What Sailors REALLY Smoked in Their Pipes (They Got It Wrong!)

Learn the pipe the right way with my guide, The First Ten Tins: https://clydemorrison.com/ Every film shows the old sailor at the wheel with a pipe in his teeth. On a real sailing ship, that man would have been in serious trouble. In this video, Clyde Morrison tells the real story of how sailors smoked: when they were allowed to light up, what they smoked in, and how they turned rough tobacco leaves into something worth trading for. Most of it comes from his grandfather, who went to sea at fifteen and smoked a pipe for the rest of his life. 0:00 What Hollywood got wrong 1:00 The smoking lamp 1:55 What sailors did the rest of the day 2:51 Clay pipes and cutty pipes 3:50 Rope, tar and the story of Navy Cut 5:55 Why tobacco was money at sea 6:47 The sailor's habit every pipe smoker still has 8:04 Final thoughts If you enjoy slow evenings, good tobacco and the old ways of being a gentleman, subscribe and pull up a chair. #pipesmoking #pipetobacco #gentleman