Any good ways to cure/curb PAD?
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Buying stuff is fun, so you have to deal with that. People obsess on categories. Some women with shoes or jewelry. Men with all kinds of things we collect. The shopping is exciting. The purchases are exhilarating. Ordering by mail adds suspense and drama, as the item arrives, you open it, and you accustom yourself to your acquisition. When the joy becomes obsession, it's time to reboot. Maybe it is an opportunity to find new outlets and activities, not necessarily abandon your pipe and tobacco buying, but just be a better operator of your own impulses. So I'll start with me. Having just received a new MM cob on Thursday.
I can't bring myself to pass a pipe on to someone else when I find it to be an unacceptable smoker.
The Dunhills I have smoke well enough, but there are many $80 Savs (and other makes) out there that smoke better. Fortunately all but 1 of mine (a 1928 double patent shell briar) were ebay finds for right around $100. They all pass a pipe cleaner just fine, and it's fun to own a bit of pipe history. I would certainly never throw them away, and would have no problem selling them to someone else who thought they were worth something to them.
Buying a new one at the current prices, would be absolutely out of the question. I get the historical aspect of some of the estate prices, some people are into antique shit, but based on the way those smoke, I would buy 5 low end savinellis before one new dunhill. All of mine pass a pipe cleaner though, I know embers had a different experience with some of his, in which case I would be tempted to launch it as well. Any pipe over $20 should at least pass a damn cleaner.
I have not managed to cure PAD, but starting to get into restoration has curbed it significantly. I find much more joy now in buying an old dr. grabow for $10 that looks like absolute shite and making it look like new again than I ever got from a shiny box from SP in the mail. Way more affordable and way more fun. And if you should so desire, it can make your bank account go in the right direction, rather than nosedive, if you should choose to flip them. Plenty of dirty ass higher end stuff out there to clean up as well.
Every time you think about buying another pipe, close a sliding glass door on your junk. I haven't tried it but it has to be effective.
Living over 20 years in my little 900 sf house, space has become a commodity.
I have about 20 pipes in the rotation racks and maybe 30 more I've never smoked in the "strategic reserve" box, half new and half estates. I should be able to reach the finish line without "needing" to buy another pipe.
There are still one or two shapes I'm passively seeking and I pounce on the occasional impulse buy, but now, it's the exception rather than the norm.
Way more focus has been on TAD, although I am feeling well enough stocked there, also. I'm hoping catyrpelius runs out of mystery boxes soon....
My other obsession is military surplus bolt action rifles. It's much easier to find space for a 6 inch, 2 ounce pipe than a 48 inch, 9 pound battle rifle. And they are all priced like Dunhills.
Once I run out of room and can no longer smoke, I'm thinking those flat 1.75 ounce tins will make great 100 yard reactive targets...
This 1944 Turkish Mauser followed me home recently.
I have about 20 pipes in the rotation racks and maybe 30 more I've never smoked in the "strategic reserve" box, half new and half estates. I should be able to reach the finish line without "needing" to buy another pipe.
There are still one or two shapes I'm passively seeking and I pounce on the occasional impulse buy, but now, it's the exception rather than the norm.
Way more focus has been on TAD, although I am feeling well enough stocked there, also. I'm hoping catyrpelius runs out of mystery boxes soon....
My other obsession is military surplus bolt action rifles. It's much easier to find space for a 6 inch, 2 ounce pipe than a 48 inch, 9 pound battle rifle. And they are all priced like Dunhills.
Once I run out of room and can no longer smoke, I'm thinking those flat 1.75 ounce tins will make great 100 yard reactive targets...
This 1944 Turkish Mauser followed me home recently.
@JayTex:How bout of getting the Tokarev SVT40 semi-automatic era of WW2 Manufacturers Izhevsk Rifle factories CCCP,?Here some old-timers still are using them primarily on the moose hunt,,
That is some damn fine antique shit, Jesse. Thoroughly impressed......and thoroughly unsurprised, haha.
Jesse, I suspect you have too many pipes to properly rotate. If you ever need someone to exercise that last pipe, I'm your man! :
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Paul, a few SVT40's made it into the US before importation was banned. Now, the ones available here are well worn and expensive, $1200 and up.
Since I started my milsurp voyage with Russian Mosin Nagants, I was, at one time, intent on scoring an SVT40. However, the more I learned, the less interest I had. I really do prefer bolt action stuff.
Additionally, most of the Soviet stuff had tons of corrosive ammo fired through them by Bubba without proper cleaning, so rust is an issue. With a bolt gun, you can scrub it up and usually still get good service. However, once the more complex operating system of a semiautomatic is pitted with rust, it begins to have cycling issues, with too little or too much pressure. Bad pistons and blocked or enlarged gas ports. It really becomes a chore to keep them operating well and spare parts are scarce and expensive here.
Our Canadian neighbors, however, had no import ban and the SVT is plentiful and much less expensive up there. The Canadian price is finally rising, $6-700 if you're lucky, but just a few years ago, one could still be had up there for $400. That's why I have less compassion when I hear them complaining about their tobacco prices... :nana:
I did have a Romanian PSL for a while, but never fired it for the same reasons. Mine was like new but I would either have to feed it corrosive ammo and scrub the bejeezus out of it after each use or buy costly modern production ammo to avoid the rust monster. It had doubled in value just about the time I needed cash, so away it went.
Additionally, when the Great Nanny comes for all of our tobacco and firearms, they will be less interested in my bolt action "antiques" than all of the modern semi-auto stuff.
:Paul, a few SVT40's made it into the US before importation was banned. Now, the ones available here are well worn and expensive, $1200 and up.
Since I started my milsurp voyage with Russian Mosin Nagants, I was, at one time, intent on scoring an SVT40. However, the more I learned, the less interest I had. I really do prefer bolt action stuff.
Additionally, most of the Soviet stuff had tons of corrosive ammo fired through them by Bubba without proper cleaning, so rust is an issue. With a bolt gun, you can scrub it up and usually still get good service. However, once the more complex operating system of a semiautomatic is pitted with rust, it begins to have cycling issues, with too little or too much pressure. Bad pistons and blocked or enlarged gas ports. It really becomes a chore to keep them operating well and spare parts are scarce and expensive here.
Our Canadian neighbors, however, had no import ban and the SVT is plentiful and much less expensive up there. The Canadian price is finally rising, $6-700 if you're lucky, but just a few years ago, one could still be had up there for $400. That's why I have less compassion when I hear them complaining about their tobacco prices... :nana:
I did have a Romanian PSL for a while, but never fired it for the same reasons. Mine was like new but I would either have to feed it corrosive ammo and scrub the bejeezus out of it after each use or buy costly modern production ammo to avoid the rust monster. It had doubled in value just about the time I needed cash, so away it went.
Additionally, when the Great Nanny comes for all of our tobacco and firearms, they will be less interested in my bolt action "antiques" than all of the modern semi-auto stuff.
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Jesse - What a marvellous collection of Barlings - thank you for sharing photos of some of the pipes in your collection. Wow is all I can say
Truly there are as many rationales for collecting as there are collectors. As for PAD, I lean toward Wilde's observation "The only way to resist a temptation is to yield to it" - I'm struggling manfully with a temporary glut of estates on my bench that I so enjoy cleaning, repairing and restoring to smoking shape. The pile is daunting, but damn, I'm beavering away on it. My targets are modest - all props and thumbs-up to those well-heeled fellows who support the efforts of the incredible artisans who create work-of-art pipes.
Treat your hobbies well, your hobbies will treat you well right back. Besides, my dear wife likes this activity of mine - she likes the smell of pipe tobacco and its handy for her to know where I'm at - better I'm home at work on the pipe bench rather than her worrying about which low dive blues bar I'm creepin' around in :mrgreen:
Truly there are as many rationales for collecting as there are collectors. As for PAD, I lean toward Wilde's observation "The only way to resist a temptation is to yield to it" - I'm struggling manfully with a temporary glut of estates on my bench that I so enjoy cleaning, repairing and restoring to smoking shape. The pile is daunting, but damn, I'm beavering away on it. My targets are modest - all props and thumbs-up to those well-heeled fellows who support the efforts of the incredible artisans who create work-of-art pipes.
Treat your hobbies well, your hobbies will treat you well right back. Besides, my dear wife likes this activity of mine - she likes the smell of pipe tobacco and its handy for her to know where I'm at - better I'm home at work on the pipe bench rather than her worrying about which low dive blues bar I'm creepin' around in :mrgreen:
@JayTexan969, Thank You for these valuable pieces of information, always learing something, SVT's 38 and 40 are going here like 50--700$ depending on the condition,
@SableBrush, Jesse,those are truly beautiful,rare and collectible pipes,Thanks for sharing.
@SableBrush, Jesse,those are truly beautiful,rare and collectible pipes,Thanks for sharing.
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