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Manufacturing engineer by trade. My life is over complicated these days. I don’t have one, But 3 candles all burning at both ends. Work for a nonprofit, run a nonprofit of my own, and sit on the board or advise to two more. Masters degree student for a few more months (I’m just dang tired of homework), married, and the father of 2. My son is 5 and a heck of a lot of fun, and my daughter will always be 7 as she went to heaven a few years back.

I married a French-German accountant that luckily knows that I have a collection of pipes already, just not how big a collection... thankfully. I saw a bumper sticker once that read “My biggest fear is that when I die, my wife will sell all my rods and rifles for what I told her I paid for them.” Guess I would have to throw pipes on that list since she thinks $20 is just to damn much. In her mind $5 is pushing it.

Why pipes? There is so much happening I needed a reason to force myself to sit still for a while. Packing, smoking, and thinking calms me down. At other times I can’t let myself think or some bad memories take over, for those times I have a stash of estate pipes that need a lot of work. Scrubbing, sanding, buffing, cleaning, chasing the boy away from the tools, and repairing are a great distraction that has little possibility of letting me throw my back out. I’ve put enough chiropractors kids through college.

When my latest purchase arrives, I’ll have 42 pipes in the collection. 15 are currently smokable. I don’t believe there is anything special there, I go for looks over value. I love the idea of taking something designed for a purpose that has been neglected or broken and discarded, and bringing it back to life. Just because it’s unwanted doesn’t mean it can’t provide years of service with a little care.
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Cincinnati, OH