Opinion about a YouTuber

[Samuel Perez]

hey! As some of you know, I am a beginner, i know this category on the forum is for more advanced pipers but it seemed not to fit on the beginner area, so, can anyone give me their opinion about the guy in the link below? is he reliable? thank you, people

 

[didimauw]

I stopped the video, after he said he's been smoking for 2 weeks....

 

[bullet08]

Everyone has an opinion or two. Don't really mean they are correct, but they definitely have opinions.

 

[ashdigger]

I always offer two opinions.

One is from my mouth and the other out of my ass.

That video is neither.

Here’s the secret to pipe smoking. Relax. We all had to learn. Slow down. Enjoy the PROCESS.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Over thinking will kill the thing.

 

[Ahi Ka]

I think the best thing he said was go to check out some pipes at a B&M. I would definitely recommend an estate pipe IF it has been properly cleaned.

Jars are super helpful too, but unless you are not going to smoke something within a month or two, they are not strictly necessary.

The rest, try it and if you find it helpful, cool. But I wouldn’t feel bad if you decided to ignore it.

 

[AcesAndEights]

I’ve been smoking a little over a year. I struggled with tongue bite pretty badly for a long time. Second only to drying my tobacco, packing lighter was the single most effective adjustment that I made to help with it. So I don’t personally agree with him suggesting a tighter pack. Just my 2 pennies.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

hey! As some of you know, I am a beginner, i know this category on the forum is for more advanced pipers but it seemed not to fit on the beginner area, so, can anyone give me their opinion about the guy in the link below? is he reliable? thank you, people

Question is too vague.

Not sure what in the video you are curious about, I’m not going to watch right now.

You’ll get tons of solid information just reviewing threads here whether recent or older, IMO, either at random or searching. I enjoy that, anyway.

@Chasing Embers has some videos you can find on here about packing pipes if that’s the issue, for example.

Trial and error, make some time for trying whatever aspect you want to work on.

 

[Samuel Perez]

I will follow your advice, I will slow down, I apologize. I just have been all my life a guy who thinks he needs to learn everything on an instant, again I apologize

 

[ashdigger]

I will follow your advice, I will slow down, I apologize. I just have been all my life a guy who thinks he needs to learn everything on an instant, again I apologize

No need to apologize.

Pipe smoking isn’t an instant get. This isn’t crack.

It takes technique and some patience. You’ll be fine. Just under how slow some progress can be.

 

[monty55]

I will follow your advice, I will slow down, I apologize. I just have been all my life a guy who thinks he needs to learn everything on an instant, again I apologize

No need to apologize my friend. And you can post anywhere you like. This forum is for all pipe smokers, old timers, and new, just like you. Feel free to ask whatever you like.

 

[anotherbob]

What they said.

 

[sablebrush52]

This video is a prime example of what the road to hell is built of.

 

[orvet]

I will follow your advice, I will slow down, I apologize. I just have been all my life a guy who thinks he needs to learn everything on an instant, again I apologize

Apology unnecessary. It took me several years, several different pipes and who knows how many different tobaccos before I became a died in the wool pipe smoker. I tried smoking pipe in the Marine Corps, but it was not always convenient and cigarettes were everywhere, including our C rations, but pipe tobacco was difficult to find some times. It wasn't till I got medevaced back to the States and spent a year in and out of the hospital in Oakland and San Francisco California that I really began to smoke a pipe. Even then it wasn't as handy as cigarettes but far more enjoyable. After the Marine Corps and in college is where I really begin to enjoy pipes because I could slow down and relax when I smoke them. I believe taking your time and relaxing, just sipping the pipe was the best advice I got.

 

[jndyer]

You know what would have made this video much more watchable? This guy keeping the pipe in his mouth so that he could not spew out his nonsense.

 

[kcghost]

Just enjoy smoking your pipe. If anything, remember not to overpack your pipe and for God's sake slow the pace of your smoking,

 

[shanez]

this category on the forum is for more advanced pipers

All categories are for all smokers regardless of experience.

If you're new to pipe smoking you're doing very well by finding this site and asking.

 

[Brewfan]

I only skimmed through it for fun. I disagree with nearly every tip he gave (or at least the ones I heard). The exception being to hold the pipe to the side of your mouth instead of the front - but what kind of psychopath would think to do it that way anyway?

In general though, I can't imagine having only two weeks of experience doing ANYTHING, and thinking I should broadcast my advice about it to the world. Strange times...

 

[orvet]

In general though, I can't imagine having only two weeks of experience doing ANYTHING, and thinking I should broadcast my advice about it to the world. Strange times...

I definitely agree with your assessment! I disagree with most of what he said and I only watched about half of the video. It's kind of like someone telling you how to repair your transmission when they're working on their first transmission themselves!

 

[Searock Fan]

I stopped the video, after he said he's been smoking for 2 weeks....

Was that several smokes in a two week period or one continuous smoke lasting two weeks?