I had no idea I was that close to 500 pounds.?
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That doesn't seem to much considering most of your pipes look to hold 16 oz minimum. ?
At the rate that I smoke, that would keep me in leaf for about a century. Kinda don't think I'd be around to work through more than a fraction of that.
I'm probably in the same boat. I only go through at or around 12 pounds per year.
It varies from state to state, yes. Retailers in PA do have to order from PA licensed wholesalers. If ordering from a manufacturer, then they have to satisfy stamping requirements If ordering from manufacturers from out of state, the manufacturer has to have a PA OTP license.
I might take a pass on this, due to the massive tin anxiety that I get on these small batches. I have been in for 6-10 tins on each of the last 2 Sunbears, the limited GLP Cumberland, the Savinelli 145, the MB Navy Plug, the last 2 Carolina Red Flakes and the last 2 CRFWPs. I have not yet mustered up the courage to open any of them, though I was able to sample the first CRFWP as I gave a tin to a friend for his birthday a year ago. I recently met up with a member here to purchase a tin of Frog Morton's Cellar and I'm realizing now that I may never get the cajones up to actually open and smoke it. I think the rarity factor is actually having the opposite of the intended effect on me, though I suppose it doesn't matter much to the vendor as long as they get paid - might be a trend worth considering long-term if others are like me though.
How long does the smoke last?
I know what you mean. For me, it is almost a fear of loving the blend but not being able to get more. I changed my outlook a few years back about enjoying my best pipes and favorite blends more often. I used to reserve them for the perfect time that never really came. Then I started thinking that nobody knows when they will die and what a shame it would be if you never got to open that rare tin and your favorite pipe rarely got smoked
Indeed. Leave no pipe unsmoked and no leaf unpacked.
All day off and on or 3-4 hours all at once.
Always amazes me to hear about tobacco cellars this massive. I have 1/50th that amount (a little over 10 pounds all told) and feel that I have too much, since I barely smoke a bowl a day, especially in these frigid northern temps. My wife surely agrees.
Now, my tobacco "budget" (which doesn't exist, but I have some fudge room) allows for splurges like this new Folklore, but I'm not sure I'd jump on a whole pound cake. Once opened (which would likely be years down the road), would I chop into 2-4 oz. chunks and re-cellar in jars? What if I hate it?
It started with the notion that I'd have tobacco for when I could no longer afford it 30 years ago. I generally smoke around a pound per month, sometimes a bit more filling a pipe 5-6 times per day. Even my wife's cellar is quickly approaching 100 pounds not to mention how much RYO we've put back in the past couple of years.
Drop in the bucket compared to a few who, for reasons known only to their psychiatrists, have hoards that hover at a ton.
Wow, that's really next level. Not only do you have a wife who smokes a pipe, but she has her very own cellar ... with nearly 100 pounds of baccy!
Yep. Mostly cobs but Jason made her a Christmas pipe in 2020 to accompany my Santa commission.
I think in the back of my mind I'm always waiting for the "perfect" time to open one of these but it never seems to come just like you say. I did open a tin of MB Navy Flake that I bought from another member that was 11 years old as soon as I got it and it was incredible, so maybe once these things have been aged a decade I will get less stuck-up about it. Probably not! I need to channel your energy and actually start enjoying some of these things someday!