I am new to pipe collecting and posted a question on whether small pipes were a new trend back in August 2022. Since that time, I have added a dozen or so pipes to my collection and have read many of the pipe books that are around. Indeed, I thought I found the answer to my original question. Remembering I had posted, I came back to this site to follow-up. I was surprised to see how active this Forum turned out.
On one hand I was deeply embarrassed I had not returned to the Forum to check if anything went on before the thread was closed. On the other hand, I was delighted with the members who did interact. I want to personally thank everyone who took the time to add input and help me. I found the humor sharp and the reasons for small pipes spot on. Thank you, Brothers, for the education in sharing your knowledge.
The title of the thread " whether small pipes were a trend?" was a poor choice by me. After all, how is someone who just started to collect pipes know if somethings trending after only collecting less than six months? In my beginner's naivety, I thought all pipes were about the same size. Yep, I started out just buying based on pictures and my first dozen or so pipes were all about the same size (coincidence). Then I purchased a relatively expensive pipe only to be extremely disappointed that it was only 4.6 inches long. As I continued to collect, it seemed all the nice-looking pipes I liked at the time were less than 5 inches or less. Hence, in my small pipe-world, I thought a new trend was developing and wanted to know why.
Yeah, so the real question was actually why small pipes? You folks answered that question very thoroughly and I was surprised about the depth of the possible reasons. Thank you for taking the time to share your insight and in giving me an educational lesson, I will be viewing the Forum more often from here on out.
On one hand I was deeply embarrassed I had not returned to the Forum to check if anything went on before the thread was closed. On the other hand, I was delighted with the members who did interact. I want to personally thank everyone who took the time to add input and help me. I found the humor sharp and the reasons for small pipes spot on. Thank you, Brothers, for the education in sharing your knowledge.
The title of the thread " whether small pipes were a trend?" was a poor choice by me. After all, how is someone who just started to collect pipes know if somethings trending after only collecting less than six months? In my beginner's naivety, I thought all pipes were about the same size. Yep, I started out just buying based on pictures and my first dozen or so pipes were all about the same size (coincidence). Then I purchased a relatively expensive pipe only to be extremely disappointed that it was only 4.6 inches long. As I continued to collect, it seemed all the nice-looking pipes I liked at the time were less than 5 inches or less. Hence, in my small pipe-world, I thought a new trend was developing and wanted to know why.
Yeah, so the real question was actually why small pipes? You folks answered that question very thoroughly and I was surprised about the depth of the possible reasons. Thank you for taking the time to share your insight and in giving me an educational lesson, I will be viewing the Forum more often from here on out.
Last edited by a moderator:
.gif)
