First firing of a new pipe! ( and some Tolkien) 

I have NO idea why YT recommended this to me, but it was exactly what I needed at the end of a very busy day. Thank you!

It doesn't happen often, but every once and awhile, the algorithm gets it right and recommends something wonderful

The vest adds +10 Wisdom +10 Charisma

I would truly pay a great deal of money to have this man read us all of the Lord of the Rings beginning to end.

I bet the smell of old books, a well used fireplace and pipe smoke in that room is absolutely amazing.

This man looks and acts like he could have been imagined by Tolkien. I mean that as a compliment. No idea how RU-vid brought me here but here we are.

No idea how I got here but I’m a grown ass man and I would sit on the floor cross legged and listen to this man read and smoke his pipe with the curiosity and wide eyed look of a child.

I want this man to read me stories while I fall asleep with the fireplace noises in the background and a soft calm rain hitting the roof.

This video gave me +10 years of life

I have Stage 4 cancer and don’t know how long I’ll have left to live on this Earth of ours, but reading TLOTR and watching you smoke in a comfortable nook is just enough to make me die happy Edit: Thank you to everyone who has commented, it’s a beautiful rarity on the internet. I’m 31 and my name is Connor. My recent scan revealed I may have more time yet here so you’re stuck with me. All I can say is, enjoy your life, even the small things, call your mum or dad and tell them you love them. Ask out that girl/boy don’t worry about trivialities like embarrassment and self doubt, do it now while you have the time! Edit again: My recent scan showed no tumours, I won!

Watching Santa break in new pipe is irrationally satisfying.

This is what the algorithm is supposed to show me, not a personalized echochamber. Thank you for this relaxing video that was pure joy to watch and listen to

Lord willing I will live long enough to achieve this gentleman's level of whimsy and magnificence. Everything. The books, the beard, the affable nature of his smile and demeanor. A spectacle. A chap. A fellow.

My 3yr old daughter looked over my shoulder while I was watching this and asked “is that Santa?” No, it’s someone far more magical!

I recently got into the LotR universe for the first time recently, this is exactly what I need RU-vid recommending me. Sir you are great, all the best to you.

i love this guy. . .he reminds me of someone i feel like i havent seen for a long time. . .someone ive missed. . . missed very much

I knew an old highland cattle farmer in western New York State who was of Scottish heritage and was a celtic priest, teacher, woodworker and many other things. He became a sort of adoptive grandfather to my fiancée and I and would smoke a pipe as he told us stories for hours in his hand built stone house. I don’t think many young people our age get to experience that and I treasure it so deeply. He’s passed on now and your videos remind me so much of the time we had with him. They bring me a lot of comfort and I thank you for that.

This is why the internet was created and where it shines the most. Old dudes smoking pipes. Best channel ever. Important.

This is the best video I have ever seen on RU-vid in my entire life...

Never in my life on YT have I EVER searched for videos like this…some reason YT recommended this video to me and lo and behold this was exactly what I needed to end my night. Cheers Mate.

Are we all getting recommended this on the same month in February 2024?! I am Glad I watched I really enjoyed the contents of this video. Never thought I’d be enthralled with pipe smoking but here I am 😂

We are lucky to have you. There is a gentle nobility and grace about you that uplifts others. Thanks for sharing the wisdom and the pipe, but really thanks for being you. I can tell you have saved many souls. Tolkien would be proud!

I am lucky to have known a few pipemakers here in Denmark. I have one pipe made by my now departed friend, Søren Refbjerg. I saw it first as a blank on his workbench. A shape he said he was experimenting with. I told him, when he had finished it I would buy it. I loved the shape. Almost a bent Rhodesian. He finished the pipe for me and gave it to me as a gift for helping him sell pipes via the internet. It is still one of my most treasured and loved pipes.

Beautiful! I started pipe smoking 5 years ago at the age of 23. Absolutely agree. It calls to my soul. You're a beautiful soul, wonderful seeing your video today.

I aspire to be like this man one day. Well dressed, in a room filled with stories and tomes, smoking a pipe, and thoroughly enjoying myself.

I've never smoked a pipe nor searched for how to smoke one, but somehow this showed up on my YT feed, and I'm so happy it did. What a relaxing 13 minutes we shared.

I just love well-spoken, well-mannered and highly educated people. Idk how I got there but here I am. Maybe it's just the British accent lol (joking) but you, sir, are probably my best discovery here on this platform. God bless you

I've never really got into the Lord of the Rings, nor pipe smoking, nor poetry and writing. But this video is exactly what I needed today.

"a sabbath with your hands" is such a beautiful term

This is what father Christmas does for the rest of the year

It's rare you come to a comment section on YT and see nothing but genuinely positive remarks. You are very comforting to listen to.

This feels like meeting a new friend as he shows you his new pipe and you share a moment in celebration of this new thing of joy. A true moment in what is the elusive and flimsical nature of the internet. Thank you for sharing the moment!

"Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly." I feel you capture a great deal of this G.K. Chesterton quote.

That Sir, in spite of its refusal to stay lit, is one of the prettiest artisan pipes I've seen. It will learn to behave as you teach it to smoke. What a lovely pipe and a fortunate fellow. MUCH LOVE ole friend.

I don't know how I got here, but I'm so glad I did. I love to write (mostly musings concerning Scripture and poetry, which none of my peers are aware of given than I'm a 6'1 210lbs bodybuilder but I digress), and I always thought about looking into pipes as a way to relax and focus. Guess the algorithms got this one right!

I can sit here and listen to this guy speak all day i think he's like a grandfather we all wish we had 😃

No idea how the hell this came into my feed but I'm grateful for it. There's something comforting and wholesome, kind of like a warm bath scrubbing the worries of the day away. Thanks!

I feel like I'm visiting a friend's relative who is happy to see me and full of wisdom to share in a room full of comfort and knowledge. Lovely stuff

Take up the pipe in this man's honor and continue the lovely tradition, art, and science of pipe smoking. I have been intrigued, smoking, and collecting pipes since I was a teenager and they are truly fascinating, as is this fine gentleman! Thank you sir.

You 1000% should have been in the movies, you are a real life person from middle earth just chilling with us

I have read the LOTR 3 times in my 56 years and watching this has motivated me to start reading it again . Just found your channel and feel that i have found a kindred spirit in this day and age of madness . Thank you .

The smoke rings are a very nice touch.

I love this man so much. I have never felt more warm, calm and cozy in my life. This man, with his reading room, and his arm chair, and his pipe, and his books, this man is life goals.

My deepest respect for this Man. We so miss such true, wise, humble and meaningful conversation Pure gold of RU-vid

As with so many other here - I have no idea why this was recommended.... but I wish I could sit with this gentleman and just listen. This is simply wonderful. A small token of a time lost.

I don't know why RU-vid recommended this video to me, but as there was "Tolkien" in the title, I clicked on it, and it was really what I needed, thanks for this RU-vid.

Randomly recommended by RU-vid and I don't regret watching a second of this. In a world so fast and cut-throat, you provide respite here. Thank you.

I thought my days of firing new pipes were over, but after watching this video I realize they only just begun. Thanks for sharing and I hope you’re still enjoying your one of a kind pipe!

POV: You’ve found the best NPC in the game.

Very good to drop by and enjoy a bit of Tolkien & some pipeweed. 'Apples for walking, and a pipe for sitting,' as Sam would remind us.

i didnt have long with my great grandad but from the little i do remember, he loved reading, he loved poetry and music, and he adored pipe smoking

I think many of us were read fantastical stories as children, and there's something still comforting about it as an adult. My late grandfather was my best friend, he died in 2021, but I lived with him for over a decade and have very fond memories of him spending his evenings reading books in his recliner. This video definitely touched some emotions for me.

I dont know why im here, but i'm glad to find this part of youtube, i think this part of the community deserve to be remembered as the true spirit of youtube.

One messy room with books, whiskey and pipes everywhere and a very happy man. I would love to grow old as he has later in life

Your friend the pipe make is quite right. Those of us who spend a lot of time in our heads, reading and mulling gravitate to cigars and pipes after our middle year's. And I believe have a need to work with our hands. I have been a lay minister in one of my many roles, I was introduced to cigars in my 40s, and it ws the last 1/2inch of a Cuban, a montecristo no 7 that inspired me to craft my first pipe. Since then, I have made many pipes, and each one has been for me a meditation in recycled timber or a piece of timber scavenged from a forest floor. There is something powerful in sitting under a tree communing with source and smoking - an Anatolian and Kentucky blend that I have cured myself - for 46 minutes in a pipe I've crafted with my own hands. Much love, brother. I had forgotten this piece written by Merry. It was excellent to be reminded.

The subtlety of your interaction with the cameraperson and the way you speak directly to the viewer ("I'm glad you came to call now") is such a delightful detail that I was wholly transported into this moment with you. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings with me and carving out a little moment of peace amongst the cacophony of life. I'm no longer a person of religion but I still hold that there is Divinity in and amongst the little, natural moments in life, and I'd like to think that you and this video carry some of that to all who have the chance to watch it. Thank you Malcolm.

That artisan pipe suits you perfectly…a wonderfully crafted, meaningful piece! And accompanied by one of my very favorite readings. Thank you for sharing this today!

This has got to be one of the most random and uplifting videos I've ever seen recommended to me by RU-vid breaking in a new pipe talking Tolkien..... he is most certainly a delightful cheerful fella...

Like a lot of others here, idk why YT recommended this to me, but I love it. Love how much joy can be found with just a pipe and a book. Much respect!

You remind me of my dear grandfather, good sir. He was very fond of H.P. Lovecraft's works and similar horror fictions, you would often find him in his library, sitting in his comfortable chair, smoking his pipe while reading said works. You've earned a subscriber, and thank you for bringing those wonderful memories back!

1) I don't know how youtube brought me here but I absolutely ADORE this guy, within the first minute I felt like I was hanging out with a really wise and chill uncle and 2) I love me some pipeweed too 😎

Well, I didn’t know you this morning, but now I’ve bought two of your books and have quite enjoyed coming over to your study 10 times. Cheers.

Thank you for this. My grandfather used to read me stories while smoking his pipe. You took me back to a really good place for a moment. Best wishes.

This is the most wonderful video ive ever found on this platform. Thanks for existing friend! What a lovely little corner of the universe you've created here!

I don't know how I stumbled across your channel just now, but I'm so glad I did! This was delightful! Lord bless you!

Two of my favorite topics; a new pipe and Tolkien! Having been a reader of the latter since 1968 and a smoker of the former since 1975, such a visit touches me nostalgically as well! I am old enough and comfortable enough to admit I'm a romantic and find myself in these later years returning to the stories that first captured my dreams as a youth; both fiction and in the Gospels. Thank you for these visits, Rev!

Not the RU-vid recommendation coming THROUGH 👏🏼 such a soothing voice, my friend. Really loved listening and really learned a lot as I never knew much about pipes.

This is the greatest thing RU-vid has ever recommended me. I'm so down for watching your channel. I can't wait to dive into your videos after I watch this.

I met Jason Patrick at the Texas Pipe Show last November. If I had known we had you in common the joy would have been greater! Give you joy of the new bowl!!

The pipe sound in between the reading makes it even more enjoyable

Every comment that I've read here summarizes exactly how I'm feeling about watching this video. I too have no idea why this was recommended to me but I sat quietly and watched the entire thing without wanting it to end. This was such a treat and I'm now a subscriber and looking forward to watching more great videos from you good sir.

This just randomly popped up on my feed and i'm grateful it did. Thank you for the chat, sir.

Dont quite know how I stumbled across your videos but I find them both intriguing and comforting. A 50 year old Canadian with Geordie immigrant parents, I have distant memories of visiting my grandparents in Blyth, in their humble two up two down by the sea and watching in awe as grandpa Jack smoked his pipe, showed us his war medals and played us old Aker Bilk vinyls. Then we took a ride in the old VW Beetle to the chip shop for saveloy and haddock and finished our meals off newspaper with a 99 cone from the cornershop. A simple life seems so much better.

Outstanding. YOU sir are a treasure of the old ways. I sit with my Churchwarden smoking Skarsgaard, a fresh cup of steaming Ethiopian, and a warm Danish in my study listening to my favorite subject of Tolkien. There is nothing better. I thank you Malcolm.

You are the grandpa we all need. I wanna hangout in grandpas room on the floor in front of him and listen to him read us stories.

Glad to see you living your best life man. I'm just getting into lord of the rings after being read the Hobbit as a child and Tolkien perfectly captures the energy of smoking with good company every time. Hope you're still enjoying your pipe!

This feels like visiting a neighbor, having a smoke, and listening to old stories and I could do this for hours. Thank you for this content, it's very relaxing to sit and relax with you

My grandpa died before I was born, I love lord of the rings, I am listening to you read Tolkien, as I imagine he would. Thank you for your channel and all that you do!

That's one of the most cozy, and comfortable looking rooms I've ever seen before, especially with that little fireplace, and all the books.

The world would be a much better place with more people like Malcolm Guite sojourning among us. As a patient of Dr. Grabow, an admirer of Lewis and Tolkien, and feels most at peace in my own study surrounded by books, I feel like I'm sitting here with an old friend!

Wonderful. So nice to have a small measure of calm sanity, beauty, and fellowship in these times of extraordinary foolishness in which we live. Thank you for sharing this Reverend Guite.

Beautiful pipe (praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) for a gentle, humble, and gifted man who honors God with great works of poetry! 😊

Every so often, the RU-vid algorithm sees fit to bestow upon me an unlooked-for bit of treasure, and this occasion might be the most precious bit yet. This was a breathtaking and spellbinding thirteen-and-a-half minutes and my life is better for it.

Yes. I will watch this lovely man, RU-vid algorithm.

I wish you were my neighbor. I love listening to you riff. Greetings from the US kind soul.

Many people my age 29 are getting into pipes. When I started I told my d&d group about it. Two of my players have pipes. Then I told one of my employees about it. He also smokes pipes and gave me tons of tips. Then I bought another friend his first pipe and he uses it to be able to focus and give up adhd medication. Lastly I helped a new smoker decide on a good tobacco a few days ago, who was about my age. Pipes are so back.

I feel so blessed to have found this channel. Thank you for uploading it.

never heard of this guy before, and watched for about 2 mins but this guy is now my new favorite person.

My friend, keep this up and your channel will grow exponentially. This is the exact type of wholesome content that the worlds both needs and wants nowadays. Cheers.

I think the algorithm must’ve recommended this to me because I like to watch relaxing videos at nighttime. This is fantastic. I also kind of want to take up pipe smoking now! Thank you for having us over.

Thank you from Minnesota USA

One of the most transcendently sublime youtube recommendations in many an age.

Oh my. Somehow you came upon my feed. I absolutely loved this. As a pastor myself, I came into pipe smoking after my Dad passed away. I found his old pipe and asked my Mum if I could have it. I knew that I wanted to be connected to him somehow. And this was it. I have such fond memories of him laying by the fireplace smoking his pipe up the chimney. Since then, I have cherished my time of puffing away. Petersons are my favorite too. And yes, there is something about just sitting and smoking. It's a calming and centering sort of thing. To bring it around to Hobbits, just made my night! Cheers to you, Malcom. Kenneth.

Handsome pipe, definitely your cuppa! Great reading. Pipe smoking is definitely slowly coming back. Fantastic!

I'm not a smoker, nor do I care to ever smoke. And yet, here I am, enjoying this man talking about what he likes, just a man and a camera in his reading room. Yeah, this is what I like about youtube, not the hype fancy edited rush of today's videos.

What a wonderful display of generosity, such a magnificent gift to receive . That pipe is a true masterpiece. A pipe like no other that exists. Thank you for sharing this with us.

This is one of the rare times that a randomly recommended video actually warmed the cockles of my heart. I feel like we just watched Father Christmas sharing a hobby with us during his time off from doing Christmas things. Subscribed.

Such a beautiful artisan pipe Malcolm. To own one, made especially for you is a joy, a friend and companion to treasure. Thank you for sharing it's very first spark up with us fellow pipers!! Serene smokes, Gary

I just finished The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time and absolutely loved it. You were the person who piqued my interest with all things Tolkien and I am so thankful for that. Thank you so much for your content, for your love of literature, and for your love of pipe smoking. God bless!

I think I was brought here because of the Tolkien bit. Stayed here for your wonderful voice and then became interested in the pipe and how it's made.