My two favorite things tobacco and history. Your channel has been such an awesome find. I’ll be in Bremen this summer for a day. Funny if I ran into you!
Makes you appreciate what we have now. Even though laws aren’t perfect, at least we have a chance at divorce in an effort to keep both sides happy (for the most part) and without bloodshed! Thanks for the story!!!
Hello Mark, Nice to see you are doing well. The pandemic has been hitting everywhere pretty hard. I have been very busy at work (maybe you remember I am a nurse), even today, as we have nearly no Covid in my region, lots of overtime b/c so many nurses have been taken out for health reasons. Everytime you talk review a tobacco, I want to try it LOL... even though, I am prety sure this one won't be one I would like (as hard I try, still cannot like Virginia base blends). Traditions... very interesting topic. Lots of good, but we can find lots of bad one. Always depends on the situation. I can understand traditions and folklore, but not when it comes to retaliation, but there is so much of that. Always such a pleasure to see you my friend. Take care, and Be well! Gilles
Mark, I enjoy your site very much for your opinions / reviews as well as the history you share with us. I sat back today with a pipe from 1950 ( my birth date ) and some Old Gowrie and listened to your story of the duel, tragic but very real. I have always thought of tradition as a fabric of life , a quality that should be remembered. Glad to see you back, you had me worried, stay safe.
Another marvellous video dear Mark! Many Herzlichen Dank! The tobacco sounds good and the story was excellent with super effects ! Much appreciated Grazie 🙏 ciao 👋 amico mio! S
Thanks Mark for another fantastic episode. Being a big history buff, and family still Covid locked down in Germany, I can‘t wait for your reviews and historical perspectives each month. I have told my Cousins in Zwickau about the channel, and hopefully this year if the flight ban is lifted, I can have them bring some tobacco I canöt get in my small Colorado town. I‘m a big Vauen pipe fan and can‘t wait to try their tobacco.
Bremen Pipe Smoker, my fellow german pipe tobacco smoker. This is the first time ever i comment a video in RU-vid after years as a lurker but i have to tell you i missed your videos. Well done, great stuff. All the best from Luebeck/Lubeca to you. Rudi
Thank you so much for that, my friend! Truly so much appreciated! Perhaps, we get the chance, to join a pipe...next time, I'm near Lübeck... Take care! And all the best from one hanseatic city to the old capitol of the Hanse!
@@bremenpipesmoker6571 Whenever you come to Luebeck give me a call. My phone number is in the local phone book and can easily be found online. Aside joining a good smoke the old Hanse City of Luebeck is always worth a city tour and a trip back in history. brgds Rudi
I just got the time to sit and watch this one, and I thought it was great and the way you tell the stories! That tobacco really sounds good too, I would like to try. Well, always a pleasure, thank you Mark, and hope to see you again soon. ron
Thank you so much for taking the time, my friend! Truly so much appreciated! And... yeah... see you again... very soon! Take care! Hope you're well! Mark
I really enjoyed this story Mark. What a different society we live in today compared to as little as 100 years ago. Makes us think about these traditions. I think I understand what your point may be ! Many thanks for this. Cass ☘️🍀
Thoroughly enjoy your videos, Mark - including this one! And also your practical insights, such as the fact that filtered pipes are so popular in Germany. I now own two Vauen pipes as a result. As an ultra-runner I don’t smoke much but it is a special reward after a hard week of training or a peak race. Danke schöen from Colorado.
Hey Mark. Your Videos are never "to long"! They are allways very intresting and we enjoy them. Thanks for this. Have a nice Weekend. Much greetings from Mittelhessen.
Always a good day when you share a new video story. Fascinating about the duel and the tobacco…I think when travel opens up, Lower Saxony is at the top of my list to visit!
Hi Mark: Great to see you, and enjoyed the story-telling. Reminds me of the Hamilton-Burr duel of American History. The Vauen Tradition No. 1 sounds good. Hard to beat the classic burley/virginia mix, right? LJ Peretti in Boston makes some fine traditional blends, here in America. Happy to hear that you're well. All is good on this side of the Atlantic. Be Well, my friend. Ed
Fascinating story. A tragic ending, all for nothing, at least 3 lives, ruined. Always good to listen in, to learn something interesting and to ponder on it. Happy piping.
Another great video. You added a pistol, and black powder to boot! Pipes and guns-Two of my most favorite things in life. Thank you. This was excellent, Sir!
One of the best video's ever! Such an interesting story! How wonderful you still take the time to make great video's for us! Thank you so much Mark! I really enjoy them, always! Greetings from Belgium, hope you are fine! Scarlet.
It is pleasure to see you again, Mark! Thank you for a wonderful story and great tobacco review. Always looking forward to your videos. Greetings from Czechia. Hope you are well!
Mark, 100 years ago, you would have carried all 4 items daily. Perhaps a home grown tobacco instead. And maybe different clothes. And maybe no glasses. With a beard. And boots. Hmm yup. Love you my friend. Thanks for the video as usual.
Bravo Mark…I loved this video & your story with analysis of tradition & honour. Your students are so lucky to have such an engaging teacher. (Smoking Reiner Gold 71 as I listened…a great Kohlhase Kopp blend 👍)
Mark, I have never seen a meerschaum flintlock and a meerschaum pipe in the same video before. They both smoke too. I think you made history. Take care Bob
Hello old friend, how are you? As usual I enjoy your video and it just goes and the fun just increases. I will always be happy to smoke a good pipe with you.
Lieb Mark, what a wonderful, telling story with an equally insightful discussion about tradition. Makes me think of “ Les Fables de la Fontaine “ or perhaps ( as you so likeably use that word often :-) the German equivalent the brothers Grimm? The forest is steeped in German culture . I, recall, my father from Vienna, telling me stories of his youth group cleaning up the woods around Vienna and sleeping overnight in the various huts . Going back to the needless bloodshed over a false understanding of tradition we “ perhaps” should consider what effects the duel had on the Baron and Baroness,s children. Take care, Mark as I relight my meerschaum. pipe with, of course, MacBaren roll cake.
Mark, if you had been teaching History a little more than 50 years ago when I was at university I probably would have taken my degrees in History instead of Philosophy! I bet students are fighring to get into your classes.
Hi Michael, i was one of his students. He is one of the best teachers i've ever had and we visited his classes because of him. i am wondering right now, if i could join his classes as a guest.
@@HerrFeldhaus I'm happy to hear that. I can see how he would be very engaging in a classroom setting. His English is very good but it plays havoc with closed captioning. LOL Thanks for confirming my suspicions.
Thanks for another great video and a great story in a beautiful setting. I don't watch ur vids right away, I generally save until I have time and place to enjoy a pipe with you. Take care and i look forward to ur next vid. BTW what model is ur new car, just curious. Thanks again.
A few years before that event, the European nations had somehow stumbled into WW1 the same way as these two noblemen had stumbled into their duel. The British King, the German Emperor, and the Russian Czar were cousins; in the weeks and days that led up to the war, they desperately corresponded, familiarly adressing each other by the names of "Georgie", "Willy", "Nicky", yet they couldn't prevent the bloodshed that was to follow even though none of them was actually keen on going to war. However, the traditional rules of nationalism, power politics, and militarism that were in full sway back then left them no way out. On a much larger scale this was the same as the traditional rules of honor that bound the two noblemen to sort things out by finally having a duel. And in both cases tragedy struck.
Yesssss your Back ,, Fantastic content, very informative sir, One of the great ytpc channels 👏👍👌 Fabulous tin Art , best I've seen 👌 Always look forward to your content.
Mark 👏🏻👏🏻😎😎👋🏻👋🏻Great to see you brother‼️‼️😃no apology needed my friend life has been upside-down for a while now but I got nervous seeing you with a gun 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣....well it's definitely great out there thanks again for another great video 👏🏻 👏🏻 be well my friend see you again soon 👍
Great to have you here, brother! Hope, you're doing well, my friend...haven't heard for a while! Let me know, if there is anything, I could do for you! Take good care! Let's talk soon! Mark
Hello brother, awesome video. 😀👍 I believe you are the true Professor of the YTPC. I have learned so much from you through all this years. Keep up the great works brother. Take care and happy smokes ✌🍂🔥💨☕
Großartigs Video & Storytelling!! So faszinierend, dass ich natürlich sofort nachschauen musste, was es mit der Duell-Geschichte auf sich hat. Dabei fiel mir auf, daß Wikipedia der Meinung ist, das Duell hätte 1902 - also vor 120 Jahren - stattgefunden. Du trägst die Geschichte aber so überzeugend vor, daß ich Deiner Version eher Glauben schenken möchte. Und der Wirkung der Geschichte und deinen weisen Worten tut es ja auch keinen Abbruch.
Thanks for taking the time...and looking into that! And...yep....you're absolutely right! Don't know, how that happened! Sorry for that! I gonna try harder next time...that's against the "honor and tradition" of my profession :-) Take care! Hope, you're well! Mark
Another fantastic video Mark! A great history lesson and a lot to think about. Love that tin art and really makes me sad we can't get those K&K blends easily in the states. Hope u get to enjoy a summer break. Best wishes!
Thank you so much for that, my friend! Truly so much appreciated! And...yeah...sorry for that...but if you really want it...just give Ronny a mail...shipping isn't too much here... roland.zigarren@t-online.de Take care! And be well! Mark
Hello Mark my good friend! Very interesting video and topic...tradition is a tricky thing, and not all equal. Some tradition is harmful (as you alluded) and some can be beneficial, but have to be careful. The baccy looks and sounds good to me, always enjoy a quality VaBur. Sorry I haven't hit you lately on the voxer, but my back has still been problematic. Not to worry though, we'll talk soon, gonna make sure of that! Take care my friend! Corey
Corey, my friend! So good to have you here! Sorry...haven't had a chance, to come back on your last video so far... Let's talk soon my friend! Hope, all is well! Mark
...yeah didn't think about it...but perhaps that's the reason, why I had the chance to do video without any disturbance.. :-) Thanks for watching! And take care! Mark
Truly an amazing story and very well presented. I'll tell you Mark, I would love to sit in on you lectures. Great to see you out and about. By the way, even you pistol seems to be made of meerschaum
Thank you so much for that, Michael! Your thoughts are really so much appreciated! Really the worst situation since second world war for the guys in the region... and still a thousand people missing... But bremen and northern Germany are not affected... Take care and be well, my friend! Mark
Imo, Kohlhase really shines with Scottish blends. All Rattray's scottish blends are great and John Aylesburys Scottish Blend is mild but still really nice. They bite but I'll take the occasional bite with a great tobacco over no bite with a flavorless tobacco.
Pistols at dawn! Guess you got the camera man…well done! Lovely tin art on that Vauen tobacco, shame they don‘t vacuum foil seal the contents. Interesting about traditions, some may perhaps do more harm than good…depending very much on the circumstances 😉
Was not starting the video with "mhm - Hi there" and intentional break of tradition? While ending the video with a ""perhaps see you again" a nod to keeping some tradition? You got me thinking.
One bright morning, in the middle of the night Two dead soldiers got up to fight Back to back, they faced each other Drew their swords and shot each other
I watched from the corner of the table The only eyewitness to facts of my fable If you doubt my lies are true Just ask the blind man, he saw it too ...Yeah...I like Chelsey Wilder too... Thanks for taking the time! Take care, my friend! And be well! Mark
@@bremenpipesmoker6571 Thanks for the attribution to Chelsey Wilder. I have been reciting it since my boyhood and that was a long time ago. You are quite erudite and you are quite the character. Aringe (sp) piper sent me your way and I’m glad to have found you. Perhaps I will send you a German/French site to consider visiting in the future?
@@bremenpipesmoker6571 Here is the entire (limerick?) Containing your memory of same too … “This is a monologue poem. It's more fun to tell it in a scary story voice around a campfire. Script: I come before you, to stand behind you, To tell you something I know nothing about. Admission is free, so pay at the door; Pull up a chair and sit on the floor. Early this morning late last night Two dead soldiers began to fight. Back to back they faced each other Drew their swords and shot each other. A legless donkey passing by Kicked both men right in the eye. It knocked them over a 10 foot wall Into a ditch and drowned them all. A deaf policeman heard their cries And came and shot those two dead guys. If you don't believe this story's true, Ask the blind man - he saw it too! No attribution assigned to it. Looked up Chelsea Wilder but no luck. Maybe Thornton Wilder wrote it?
Tradition... For some Italian families it's called Vendetta. In my family there was a 150yr. Vendetta against another family that went back to the old country Italy. One day a few of us from both families had a sitdown. Just to see where this all began and how our generation could stop this waste of energy. Come to find out. It all started over one family member stealing another chicken. To be sure we all were greatly appalled to hear this. I siad seriously with a bit of humor, I'd gladly give you a chicken and goat to end this ridiculous vendetta. My counter part also having a warped sense of humor said. "Done, but you can keep your animals. Just marry my sister." Note; He didn't have a sister. All being said and done. It's been 20+ years of peace. Point being, find out what the root causes of any issues may surprise you of the simplicity that snowballs out of control. I love your videos. Keep up your great work. Ciao
