Boy Oh Boy Pipe Tobacco The Affordable Luxury

[anotherbob]

ever been smoking your pipe and think about how little you have spent on that particular bowl? Even after accounting for the pipe, the lighter, pipe cleaners and other accessories? You know you get taken away by how good the experience is and realize that other luxuries of similar luxuriousness cost much more? Even at something "crazy" like 20 bucks a tin you still get how many smokes? Frankly I think that's the best selling point for pipe smoking. Is it's luxury on a budget.

 

[shanez]

ever been smoking your pipe and think about how little you have spent on that particular bowl? Even after accounting for the pipe, the lighter, pipe cleaners and other accessories? You know you get taken away by how good the experience is and realize that other luxuries of similar luxuriousness cost much more? Even at something "crazy" like 20 bucks a tin you still get how many smokes? Frankly I think that's the best selling point for pipe smoking. Is it's luxury on a budget.

I try to explain this to my wife all the time. A good box of Cuban cigars sets me back $350-$400 for 20 smokes. That same amount can (will) get me a years worth of this hobby if I don't buy an expensive pipe.

 

[warren]

Amortizing your costs maybe fun but, you are still spending "X" amount of moneys annually. Out of pocket money is still money gone no matter the justification. Watching your moneys waft up to the sky is fun as long as you can afford it.

 

[hauntedmyst]

ever been smoking your pipe and think about how little you have spent on that particular bowl? Even after accounting for the pipe, the lighter, pipe cleaners and other accessories? You know you get taken away by how good the experience is and realize that other luxuries of similar luxuriousness cost much more? Even at something "crazy" like 20 bucks a tin you still get how many smokes? Frankly I think that's the best selling point for pipe smoking. Is it's luxury on a budget.

i completely agree. One of the best pleasures per dollar in the world.

 

[anotherbob]

I try to explain this to my wife all the time. A good box of Cuban cigars sets me back $350-$400 for 20 smokes. That same amount can (will) get me a years worth of this hobby if I don't buy an expensive pipe.

and not expensive is about 100 bucks too.

 

[BROBS]

I was amazed how cheap it was when I got started. As mentioned cigars are expensive as fuck and you can’t take a couple puffs off a cigar and sell or trade the rest like you can if you find a pipe tobacco you don’t like. Also pipes are expensive... but aren’t a consumable good so they retain at least some value... sometimes more than you paid depending on the pipe. Can’t say that about a cigar once you’ve lit it.

 

[anotherbob]

Amortizing your costs maybe fun but, you are still spending "X" amount of moneys annually. Out of pocket money is still money gone no matter the justification. Watching your moneys waft up to the sky is fun as long as you can afford it.

totally. Which explains why there are times I don't smoke the pipe. When you're poor 20 bucks or even 10 can be the difference between eating and not eating.

 

[BROBS]

Also cigars smell like burning asshole.

 

[coming to_falling too]

Picking up the pipe is the best decision I've made since when I decided to give up drugs

 

[karam]

Agree, still amazed by how cheap it is considering the skill involved, and process needed to make some tobacco blends. Feels like it should be more expensive than it is.

 

[mso489]

I take joy in some low-end pipes. Half my blends are tributes to the common man. Still, I'd like a check for what I spend in a year on pipes, tobacco, and accessories. Compared to cigars, pipe tobacco is truly thrifty. Pipes, on the other hand, can go into the stratosphere. I have some up-market pipes I dearly love, but I am often rewarded by how well a Kaywoodie, Yello-Bole, or Dr. Grabow smokes. It's a somewhat expensive indulgence on the installment plan.

 

[bent1]

I take joy in some low-end pipes. Half my blends are tributes to the common man. Still, I'd like a check for what I spend in a year on pipes, tobacco, and accessories. Compared to cigars, pipe tobacco is truly thrifty. Pipes, on the other hand, can go into the stratosphere. I have some up-market pipes I dearly love, but I am often rewarded by how well a Kaywoodie, Yello-Bole, or Dr. Grabow smokes. It's a somewhat expensive indulgence on the installment plan.

Speaking of common man smokers, I have six KW’s from the 1920’s that are superb smokers. They have the large sphere at the end of the stinger, wide open draw and good draft.

 

[trouttimes]

Of all my habits, pipe smoking is by far the least expensive and the one I can do the easiest and most often.

 

[F4RM3R]

Lol speak for yourself! In Canada for even OTC pipe tobacco it's around 30$ USD per 50G.

I buy whole leaf and do processing and blending myself at home to keep costs down. I also enjoy that sort of experimentation anyway so it's not that big of a deal for me. With how much I smoke it would be an expensive luxury otherwise. I'm quite jealous of you folks in the US and Europe. I stocked up last year in my travels to Europe which lasted me a few months. Was nice to try some of those blends I hear about.

 

[Chasing Embers]

After Bruce Weaver's passing, I can't bring myself to pay more than $50 for a pipe for the most part. $5/ounce has always been my maximum limit for tobacco.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Picking up the pipe is the best decision I've made since when I decided to give up drugs

I think smoking a pipe can actually help a person from falling back into bad habits.

 

[Casual]

I absolutely think of pipe tobacco as an affordable luxury.

I roast my own coffee beans, and think of it the same way: I get the freshest coffee made exactly how I like it, for less money than grocery store coffee, because I supply my own labour.

I don’t have the confidence to buy or grow whole leaves and make my own blends, but I imagine it’s even more rewarding.

 

[Edwin Weaver]

I absolutely think of pipe tobacco as an affordable luxury.

I roast my own coffee beans, and think of it the same way: I get the freshest coffee made exactly how I like it, for less money than grocery store coffee, because I supply my own labour.

I don’t have the confidence to buy or grow whole leaves and make my own blends, but I imagine it’s even more rewarding.

Check out the this thread for growing your own tobacco, cure, fermenting, and fire cured. you may enjoy it. Get to Plantin', Boys! D.C. Won't Stop Us. :: Tobacco Legislation - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/get-to-plantin-boys-d-c-wont-stop-us.75868/

 

[Edwin Weaver]

Lol speak for yourself! In Canada for even OTC pipe tobacco it's around 30$ USD per 50G.

I buy whole leaf and do processing and blending myself at home to keep costs down. I also enjoy that sort of experimentation anyway so it's not that big of a deal for me. With how much I smoke it would be an expensive luxury otherwise. I'm quite jealous of you folks in the US and Europe. I stocked up last year in my travels to Europe which lasted me a few months. Was nice to try some of those blends I hear about.

You may like the this thread Get to Plantin', Boys! D.C. Won't Stop Us. :: Tobacco Legislation - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/get-to-plantin-boys-d-c-wont-stop-us.75868/ there is also links to buying whole leaf

 

[F4RM3R]

You may like the this thread Get to Plantin', Boys! D.C. Won't Stop Us. :: Tobacco Legislation - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/get-to-plantin-boys-d-c-wont-stop-us.75868/ there is also links to buying whole leaf

Oh yes I've also grown my own for a few years. Last year I was travelling so I couldn't. But this year I'll be back at It!

I like wholeleaftobacco.com for ordering leaf as they have consistent quality.
But there are some other sites too. Totalleafsupply.com is another one that has some interesting varieties available as well as small quantity sizes as well.