How I choose my pipes

[@edberry2410]

I am glad the fam decided to keep his stuff on youtube. I lost my dad in high school watching these feels like dad stories and really gives me the feeling of something i never got the chance to have.

[@Matches860]

Oh yeah, they are like family. Each pipe has it's own story & history...sometimes they can seem to have a personality too!

[@curiosidadesextrano]

Cool to hear about your pipes...love that bent one.

[@dagnerperformance]

Very interesting routine John. I enjoyed this video and your pipe choices. I might make a video expelling my routines. Thanks for sharing with us as always.

[@markthepipepoet1040]

My mood decides the pipe I lean towards for that day. Sometimes the tobacco as well but the pipe is the factor that either alters my mood or improves it.

[@Matches860]

It's funny, since I made this video, I've become a little more flexible and (except for Sundays) I reach for whatever I feel like. My Sunday Butz-Choquin is like my Friday Savinelli...always makes my day nice.

[@MikeReed]

The pipe you smoke before bed was a really nice looking one I thought. I real good vid showing some good insight into you my friend. Goos times, good times indeed!

[@gerrickreidenbach8147]

A rotation that has really helped me is to have a certain pipe for a particular time of day, as I usually smoke different tobaccos at certain times of the day. Over-all my pipes tend to need less cleaning, have a more consistent flavor and never become soggy.

[@deckard97th]

Great exposition on a curious subject! Funny, touching, and full of meaning. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@bahumutx]

Great video and loved hearing about each pipe and why you pick them. -Matthew

[@scottstewart1267]

I too like Sir Walter Raleigh, and found that Sutliff Blue Danube is similar and an excellent change of pace. Just throwing it out there.

[@ocpipeman]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thanks for making them. Blessings.

[@thepipeprof]

Great reflections not just on your pipes, but on life, too. Sage observations! Thanks for sharing with us. -Alex

[@joeyh9926]

Just started watching your videos not too long ago. Honest perspectives without the pretentiousness are appreciated. We certainly all do have our flaws, and some of my absolute favorite smoking pipes are not without imperfections. At other times, I surely do love smoking a handsome pipe! We're an odd lot, we pipe smokers!

[@Matches860]

We really are an odd lot! I used to use our local landfill regularly as I cleaned up brush in my yard. I had a specific "dump pipe". Haven't been to the landfill in a few years and I can't remember which pipe was the dump pipe LOL.

[@manicheanwarrior8589]

You're always worth watching. I must confess I never thought of different pipes fordifferent tasks. A rethink may be in order.

[@Matches860]

Thank you! I am fortunate enough to have some cheap good smokers which I'd hate to lose, but would be no great loss if something happened to them. Those are my real working pipes. My decent pipes are always available for times when I want a good looking accessory. As I age, that differentiation seems to be fading LOL...I don't care how I look, and I don't care if any pipe gets dirty or damaged.

[@PipeThirsty]

I need to get me a Savinelli for the rotation. Love your videos man. great insight. Thanks

[@ricthomas9788]

I have one estate pipe. Loose fitting stem. Hold it together with a small piece of black electric tape. Does the job and nobody has ever commented on it until I point it out. Just goes to show you. You don’t have to have the perfect pipe to really enjoy it. Can’t seem ti tighten it up. So. The tape did the trick. Enjoy your rest John. Hope to see you again. Not too soon. 😌

[@jllucas39]

I have just ordered some haunted bookshop. I had to try it due to the fact that you enjoy it so much. another great video. worth the 8 day wait.

[@Matches860]

+jllucas39 Hope you like it! It can get unruly at times, but when it's good, it's fantastic!

[@MrPyroblastic]

Probably it would be interesting a video where you could explain how do you choose a new pipe when decide to buy one. On which criteria you make your choice considered you have a nice collection with several brands and bowl shapes etc

[@Matches860]

I am going to give your idea some thought. I guess I do have certain likes & dislikes after all these years. Thank you!

[@fordsmokingpipes2247]

My current favorite tobacco seem to smoke really well in just certain pipes so that is a deciding factor for me right now. As always thanks for posting.

[@Matches860]

Not as much of an issue for me, but I do understand.

[@stevenkimsey7039]

Very enjoyable

[@Matches860]

If I were younger and just starting to collect, I'd buy nothing but Butz-Choquin pipes. High quality for a very reasonable price (under a hundred). One caution on those, demand to run a pipe cleaner from stem to bowl as some pipes are drilled slightly off, making cleaning a drag. Savs are also a great buy, but if you get addicted, the best ones are expensive. There's nothing wrong with basket pipes either.

[@felixthecat2589]

Great video my friend! Really interesting to get to know a little bit more of you and your hobby! How funny, just like you name, you match your pipes to what is going to happen through your day!

[@Matches860]

Inbloco Quarteto I still have a Friday,Saturday, and Sunday pipe. The other days I've been switching up the last year or so. Thanks for watching!

[@felixthecat2589]

My pleasure! One other thing, you are not alone as a burley lover! That thing is just amazing!

[@HolySmokeNPipePadre]

A very enjoyable conversation.

[@maxboonkittypoison]

Great stuff! I love his video's. Greetings,, Kitty.

[@maxboonkittypoison]

Oh i just smoke the pipe i like at that moment.

[@TheSwatmachine]

I really enjoy your reviews. You are the kind of person I would enjoy sharing a smoke with in person.

[@Matches860]

+TheSwatmachine Thank you! I'm sure you'd be great company as well!

[@smokingpipeliner]

Nice Video Matches, it did indeed get me thinking about my own pipes.

[@Matches860]

@patrickthepipe What better way to connect with yourself than by smoking your own pipes. I too find a corn cob very satisfying!

[@Matches860]

I always wanted a Nording!

[@Matches860]

@PipeThirsty Savinellis are fairly inexpensive and well worth the money in my opinion.Thanks for the kind words!

[@MrSmokeGuy]

I think a connection with the pipe your smoking is important. Not in the possessing of the pipe but in the enjoyment and feeling you have when you sit together or work together. I often smoke the same pipe more than once per day.

[@jumbosilverette]

Matches, it's easy to go to your second-tier pipes in favor of your "better" pipes -- I do it all the time. But we have to remember that life is short and smoking your "better" pipes is a duty to yourself...more than a reward.

[@snuggan1]

Great video and nice pipes. Take care. Olle

[@tastymouse]

Hey Matches! I always enjoy your vids! Deep and insightful. Thanks.

[@Matches860]

Thank you Michael! I really enjoy relaxing with you folks and pretending we're all in the same room.

[@backcountrypipe]

Hello John,Great video. Really like that Bing's favorite, classy. Thanks for sharing your pipe picking process, very cool. Regards Mark

[@Zewyz12]

Enjoyed watching that matches, I hear what your saying about pipe seconds and human flaws, good analogy. I've not been smoking long and equally haven't got many pipes but I have an idea of when and where I would smoke each of them. Thanks again, Wez (notice one post!)

[@bunezuela1]

I never thought about having a dedicated pipe for certain days. I love the idea, I'm going to try and implement that. I think to start this Dr. Grabow I was talking about earlier. Thanks for the idea! Jim

[@Matches860]

@MojoMilt Thanks for watching Frank!

[@Matches860]

@thepipeprof Thanks Alex, and keep an eye out Friday, I'll be listing you as a suggested channel for others to check out.

[@Matches860]

@GTFiorano I smoke those pretty much all day because they stay dry. I guess it's just the habit that developed. I can smoke up to six different pipes a day after work, so there's half my collection there.

[@Matches860]

@jumbosilverette Yes, I've had this thought many times. In another few years, I will probably sell off all but my very best. Those remaining pipes should provide me ultimate pleasure to my last days.

[@ryangatien6615]

I sincerely hope you got what you wanted... RIP Mr. Matches.

[@cesarcomfumaca4030]

Great video, as always, but this one showed me that I'm not the only one that has some pipes for certain occasions. Thanks a lot.

[@Matches860]

Isn't it funny how we try to organize ourselves?

[@cesarcomfumaca4030]

Yes. it is. :)

[@MojoMilt]

Very interesting indeed. Excellent video my friend. Frank

[@Matches860]

@pipesmoker100 The beauty of my B-Cs are their ability to go all day and stay fairly dry, so yes, that's important for my work pipes. I used to take two or three Kaywoodies as they are wet smokers.

[@Matches860]

Many thanks Paul!

[@Matches860]

@MrBlink182ishi Ahhh, I should have mentioned that I don't dedicate any pipe to a particular blend. If it burns, it goes into the pipe.

[@Matches860]

@petevernon Yes, at night certain pipes will call me. There are some instances where I have no idea what made me grab a particular pipe.

[@thomasmcmillan5095]

Best

[@Matches860]

@TheAmericanStranger1 I have over a hundred pipes, of which, twenty dont see any action due to a variety of reasons. Probably forty get smoked on a regular basis.

[@gunner525]

Like the BC pipes. I have a D'accord which is really nice. Smokes good and looks fantastic.

[@Matches860]

@backcountrypipe Thank you Mark! Hope all is well with you!

[@Matches860]

@ToBaCCoR0W Thank you! The Sir Walter Raleigh was a welcome change after all my holiday tobacco recently.

[@donmartin4545]

Matches I have finally been able to buy my first Savinelli to Savinelli one and in it it had a Savinelli adapter to where I don't have to use the Balsa filters I took that adapter and put it into my favorite dr.grabow pipe they're both six mmmm turns out it took an old favorite pipe and turned it into a new favorite pipe once again

[@Matches860]

There you go! I've done some parts swapping as well and taken unused pipes and transformed them. All part of the fun!

[@MrCouchIncident]

I love ya and miss you brother.

[@Matches860]

@BobbyVanSasen Thank you Bobby!

[@Matches860]

@skrullion LOL, I'm not overly religious, but have always felt it proper to have a decent Sunday smoker...I think this one works well.

[@Matches860]

@bahumutx Thanks Matthew, I guess I could tell a story about each one of them...hmmmm, more vid material!

[@scottstewart1267]

Pipes were once considered a man's accessories, like a lady's purse, same concept, women prefer to walk around with a Gucci Purse (Dunhill) opposed to a Walmart brand purse (Dr. Grabow or Medico). Personally, I live old Dr. Grabows, they are crucial part of American Pipe Smoking. history

[@Matches860]

There is something to be said for your "system"...yeah, it's simple, but also those two pipes will hold tons of memories and become more important to you. There's no need for too many pipes...unless you're sick like me LOL.

[@Ericksonearthworks]

i have a pipe for home and a pipe for camping and fishing. gotta keep it simple. im too indecisive to have a ton of pipes right now

[@Matches860]

@terryloveuk A shrink would have a field day with me because I don't hold back too many secrets. what better way to pamper yourself than with a Savinelli?

[@terryloveuk]

Another interesting video, I suspect a shrink could tell a lot about you from it ;-) It's got me thinking about what I smoke and when. I'm retired, so don't have work pipes, and I'm still fairly new to pipes so I'm still finding what I like, but there does seem to be emerging patterns, like feeling good for a special treat I reach for one of the Savinellis, or now and then I just HAVE to smoke the Peterson Kildare 80s, or a Sunday will become Meerschaum day.

[@Matches860]

@MrSmokeGuy Oh yes, working together is a very good way of putting it. I've had times when a pipe gives me a hard time too!

[@challengerdart3731]

Nice vid Matches. Thanks.

[@Matches860]

Thanks for watching!

[@truckpipe]

Interesting and informative. thanks, gregg

[@Matches860]

LOL, if I didn't have a pipe for each working day, I'd spend too much time each morning trying to make a decision...another one of my many quirks!

[@Zappano23Pipe]

hi john, thanks for your nice vdo. i decide my pipes by the tobacco and the bowlsize. right now i own only about 20 pipes. i reserved 10 for flakes, 5 for latakias and the other one´s for aromatics. mostly i prefer virginia flakes or plug. so i use the small - midranrange bowls. anyway... i need more pipes! take care & have a sunny weekend mate stefan

[@BobbyVanSasen]

Good job.Matches

[@TheAmericanStranger1]

When I'm working I have such little time to smoke so I tend to bring smaller pipes to work. On the weekends, I tend to smoke my larger and higher grade pipes because I have the time to sit and enjoy them. How many pipes do you have in your collection?

[@Matches860]

@kb1nyd The Bings Favorite is so good I immediately bought a second one. LOL, I stole your signature line...or was that a shout out?

[@Matches860]

@truckpipe Thanks Gregg!

[@GTFiorano]

do you use your Friday Savanelli or Sunday B-C more than one smoke for the day? And having seen one of your vids with pipes,you have heaps! why not have a daily pair? I love hearing about folks' pipe stories.

[@Matches860]

@Zappano23Pipe I tried dedicating pipes many years ago and it never worked out for me. I quite like the experience of mixing things up. Anyway, hope all is well Stefan...it's bitter cold here today.

[@Matches860]

@curiosidadesextrano I prefer bents, but I have many straights that are favorites.

[@RedTailCatfish1000]

For me matches 860 is a world super star and a legend of pipe smoking. People like him should be promoted to boost the pipe smoking hobby which is fast fading away...

[@Matches860]

We can all promote the hobby responsibly I believe.

[@Matches860]

@Zewyz12 It's pretty weird how it all changes and evolves over time.Thanks for commenting!

[@Matches860]

@snuggan1 Thank you Olle, and thanks for watching!

[@johnwalker91]

Hi just subbed your channel and catching up on your great videos really enjoyed this one aswell as pipes for certain days moods etc do you keep pipes separate for different blends vp balkan English burley thanks for sharing stay safe

[@Matches860]

@HolySmokeNPipePadre I had a couple related stories that would have made this a longer video...I'll work those in elsewhere.

[@Knightdor]

You mention having a pipe set aside for each day...do you only smoke once per day or do you smoke that one pipe more then once per day.Ive read quite a bit where your only supposed to smoke briars once a day so I am curious about that.Thats one reason I like cobs so much as it doesnt hurt them to be smoked more then once a day...but then again I have 30 some odd cobs so thats not an issue either. Cheers Bob Nevermind lol...I see you already answered that question hehehee

[@Ericksonearthworks]

what is a good break out pipe from a basket pipe such a Dr. Grabow? dunhill is way out of my pricea range, but you mantion a savanelli and i know others that love boswells or hackerts. how about smokey joes pipes? i still have a long way to go as a pipe smoker so baby steps for now. thanks

[@doug1863]

Great video! Btw, without naming the company, what type of work do you do? Just curious.

[@Matches860]

Thanks for watching! I work for a property management firm that deals mainly with multifamily housing complexes. They recently purchased the site I've been at for 27 years which is an apartment complex for senior citizens. I manage the maintenance of the facility along with several staff.

[@MrBlink182ishi]

interesting vid.....i have about 23 pipes and find it hard to smoke them all evenly......i only dedicate some pipes for english,flakes and the rest are all aromatic.....70% for aromatic.....i rotate the pipes in each particular type of baccy!

[@Matches860]

@ocpipeman And my thanks to you for watching!

[@Matches860]

@dagnerperformance I would imagine this is a subject anyone could talk about. I'd be interested in hearing other stories.

[@terryloveuk]

@Matches860 I think a shrink would lock me away... As for the Savinelli question, can't think of a better way, I got carried away and have too many but want more. If it wasn't too derivative I'd change my YT name to SavinelliManUK.

[@scottstewart1267]

I only have eight briars and two cobs. Over the years I filtered out the pipes I don't care for and ended up with ten pipes. I randomly pick a pipe or two for the day, no rhyme or reason.

[@Matches860]

I have tried to bring my collection down to a reasonable size by giving pipes away, but for every pipe I would mail out, I got three in return LOL.

[@scottstewart1267]

@@Matches860 you must have a sizeable amount of Savinelli's, am I correct in this assumption? Lol

[@Matches860]

@@scottstewart1267 Yes! As well as a Ropp, a couple custom-bilts, and a few artisan-made as well.

[@PaulBielicki]

I may start assigning pipes for specific days. It would make decisions much easier. Sometimes I just go with my gut and which pipe hasn't been smoked in awhile. Although, your collection sounds much more extensive than mine. mine only numbers around 8 briars and 5 cobs.

[@Matches860]

I'm not too bright, especially at 5:45am, so having a dedicated pipe for the day makes my trip out the door much quicker. Although I have about 100 pipes, I truly only have a few dozen that will smoke dry all day.

[@Alfadason]

I don't want to seem snoopy, but I kind of wonder how many bowls you smoke a day approximately...

[@Matches860]

@Knightdor Yeah, since that pipe will rest a week, I think it's ok. I've known more than one smoker that only had one pipe...Oh the horror!

[@thepipeprof]

@Matches860 Wow. That is much appreciated. I think you just made my week!

[@bunezuela1]

I completely relate I have the same trouble myself but I'm not real mobile since the accident. So I have about 15 pipes on hand in my bedroom, the rest are all over I guess.......LOL

[@lightningstudio100]

Hi! I ordered a savinelli second just like yours out of the danish pipe shop, and it is beautiful, but the draft hole is not centered in the bowl. Did this happen to you with any of your seconds? If so, is there anything different on the way the pipe smokes? Im a begginer, so i only know that its supposed to be a bad thing, dont know if what i feel in the way it smokes is lack of experience or a result of the bad drilling. Thanks!

[@Matches860]

Wow, I've never seen an off center Savinelli, but I'm sure it happens. Now, I may be wrong, but I think being off center on the sides is preferable to off on the up and down. Anyway, if you notice one side of the bowl always has unburned leaf, that is why. I have such a pipe and simply tamp towards the side that burns LOL.

[@lightningstudio100]

@@Matches860 honestly, oi my humble begginer opinion, i think it Burns pretty well. Only thing i notice is that towards the end, of the bowl it gets harder to keep it lit. But once again, might just be my lack of experience

[@Matches860]

Could be the drilling, could be something else. You'll probably understand it better with experience. Welcome to pipe smoking BTW!

[@lightningstudio100]

@@Matches860 thank you so much!!!

[@MikeReed]

@Matches860 Well you said the line very well, and I will take it as a shout out, your to kind! *G*

[@gunner525]

Definitely Peterson, Savinelli, or Butz-Choquin. And if you're into freehands checkout Erik Nording.

[@Matches860]

@smokingpipeliner I'll consider this a sucess then!

[@41DegreesSouth]

Cool video John - for the record; sneakers with a 3 piece = awesome...just sayin lol Take it easy mate :) ~Nick

[@Matches860]

I agree, if I was doing this all over again, I would save my money and buy more B-C's.

[@Matches860]

@thepipeprof And you just made mine! :-)

[@Matches860]

@41DegreesSouth To each his own Mate!

[@mjparamore505]

After smoking a pipe, how long do you wait before smoking it again? I wonder if I need to let mine rest more.

[@Matches860]

+Mason Paramore Mine go a minimum of seven days as I smoke the same seven pretty much each week. My after hours pipes are chosen randomly pretty much and may get a longer rest period.