[Pipe talk #52] a day in the life of a pipe smoker or is there a pipe smoker's way of life?

Just a chat about recent events and the mentioned question.
Inspired by a video by Randy
‪@Ragamuffinpiper‬
Smoking a Mastro de Paja pipe with St.Felix Brazil tobacco.

[@mikereese15]

Taking time each evening to smoke a pipe has given me some dedicated time for prayer and gratitude.

[@BrutalEnough]

@@mikereese15 excellent! As it should be!!!

[@renssy]

What an interesting question. You got me thinking.

[@BrutalEnough]

@@renssy well right? When Randy mentioned "the pipe lifestyle" it got me thinking too and then the events played out.... 😉

[@SoCal-Piper]

My brother... you have changed a lot since we first started corresponding with one another. The Lord has given you a new heart and a new spirit that has allowed you to respond properly or not at all. Blessed are the peacemakers, dear brother! May the God of hope continue to fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit! (Romans 15:13) God bless you, dear Chris! Love you, brother!!! 🙏❤️

[@BrutalEnough]

🔆😎👍 sometimes it's not easy but we all try our best! 🙏

[@stovepipe1863]

That’s cool man. A good chat and got yourself a free beer too.

[@BrutalEnough]

Thank you! There is a giod stirry hidden everywhere! 🙂👍

[@thepipingpastor2206]

That is the blessing of age brother it brings wisdom contemplation and the appreciation of Fine Things😊

[@BrutalEnough]

@@thepipingpastor2206 yes, sure! But I know people that grew old without any appreceation of said things...so the pipe might play a role here 😉👍

[@jacquesjoubert6793]

Great video my friend. A pipe let us meet new people

[@BrutalEnough]

@@jacquesjoubert6793 many thx! yes, for sure it does! 🙂👍

[@Ragamuffinpiper]

I think it is a longing of the "way it used to be" for some of us. Its great to hear your perspective on Pipe life. Great job. 🤠

[@BrutalEnough]

Thank you! Yes, that is definitely a important part of it! Even if the world is changing we stick to this tiny part of a traditional lifestyle maybe.

[@dominiksapper5807]

Servus Chris! Sehr interessant😊! Kann mich garnicht mehr an die Zeit vorm Pfeiferauchen erinnern😂😂! Schönen Abend Dir😊🤝

[@BrutalEnough]

Servus Dominik! Dich hat die Pfeife ja auch schon auf einen andere Kontinent geführt...the Pipe smokers way! 😎🤙

[@CentralCalPiper]

That’s a strange thing for that guy to say. How weird. Enjoy your day off, my friend! I’m also enjoying a day off. It’s nice that you got to smoke your pipe in the pub, and inspired the guy to call his friend. Very cool! I like this idea of a pipe smokers way of life! I think it’s a way of life that people miss, and it’s great that you had that experience! Nice to see you, my friend!

[@BrutalEnough]

In our pubs you often have such encounters...a reason why I am not out that often anymore...😉 the second encounter was great though! Real life pipe community! 🙂👍

[@jeffd1147]

I agree, it is a way of life. And what a beautiful life it is. I definitely changed my outlook on a lot of people, also. I, like you have become more easy going. Nice chat.

[@BrutalEnough]

Thank you and good to hear! Is it age, is it the pipe? I don't know but since I picked up a pipe a lot of things have changed in my life...and especially since I started this channel! 😎👍

[@ANDREACAMPAGNA]

Hi Chris! Nice mastro de paja! must have been made in the seventies, enjoy ✌️

[@BrutalEnough]

Hello Andrea! Wow, but I don't think it is that old...a few years ago I saw similar pipes at some german webshops. It is a three piece pipe with 9mm drilling...very cool design and I like it a lot! 😎👍

[@brianquilty687]

Interesting questions Chris. Good of you to help out a new pipe smoker. Here in Canada you can't smoke indoors anywhere except your own home.

[@BrutalEnough]

@@brianquilty687 Hi Brian! It is the same here too! And zhe smoking ban caused a lot of harm! Many bars & pubs closed down...but some did find a solution 🤫🤫🤫

[@BlakesPipes]

i think i chose to be a pipe smoker at age 50, what most would say is 49, but i lived my 50 year smoking a pipe. i got hurt just 3 months after i started. it became the only hobby i could physically do every day. it started to be a 10 bowls a day hobby as i just wanted to learn how to pack, light and smoke with the fewest lights during the bowl. i am glad that i had that time and it has made an important part of my life now, as i use it to stop life and remember myself of what i enjoy. i disappoint myself when i would not bring my tobacco pouch with me. So i also got into cigar smoking with cigarillos and then to regular cigars. i disliked cigars 20 years ago, because i was a cigarette smoker and did not understand not inhaling. anyways, i enjoy a bowl each morning when walking the beach like coffee. i enjoy walking my next door neighbors dog and have a pipe. it replaced what i loved about smoking cigarettes with out the health issue mostly. i enjoy the hobby and would like it to stay with me for a long while, as it is in my brain as something that healed me during my worst of times.

[@BrutalEnough]

A great story! And I do believe that tobacco has healing properties...physical, mental and spiritual.... Anyway, I knew a guy that started with H when he was 50...ten years later and he is no more...it just came to my mind when you wrote 'started at 50'. 🤔 Anyhow, enjoy your smokes at the beach with the dog! Wonderfull! ✌😎💨💨🦮

[@DecinergyAt]

Great looking Pipe (and guy 😊😅) ... 🎉 😉✌🏻☺️

[@BrutalEnough]

I don't dare to disagree! 😂

[@DecinergyAt]

@@BrutalEnough 😉😁😅

[@paterlehnert3929]

Hello Chris, I enjoyed the chat and your sharing 😊 I do believe there is a pipe smoking way of life. Im still learning this way as Im a year into this journey. I’m enjoying learning from others who are living a pipe smokers way of life and enjoying the encounter and journey itself. I would have to sit with these thoughts a little more, but I choose to do so with a pipe because I find it agreeable and worthwhile.😊 Thank you 😊

[@BrutalEnough]

My pleasure Brian! And yes, the pipe smokers way is very prominent on your channel! You traveled the country and met people you would never have met and spread the word just because of the pipe... Remarkable and amazing, isn't it? 👍👍👍

[@jespiping]

I don't think I can answer the lifestyle question just yet because I'm still new to pipe smoking. But I can relate to some of the situations you explained, and for me my behavior is changing I think mostly due to aging. Having said that, I can tell you with certainty that since pipe smoking I am in fact happier with the pipe.😊💨💨

[@BrutalEnough]

Yes, maybe it is just the aging...when you have seen people pass; when you see your kods growung up; when you get a broader picture of the things happening around you, it changes one's view on what is important and what to fight for I guess. On zhe other hand I knew grewn up man that still behave like teenagers. I don't know 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@TheTunnellTake]

We all mellow over time😊😊😊

[@BrutalEnough]

Then I would have liked to know the younger tunnel take! 😮😁😁

[@TheTunnellTake]

@@BrutalEnough I had a bumper sticker that said radically saved and my business sign had a Bible scripture on it. I wasn't as militant as I have been in the recent past and now I'm becoming more skeptical of our popular political leader here. Being shoot that close to the head and it working in people's minds as if he was so close to a fatal shoot to the head I'm growing quite skeptical because I know one spoken of in Revelations that has a fatal wound to the head but lives. It's healthy cynicism.

[@BrutalEnough]

Do we know what calibre was used? it is very strange that the public gets so little information on the shooter and all involved, isn't it? Still I think he will be the better president but he surely is no saviour or saint! 😉

[@TheGnomePiper]

👋🏻, the tobacco shop sounds awesome! Pipe smoking has given me a sense of peace, I find myself even when walking my dog down the dirt road stopping and looking across the field just taking in God’s creation. The hot humid air turns to a nice breeze and I just stand with a sense of peace. I think pipe smoking gives those who enjoy it a common ground and generally gives the impression that’s a thinking man, or woman (Rose)😊. Have a great day!

[@BrutalEnough]

@@TheGnomePiper a wonderfull description! You should explain this further in a video! 🙂👍

[@TheGnomePiper]

@@BrutalEnough I’ll definitely have to give it a go!

[@ParsimoniousPiper]

Pipe smokers are as varied as mankind, so a pipe smoker’s way of life? No. Just in our online community we have some who smoke 1-2 bowls a week and others who have a dozen a day. The only thing we all have in common is the enjoyment of pipes.

[@BrutalEnough]

@@ParsimoniousPiper Hello Eathen! Yes, I habe met many different kinds of pipe smokers. But those who dig a bit deeper and are a bit more dedicated to the hobby often develop certain traits...maybe...or maybe not 😅 all the best! Chris

[@StandswithafistPiper]

Marcus Aurelis , stoic type wisdom always from BrutalChris - love it Someone said - you have to have lived a bit to sing a song like that - Pipe smoking makes me feel content , puts me in a kind of time machine - going back in time and planning for the beautiful future. 😊

[@BrutalEnough]

@@StandswithafistPiper 🤣🤣 I admit it, this is something new to me! What a honour to be compared with a philosopher of old! 😁 Thx for the kind words! Cheers! Chris. 😎👍

[@chillaxe9603]

With the bad can also come the good! It's good to the tune out those that are there for other reasons, sometimes they need help as well.... 😉 maybe better just to enjoy your hobby with like minded people. Everyone eventually gets what they deserve, whether they like it or not!

[@BrutalEnough]

That's true...sooner or later it's all comming back...

[@Pipelounge442]

Strange people out there Chris the tobacco sound's good beautiful scenery too bad that they ruin nature spots for parking lots God bless you Chris take care brother 🙏🏻😃👍🏻

[@BrutalEnough]

I soent half of my life in pubs and bars...I am very familiar with those kind of people...🤷🏼‍♂️ but that has changed for the most part. Thank you and be blessed! 🙂👍

[@renssy]

Once I was asked what I put on my pipe. OMG the guys thought I was smoking weed . From rime ti time I get stupid questions, but I just ignore stupidity, it's not worth my time.

[@BrutalEnough]

@@renssy yeah, not stupid, people just don't know these days 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@13pipes]

“Pipe smoking makes you look old”😂 WTF?!? I don’t think there’s a ‘pipe smokers way of life’… that will imply that all pipe smokers have the same or similar way of life… 😅. Enjoy your smokes and the pub encounters!!! 🍻

[@BrutalEnough]

@@13pipes as if I would give a flying f*** about how old I look! But the later encounter was great fun! And yes, lots of different types of people do smoke a pipe...but without the pipe hibby I wouldn't have met a while bunch of great people... Enjoy your smokes and a pint! 😁🍻

[@armchairpiper]

Chris, I love that pipe you have, what kind of pipe is that and where can I get one? To me I have been smoking a pipe for 55 years, my father also had always smoked a pipe and his father also smoked a pipe, Smoking a pipe has always been a part of my life. Ed

[@BrutalEnough]

@@armchairpiper Hello Ed! I just smoke pipe for ten years but my father is a pipe smoker too and my granddads were also pipe smokers! The pipe is a mastro de Paja; it consists of three parts and fits a 9mm filter. Could be smoked without the stem extension as well. I found it in a drawer at a local store...but maybe keep eyeing the usual retailers for Mastro de Paja pipes; they sometimes have similar pipes!

[@armchairpiper]

@@BrutalEnough Thank you Chris. Ed

[@PatfromNorthBelgium]

👍🇧🇪👍✌️

[@BrutalEnough]

@@PatfromNorthBelgium ✊🇦🇹💥👍

[@TruckinPiperBob]

My dogs still inside 😉🇬🇧🇦🇹🇮🇪

[@BrutalEnough]

Beware when they are out hunting! 🔥🇬🇧🔥