born in South Carolina(she loves them boiled peanuts) & raised our son here in Mid-TN on my family's soil. My family also loves Gone With the Wind & both my dear, departed Grandmothers instilled in us a pride of our heritage regardless of what may or may not be in vogue, as you put it so well. Like my bands, Alabama & The Band with Levon Helm on drums(The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down may bring a tear to my eye). The story of the South is a bittersweet one. It's that bitter part that helps us appreciate the sweet part that much more and that is ok. So, hold your head high amid the weak-minded these days and keep being yourself, brother. I cant wait to watch all your previous vids & looking forward to your new ones already. Didn't mean to "run off at the jaw on you". Hold your family tight & have a great Thanksgiving! Til next time.
Keep up the good work ,I am a 80 year old born again pipe smoker. Started when I was 6 an most of my pipes are that old , except the Boswell 's.Thanks for the honest content.
Just bought my first pipe at a local cigar shop I stumbled into over the weekend, this video was recommended to me, and my last name is Boswell. Everything happens for a reason.
Just discovered your channel and getting back to my pipes after several decades of cigar smoking....great content and enjoying your commentary and look forward to your insights, opinions, advice and product suggestions. Having several Savinellis and Petersens from the 1970's I need to catch up on current products. Thank you sir, carry on.
Back in ‘73, I bought my first Savinelli, my best pipe at the time, a 114 Deluxe Milano. I still have it. It’s a good pipe and has been well maintained. I’ve always liked their bits, slim and trim and easily clenchable. Their styling is wonderful. Recently I picked up a couple of Punto Oros, also good pipes, shorter overall than my 114 and favorites for driving. My long term favorites are by Peterson and I add to that collection frequently. Both companies make good pipes, reliable quality and good design. If there’s any difference, I’d say Savinelli has better wood but that’s very subjective. There’s a good video on Savinelli’s wood resource that bears watching. I’m quite happy with both these factory pipes and see little need to spend more money…both companies have good high end pipes. Good presentation, thanks. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I have a 321 Tigre ( smaller author) and take with me while walking the dog … tobacco usually ashes about the time I reach home.. Always appreciate your content. Thank you!!
Trolls will come from everywhere no matter the content. I work for an online marketing agency with clients that range from Men's Italian suits to College degrees in Culinary Arts and any ad that appears on any type of social media will get it's trolls. I've learned that there are just hateful people out there that want to spread their misery to others and there isn't much one can do about it. The worst thing you could ever do is to feed a troll and engage with it. That said, I do enjoy your content sir and appreciate what you do.
I just bought a Savinelli 673 KS Alligator in green (bent apple) from Oklahoma’s oldest pipe shop in Tulsa (Ted’s pipe shoppe) just before Christmas and I absolutely love it. I’ve wanted one of these for a long time. P.S. love the channel my friend.
I enjoy your laid back videos. My sons like an occasional cigar, which I've never cared for. One of them remembered I used to smoke some of my father's briar pipes, 30-40 years ago, so he bought one similar to Dad's...thinking I'd use it, when they're enjoying a family gathering cigar. He was right. In recent weeks, I've purchased a Savinelli Roma Rusticated 606 KS pipe. I love the look and feel, and am beginning to enjoy using their balsa filters. They don't impact my draw, plus they help me smoke cooler, and eliminate getting small pieces of tobacco in my mouth during those first draws. I doubt the 606 KS will be the only Savinelli in my small collection. While I find the Savinelli balsa filter hinders draw, I find the White Elephant "superflow" activated charcoal filter works quite well, as long as I make the pack of the chamber to be a little more loose than non-filtered pipes.
I appreciate this video very much. I am a returning pipe smoker, and working on rebuilding my collection. I have been loving my Brigham, that rock maple filter is nice for a wet smoker like me. Next up is a savinelli and third will be a vauen or Peterson. I feel like these were the big sellers when I sold pipes as a teenager.
New pipe smoker here. Bought my first pipe a little over a year ago, French made not sure of manufacturer. My experience was just ok. Six months later I bought an Italian made bent apple. Love that shape, my experience was a bit better but not fantastic. After lots of reading and videos, many of them yours I purchased a Peterson B42 bent apple system pipe. Absolutely fantastic smoke. Thank you for the content Sir!
I just finished, I mean now i just finished ordering my first pipe, it's a savinelli avorio rusticated 606 ks.. after a long time searching, reading and watching your videos, I decided to pull the trigger. Thank you so much for your videos, I really enjoyed it. Greetings from Kuwait 🇰🇼
Youve become one of my favorite channels, and even something as simple as a throwaway comment like "a taller bowl for Virginia's" has helped me so much. Keep it up man!!
As somebody that has a TH-cam channel, I know what it’s like to get negative comments. I found that when you immediately delete them, and then block that person it helps flush that thought out of your head. I’ve only listen to a couple of your videos. I subscribed immediately. I don’t even smoke a pipe. But I can’t for the life of me think how anybody could even come up with one thing negative. So far what I’ve been listening to, is just your opinion. You state that at the beginning. I have not gotten one negative comment from somebody that actually has made a video. I find that very interesting. God bless you. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I find them very interesting. I did smoke a pipe while I was in college for one semester. I found that I was playing with my pipe and keeping it lit, etc. etc. instead of studying, so I had to quit.
Hello and thank you keeping up the tradition, I have a 2015 606 St. Nicholas along with many other savinelli pipes, I have a couple of Trevi's I enjoy, like the 310 and 320 models. God Bless
Appreciate the advice and input about Savinelli pipes. Just enjoyed a first smoke on my Marte 626 and thoroughly enjoyed it. The difference between quality and economy in smoking pleasure was very evident. Thanks again, Alan.
I myself have a Savinelli Churchwarden. It has been my lone pipe for 36 years. It has developed a somewhat disquieting patina to the stem over the years, but it is a thing of beauty. I’ve always adored him. I call him Carlo.
Hi Alan! I agree definetely about your opinion about Savinelli They are amongst my finest ones in my collection. But I must admit that I bought them back in the 90's and therefore I don't know if the quality is still the same. One of them I smoked recently, a 804 KS in punto oro quality, The other two ones I own are still with vulconite stems and need to be refurbished, a 606 KS gold and a 624 KS giubileo d'oro. Especially the last one is a beauty and I can't wait to smoke it again when refurbed. All of them very classic shapes, almost as if holding a Dunhill in your hand.
I only have one Peterson but the rest of my pipes are Savanelli. 606 is my favorite shape but I am a 9mm smoker so I usually always buy my pipes from The Pipe Nook. Anyway great video as are all your other's. Thank you for what you do for us and much continued success with your store. Merry Christmas and God bless you and your family. Your friend Tommy
I just happened upon your channel, sir, and have enjoyed it immensely. I just received a Savinelli 313 Roma today. I look forward to browsing your store for future purchases.
I greatly enjoy your channel and your store, and plan to purchase again from you very soon. I can't imagine why anyone would leave a negative comment, but don't let it get to you.
I enjoy your accent and videos very much. I see that you are an vid reader of history book. So am I. Savinelli makes pipes without filters. I just but an estate pipe, a long Lumberman, and it doesn't take filters.
I only have a couple Savinellis-both gifts-and both fine smokers. There’s so much quality in many of the mid-priced brands. The differences between pipe smokers make this such an interesting hobby. I have a 320 and enjoy it because I find it so easy to clench. That big stem just fits my teeth. Look forward to more videos along this line.
Watching your videos is what got me started smoking my pipes. I love listening to your wisdom. I grew up in southern Indiana, and we owned two farms. I can always relate to your views on getting back to the land. My favorite Savinelli are the 67 threes. I could not stand the looks of the 320. It was just short and fat looking. Then I saw the 320 KS Eleganza! That has been my favorite of the pipes. I like the thick walls of the 320 shape, but I didn’t like the stem configuration. The Eleganza in my mind is much more beautiful. You have a blessed week, my friend. By the way, i’m SnaponJohn100. I made this new channel so that my original one would not be demonetized over tobacco and smoking.
Great video, picked up a new savanelli arcobaleno rustic 111KS only yesterday after watching this video. Last night it really was everything I wanted it to be. Loved it.
Hi Alan, if I may be so presumptuous as to call you Alan. I am relatively new to Pipe smoking and recently subscribed to your channel. You have been a huge source of information regarding the smoking of a pipe as well as a mine of information regarding navigating through these trying times in which I now find myself as a white male in his early forties. I am not racially or indeed otherwise prejudiced, I simply allude to my own race as I find that being white these days is almost a crime as far as some are concerned. Your philosophising has helped me to deal with such prejudices and might I add foolishness in a much more mature and sensible manner than I would have done previously and for that I am endlessly grateful. I wish you and your family well and hope the lord blesses and keeps you. Best Wishes from Kent in South Eastern England. Kind regards Wes F.
Ignore the haters Alan (as much as you can) I know it's hard not to take it personally b/c you put so much time, effort, and energy into your content. Those of us in the community appreciate you - I appreciate you. Now I'm gonna go buy something from the cottage to poke my finger in their eye! 👍😁
Informative!
there are haters in our niche community?!
@user-jf3ro4sb2c I haven't met any. We seem to be a relatively gentle and understanding community. I'm sure they exist, but I have never had the displeasure of coming across them so far :)
I'm 26 years old and have been a fairly avid cigar smoker for a handful of years. I finally made the leap into pipes because of yourself and the gentleman from the Dry Creek Wrangler School. We sure could use more folks like yourselves. Thank you for the content!
How do you like pipe tobacco? I think cigars basically all tastes like cigars. Pipe smoking is much more interesting to me.
Pipe tobacco is great! There are a lot of different options and it's entirely different from cigars. Pipe tobacco is much more attractive to the senses as well. Especially to those who don't partake. It's definitely a skill that takes some learning though, not as easy as lighting up a good cigar.
@@clayfox899 What I love with pipes are the pipes. They are more than just a means to an end. I have 5 pipes and 3 in my rotation. I recently started and expanding the pipe collection is both fun and expensive. Trying new tobaccos are also fun. Have you tried latakia? If not it's a must, it's in most English Blends.
Dear Alan, I'm Italian and I actually live less then 5 miles from the Savinelli factory in Lombardy! A friend of my father works there and he gifted me a beautiful Leonardo Limited Edition Pipe. I'm just starting my pipe smoking journey, but I'm thinking of buying a cheap pipe to begin because I'm afraid of ruining such a work of art. Thanks, Davide
You have good friend. And I love and miss Italy and the Italian people, so much. I learned to love them when I was there for two years from my 13 to 14 years.
Is there anyway you can show us a picture of it?
I’m glad you talked about what a man can and can’t afford. I’m pretty much on a Dr Grabow and Missouri Meerschaum budget, and they do quite well for me.
Thanks Derrick, I’m in the same boat. Although I’m sure Savinelli and Peterson pipes are great, they are way above my means. I am happy with estate pipes and new but affordable pipes I can buy on eBay. Happy piping!
I'm with you fellers.
Same here. Single
Father. Starting over out of state. Not complaining just explaining! I’ve got three corn cobs at the moment which I thoroughly enjoy it but I cannot wait for the day when I get my hands on a fine Savinelli 🙏
Rossi pipes are the poor man’s Savinelli is my understanding. I haven’t yet experienced either one so I can’t speak on their quality.
This is a lesson I learned with cigars. Sometimes the $6 cigar will out smoke a $20 cigar. I started pipe smoking with a house blend and $4 corn cob pipe from the local brick and mortar
To say that you present the best pipe content, style and useful information would be the understatement of the century… Absolutely love your videos - thank you!
Cigar smoker for several years. I bought my first pipe a few months back. I purchased a Savinelli 677 KS alligator. I will admit, I didn't have a clue how to smoke it, but the feel and looks of the pipe had my interest. After watching channels like muttonchop, dry creek wrangler, and yours, I can proudly say I've learned how to enjoy this fine art! Thanks for the great content guys like yall put out.
It's hard to beat a good Savinelli. I love these videos and this is a great channel. Take care.
For some reason the first time I started watching your video, I was attracted by the beautiful music and introduction video. Nice put together!
Always a true pleasure listening to your talks
I'm up to 6 Savinellis now. Love them all!
I love my 6 Savinelli pipes. Great quality. I totally relate about grandparents and their favorite actors. My grandfather smoked a pipe and his favorite actor was Charles Bronson who also smoked pipes. Good stuff. 👍
I have one Savinelli Punto D'Oro 105, a small, light straight billiard shape pipe, rusticated. It immediately became my favorite.
At the time of writing, this video has 227 likes and 0 dislikes. So please don't worry about negativity in the comment section. If some people want to spend time of their life to smear nasty content on the internet, that's their loss, not ours. You make a wonderful case each video for how life can - and should - be enjoyed instead.
Your style is refreshing. I watch all of your videos and enjoy them. It’s more than just a relaxing smoke. It’s a touch of class and appreciation for things we enjoy. Good work sir!
Troy
Scott, LA
Alan, keep it up! You are an articulate, educated voice of our brotherhood, and a pleasure to watch.
Thank you for all your videos, I enjoy all of them, and I salutes you all From Puerto Rico, Caribbean Island, aleyas learning.
the dispute about which pipe is better than the author's or the factory's is meaningless. The factory pipe can smoke much better than the original one, despite the cost. Now there are too many artisans who believe that in 2-3 years they have become great masters. In fact, in factories, most of the processes are also done manually, but at the same time there is experience accumulated over the centuries and the division of production, which, of course, is a step forward. And the experience in choosing briar is huge, as is the wholesale access to it. So, from my own experience, I vote for factory pipes.
Great, super well made and inspirational video.
Regards from Sweden
I'm in the market for my first Savinelli pipe and your video appeared as a recommended video. Great timing. The shapes that I'm favoring are the 626 for my main pipe and a 106 for when I want a shorter pipe smoking session. Always great pipe video content from The Pipe Cottage!
I thoroughly enjoy your videos and plan to visit the Cottage. Thanks for what you're doing.
Alan, great video. I always look forward to your next video. Love my Savinelli's..
I am highly encouraged by your tenacity in face face of the adversity from those who come around to merely stir the pot. keep up the fine work, I look forward to more high quality content.
Came for the pipes, stayed for the accent, glad I did because of the informative content. You've got my subscription, good work Allen.
It's because of your influence that I've been able to enjoy pipe smoking as much as I have. Learning about different styles and different blends has led me to be tobacca curious lol. You are a strong male figure and I have respect for you and I thank you for sharing all that you have over all these years!
I'm a lurker but I love to hear about pipes and stories from pipe smokers. I used to smoke back in my college days and for 10 years or so thereafter. I'd love to begin again sometime. When I smoked I had three Savinelli's (that I recall), a billiard, a bent bulldog and, I think it was called, a "vest" pipe-one of those where the stem bent back and it could be carried in one's shirt pocket. It was the worst pipe I ever owned. I had a few other pipes, all of them gone somewhere. My best pipe was an OTC pipe of questionable heritage. it was like an Oom Paul, deep bend and huge bowl and I could puff away for an entire episode of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone.) That was back in the '70's! Ah, memories.
Be encouraged! You do a fine job.
Thanks for sharing. I’ve been pipe smoking for almost a year now and have only smoked out of Savinelli pipes. Affordable, look stunning, made and smoke well. Bings favourite I reach for mostly. My favourite shapes at the moment are the 811, Canadian, Zulu and bent Dublin. Haven’t smoked out of a 626. Definitely a 626 and a poker next on the list.
I've been smoking pipes for 43 years now, and after about my first 6 months a tobacconist introduced me to Savinelli's Punta de Oro pipe (back in 1980) and I've been smoking Savinellis ever since. For the past 15 years my favorite pipe has been the 606 half bent rustic model. The bowl diameter to depth ratio is just perfect!
Savinellis do come with a balsa filter, having a triangular cross section. Now if that filter is pushed too far forward or too far backward so that it covers up the draw hole on either the stem or the bowl...... You will have trouble getting a proper draw. So the proper thing to do is to situate the filter halfway between the stem and the ball draw holes. That way you get a proper draw and also moisture absorption by the balsa filter.
I got a 606 ks roma, smoking it right now, great pipe, all my savinellis smoke great, i got a 701 and the stamping has a ghost "701" on it but you can hardly see it but, i have had great experiences eith mine
Just getting started in the pipe smoking hobby. After getting started on cigars for a bit, I came across your channel and decided to give pipe smoking a try. Definitely a bit more of a challenge, but I enjoy it very much. Just picked up 4 more pipes today at an antique shop. They all are in fantastic shape. I enjoy the old stuff much more than the new. Not afraid of using something that has been used before me. It has a history and I like that. I just want to thank you for the way you present your content. You are the only channel in the community that I watch on a regular basis.
This was another fantastic video. I have been searching for a channel like this since we lost matches. Well done and please keep the content comming.
I do so agree! 😊 A tribute to Savinelli is long due, factory or not, they are still hand made and not on a conveyer belt or by robots. They offer excellent quality, design, style, quality control and consistent enormous choice at a very reasonable price 😊 Your store is great and that Christmas special is fantastic! 😊😊👍👍
Thank you for your time ❤
I have really been loving my savinelli, smooth 6mm, clarks favorite. I am a sucker for a church warden, or demi-church warden stem. There is something about that shape brings me back to my Tolkien youth 🇳🇿
I have watched your channel many times .. I recently am comming back into the hobby of pipe smoking and your input has been most help full .. I could go on about many things but i believe that all is need is a simple.
Thank you
You mentioned the filters that come with the Savinelli pipes. I've been smoking pipes since 1994 and to begin with - without the filter. But when I bought a pipe in 2015 and it had a filter inside, I thought to myself - why not try smoking with this filter and so I did. To me, it turned out to be a pleasant experience. It certainly absorb most of the tar and nicotine and gives you the feeling of a cool and dry smoke. Most importantly, the aroma, the flavor remains the same. I think it suits me because I tend to smoke a bit "heavier", drawing with more strength than maybe other smokers do. I use 3 mm, 6 and 9mm in my various pipes. Greetings to you from Hamburg, Germany
my friend has this thing that happens when tobacco smoke goes into his mouth, i guess it's common, he starts salivating a lot which goes down into the bottom of the bowl and gets weird and gross, i dunno why i do not ever have this issue lol, anyways we ended up trying filters and it helped a lot to trap a lot of the wetness and keep it out of the bowl, i also think it makes ghosting(when the flavor of tobacco you smoked prior mixes with a new flavor) happen less, i just switch filters, also if you start a pipe and are forced to stop and let it go out for whatever reason, if you change filters before relighting your pipe it's less nasty and stale and whatnot
Either the flavour is not effected or it smoothes the „heavier“ stuff. Both in the same time?
I find your videos to be most uplifting. I have forwarded them on to many friends, and especially my grandchildren. Your comments about life and history are so valuable, ....reading the waning of the middle ages. And will be reading Mr. Shelby Foote soon......as the wonderful winter sets in. Many thanks to you, Sir.
Excellent presentation, sir! I like Savinelli's as well!
Dear Alan, Thank you for all of your content! You made me buy my first Savinelli. I just received my Savinelli 320 Eleganza and it has been amazing. I completely agree with your decision to remove the filter. I find it allows you to really enjoy your tobacco. Keep up the good work!
I’m new to your channel and even newer to the Brotherhood of the Briar…You,sir with your calm Southern demeanor make me even more prouder of my Mississippi heritage and the good and decent people of the South….Blessings to you and all of the Brothers/Sisters of the Briar…………….Delta Devil here in Buckeye Country….
A sober, thoughtful presentation delivered with style and clarity. I sipped your video as you suggested we sip the taste of a pipe. Well done!
Thank you very much for this wonderful video. My Savinelli pipes are among my favorite pipes.
Pipe smoking is a great sign of erudition, thinking and knowing how to enjoy life. Your videos are a great testimony to living life to the fullest.
Great video
Thanks
I have a few Savinelli
I have a Clark in the mail for Xmass. It always interested me.
My favourite Savinelli is the 616 big bowl. I have two I smoke regular and a new Xmass 616.
Enjoy the festive season and best wishes to you and your family
I prefer the Author Pipes. I don't clinch too much, mostly I hold them. The Author is a fine holding pipe when one wants to ponder some of the more weighty subjects of life. I have more Savanelli pipes than any other brand, not counting my cobs. I have a mess of cobs which I enjoy very much as well. As far as the negative comments, be like a duck, and just let them roll off your back.
Great vid… I switched from a lifetime of cigarette smoking to pipes awhile back and started with a Savinelli Trevi 626. I have a small collection going now but recently bought a Savinelli 601 and while wishing the stem was a bit longer finding it my favorite “sipping” pipe of them all so far. It burns effortless and smooth with full flavor from top to bottom with no fussing around. Any pipe that has me drawing hard or fussing with it tends to revert me back to inhaling most of it instead of sipping.
So glad I stumbled across your channel, I love the content, I feel like every video is meant for me. Keep up the great work mate. Kind Regards Rosco 🏴
Hello! First time viewer and, now, subscriber to your wonderful channel, sir.
I am returning to pipes after a 20yr hiatus from working 70-hour work weeks fitting up natural gas pipeline sets here in beautiful Tennessee up around the Ridge, the Cumberland Ridge that is.
Now that I'm "semi-retired" I've got time to enjoy a briar on the porch & enough jingle in my pocket to get one of these fine looking Savinelli's w/o breaking the bank.
Due to the cooler weather moving in I suddenly felt like having taste of my old favorite tobacco from my Gatlinburlier(in Gatlinburg, TN) called, Mellow Moonshine. Smooth & on the sweet side, I burn it in my old Italian 626-type Spitfire Sport by Lorenzo also purchased from my Gatlinburlier some 25yrs ago.
Figured I'd look at new pipes when I came across these handsome Savinellis then, your great video. Couldn't have found a better vid or host if I had tried.
Absolutely admire your style & love & respect my brothers & sisters from the South, especially S. Carolina.
My family has been here in Tennessee for 300yrs cutting timber, stone & building villages since before Tennessee gained its statehood in 1796. Got lucky & married a sweet, green-eyed E. Tennessee girl born in South Carolina(she loves them boiled peanuts) & raised our son here in Mid-TN on my family's soil.
My family also loves Gone With the Wind & both my dear, departed Grandmothers instilled in us a pride of our heritage regardless of what may or may not be in vogue, as you put it so well. Like my bands, Alabama & The Band with Levon Helm on drums(The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down may bring a tear to my eye).
The story of the South is a bittersweet one. It's that bitter part that helps us appreciate the sweet part that much more and that is ok.
So, hold your head high amid the weak-minded these days and keep being yourself, brother.
I cant wait to watch all your previous vids & looking forward to your new ones already.
Didn't mean to "run off at the jaw on you". Hold your family tight & have a great Thanksgiving!
Til next time.
Keep up the good work ,I am a 80 year old born again pipe smoker. Started when I was 6 an most of my pipes are that old , except the Boswell 's.Thanks for the honest content.
@@thepipecottage3301 amen
Well done Sir! I am a 70 year old born again pipe smoker! 😉
A six year old smoking a pipe??? I only got the guts to smoke a pipe a year ago and I just turned 48 a couple of days ago.
Just bought my first pipe at a local cigar shop I stumbled into over the weekend, this video was recommended to me, and my last name is Boswell. Everything happens for a reason.
Just discovered your channel and getting back to my pipes after several decades of cigar smoking....great content and enjoying your commentary and look forward to your insights, opinions, advice and product suggestions. Having several Savinellis and Petersens from the 1970's I need to catch up on current products. Thank you sir, carry on.
Back in ‘73, I bought my first Savinelli, my best pipe at the time, a 114 Deluxe Milano. I still have it. It’s a good pipe and has been well maintained. I’ve always liked their bits, slim and trim and easily clenchable. Their styling is wonderful. Recently I picked up a couple of Punto Oros, also good pipes, shorter overall than my 114 and favorites for driving. My long term favorites are by Peterson and I add to that collection frequently. Both companies make good pipes, reliable quality and good design. If there’s any difference, I’d say Savinelli has better wood but that’s very subjective. There’s a good video on Savinelli’s wood resource that bears watching. I’m quite happy with both these factory pipes and see little need to spend more money…both companies have good high end pipes. Good presentation, thanks. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I subscribed just because of your accent. Just bought a savenelli church warden. Love it so far. Thanks for great content.
I have a 321 Tigre ( smaller author) and take with me while walking the dog … tobacco usually ashes about the time I reach home..
Always appreciate your content. Thank you!!
Trolls will come from everywhere no matter the content. I work for an online marketing agency with clients that range from Men's Italian suits to College degrees in Culinary Arts and any ad that appears on any type of social media will get it's trolls. I've learned that there are just hateful people out there that want to spread their misery to others and there isn't much one can do about it. The worst thing you could ever do is to feed a troll and engage with it. That said, I do enjoy your content sir and appreciate what you do.
Just people acting out to get attention.
I just bought a Savinelli 673 KS Alligator in green (bent apple) from Oklahoma’s oldest pipe shop in Tulsa (Ted’s pipe shoppe) just before Christmas and I absolutely love it. I’ve wanted one of these for a long time.
P.S. love the channel my friend.
truly love this channel and your southern hospitality and manners merry Christmas from your friends here in Tennessee happy piping
Been watching some of your videos for a couple months now. Glad I found ya and you have a new subscriber. Thank you for the content.
Love the videos! Thanks for making such information so accessible
Thank you for your videos. I'm from Texas. Ignore the Haters. I could listen to you speak all day. Love the accent.
Great Video, I have 1 Savinelli and its just great. Thank you for the tips and advice.
I enjoy your laid back videos. My sons like an occasional cigar, which I've never cared for. One of them remembered I used to smoke some of my father's briar pipes, 30-40 years ago, so he bought one similar to Dad's...thinking I'd use it, when they're enjoying a family gathering cigar. He was right. In recent weeks, I've purchased a Savinelli Roma Rusticated 606 KS pipe. I love the look and feel, and am beginning to enjoy using their balsa filters. They don't impact my draw, plus they help me smoke cooler, and eliminate getting small pieces of tobacco in my mouth during those first draws. I doubt the 606 KS will be the only Savinelli in my small collection. While I find the Savinelli balsa filter hinders draw, I find the White Elephant "superflow" activated charcoal filter works quite well, as long as I make the pack of the chamber to be a little more loose than non-filtered pipes.
I appreciate this video very much. I am a returning pipe smoker, and working on rebuilding my collection. I have been loving my Brigham, that rock maple filter is nice for a wet smoker like me. Next up is a savinelli and third will be a vauen or Peterson. I feel like these were the big sellers when I sold pipes as a teenager.
New pipe smoker here. Bought my first pipe a little over a year ago, French made not sure of manufacturer. My experience was just ok. Six months later I bought an Italian made bent apple. Love that shape, my experience was a bit better but not fantastic. After lots of reading and videos, many of them yours I purchased a Peterson B42 bent apple system pipe. Absolutely fantastic smoke. Thank you for the content Sir!
I just finished, I mean now i just finished ordering my first pipe, it's a savinelli avorio rusticated 606 ks.. after a long time searching, reading and watching your videos, I decided to pull the trigger.
Thank you so much for your videos, I really enjoyed it.
Greetings from Kuwait 🇰🇼
Being a gentleman and , a man of class I thank you sir. For being just that.
This is the first video I have seen of yours. What a refreshing experience.
Youve become one of my favorite channels, and even something as simple as a throwaway comment like "a taller bowl for Virginia's" has helped me so much. Keep it up man!!
Keep up the professionalism Alan. You sir, are part of what makes this awesome hobby even better! Hope you have a Merry Christmas!!!!
Great video. Enjoyed your take on Savinelli pipes.
Golf was so important to Bing the logo is a must have! Fabulous content with your Carolina drawl: lovely!🙏🙏🙏
As somebody that has a TH-cam channel, I know what it’s like to get negative comments. I found that when you immediately delete them, and then block that person it helps flush that thought out of your head. I’ve only listen to a couple of your videos. I subscribed immediately. I don’t even smoke a pipe. But I can’t for the life of me think how anybody could even come up with one thing negative. So far what I’ve been listening to, is just your opinion. You state that at the beginning. I have not gotten one negative comment from somebody that actually has made a video. I find that very interesting. God bless you. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I find them very interesting. I did smoke a pipe while I was in college for one semester. I found that I was playing with my pipe and keeping it lit, etc. etc. instead of studying, so I had to quit.
I love the videos, and I look forward to placing some orders from you site. Thank you for all of the great information and discussion you provide.
Thanks for being you, I love your spirit!
Hello and thank you keeping up the tradition, I have a 2015 606 St. Nicholas along with many other savinelli pipes, I have a couple of Trevi's I enjoy, like the 310 and 320 models. God Bless
Yes great video my friend! I am also going to look into getting one of these pipes. You had a lot of great points about this brand also.
I've smoked Bing's Favorite for years and love them. They are my favorite pipe design ever.
Your voice is delightful and your accent has all the comfort of home
Appreciate the advice and input about Savinelli pipes. Just enjoyed a first smoke on my Marte 626 and thoroughly enjoyed it. The difference between quality and economy in smoking pleasure was very evident. Thanks again, Alan.
New favorite channel! Excellent presentation. Thank you.
Love your channel Alan thanks for helping so many of us with the hobby
I’ve really been enjoying my Savinelli Roma 704 and 702 lately, great pipes, great content. 👍
Thank you for your excellent content! I do so enjoy your channel.
I myself have a Savinelli Churchwarden. It has been my lone pipe for 36 years. It has developed a somewhat disquieting patina to the stem over the years, but it is a thing of beauty. I’ve always adored him.
I call him Carlo.
Thank you very much !
Thanks for the videos Merry Christmas !
That's a true southern gentleman right there !
Love the video!
Regards from Sweden❤
Hi Alan! I agree definetely about your opinion about Savinelli They are amongst my finest ones in my collection. But I must admit that I bought them back in the 90's and therefore I don't know if the quality is still the same. One of them I smoked recently, a 804 KS in punto oro quality, The other two ones I own are still with vulconite stems and need to be refurbished, a 606 KS gold and a 624 KS giubileo d'oro. Especially the last one is a beauty and I can't wait to smoke it again when refurbed. All of them very classic shapes, almost as if holding a Dunhill in your hand.
I only have one Peterson but the rest of my pipes are Savanelli. 606 is my favorite shape but I am a 9mm smoker so I usually always buy my pipes from The Pipe Nook. Anyway great video as are all your other's. Thank you for what you do for us and much continued success with your store. Merry Christmas and God bless you and your family. Your friend Tommy
Thank you for your contribution it's very Informative and Appreciated. Keep up the good work, on my way to visit the Pipe Cottage store.
I just happened upon your channel, sir, and have enjoyed it immensely. I just received a Savinelli 313 Roma today. I look forward to browsing your store for future purchases.
Awesome video! Your humility makes your Chanel stand out from the crowd!
I greatly enjoy your channel and your store, and plan to purchase again from you very soon. I can't imagine why anyone would leave a negative comment, but don't let it get to you.
I enjoy your accent and videos very much. I see that you are an vid reader of history book. So am I. Savinelli makes pipes without filters. I just but an estate pipe, a long Lumberman, and it doesn't take filters.
I only have a couple Savinellis-both gifts-and both fine smokers. There’s so much quality in many of the mid-priced brands. The differences between pipe smokers make this such an interesting hobby. I have a 320 and enjoy it because I find it so easy to clench. That big stem just fits my teeth. Look forward to more videos along this line.
I appreciate your videos and enjoy your content and southern charm very much Professor 👍🏼👍🏼
Your gentlemanly demeanour is exceptional sir.
I have many Savinelli in my collection. My favorite shape is the 209. Great pipes.
Love your channel BTW
Great video!! Excellent pipe reviews! Keep making videos!! I shop at your store too. Thanks for sharing.....Jose from Texas
Watching your videos is what got me started smoking my pipes. I love listening to your wisdom. I grew up in southern Indiana, and we owned two farms. I can always relate to your views on getting back to the land. My favorite Savinelli are the 67 threes. I could not stand the looks of the 320. It was just short and fat looking. Then I saw the 320 KS Eleganza! That has been my favorite of the pipes. I like the thick walls of the 320 shape, but I didn’t like the stem configuration. The Eleganza in my mind is much more beautiful. You have a blessed week, my friend. By the way, i’m SnaponJohn100. I made this new channel so that my original one would not be demonetized over tobacco and smoking.
Great video, picked up a new savanelli arcobaleno rustic 111KS only yesterday after watching this video. Last night it really was everything I wanted it to be. Loved it.
Hi Alan, if I may be so presumptuous as to call you Alan. I am relatively new to Pipe smoking and recently subscribed to your channel. You have been a huge source of information regarding the smoking of a pipe as well as a mine of information regarding navigating through these trying times in which I now find myself as a white male in his early forties. I am not racially or indeed otherwise prejudiced, I simply allude to my own race as I find that being white these days is almost a crime as far as some are concerned. Your philosophising has helped me to deal with such prejudices and might I add foolishness in a much more mature and sensible manner than I would have done previously and for that I am endlessly grateful. I wish you and your family well and hope the lord blesses and keeps you. Best Wishes from Kent in South Eastern England. Kind regards Wes F.
Very good reviews. I greatly enjoy hearing your insights and comments. Thanks for all your effort!
Thank You Sir for your incredibly enjoyable and informative videos. You are very much appreciated!
Excellent presentation sir. Thank you.
Between you and Muttnchop piper y'all are true gentleman and I have learned alot, Kudos from Texas!