Sometimes I feel like I am not buying all these pipes but they are reproducing.
Can Anyone Help Me Fight P.A.D.??
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I’ve been looking at some of these for a long time. With some assistance from my pipe hating wife, I was able to bring the order down to a few clays of different shapes, and a couple to share on upcoming camp trips.
Will probably shell out the money for an Altinay (and another couple pipes) after trying these out next week.
Will probably shell out the money for an Altinay (and another couple pipes) after trying these out next week.
You sound like a bunch of women justifying a sale on shoes at Filenes basement.
It’s embarrassing. Did you join the forum so you can let your “shopaholic” side go wild?
Man up, for fuckssake.
Man up, for fuckssake.
Holy shit!! Honestly that's beautiful. I'm up to 106 pipes and don't see any reason to stop adding to the stable. People collect all sorts of things and pipes make me happy.
I rarely buy pipes any more. My last cob was February 2023, last meerschaum May 2022 and last briar sometimes before Thanksgiving 2021
I agree with this, I always wanted to collect something but wanted it to be something that was useful to me. Pipes tick that box and a lot more. My collecting has changed over time but I still enjoy adding pipes.
Haha!!
Sadly, just the opposite.
Before I came to these forums I was content with my one cob and one Grabow.
Just keep your guard up, buddy, or the next thing you know these boys will have you fitted for a fez, smoking jacket, and velvet opera pumps.
I'm surprised that nobody has started a monthly What Are You Wearing thread. I guess it's just a matter of time.
Nothing comes between me and my Peterson.
I've re-read the original post several times and I think that the OP knows the right answer. Time to man up and do the right thing, you don't need us to tell you what it is.
I just realized how true that statement is, I can quit any time I want. The part that's left out is I might never want to.
Seriously what works for me is thinking about the pipes I have now and wondering how I feel about smoking them less often. It makes me really ask if it's worth having the other pipe. Puts me in a situation where I really need a reason to get another pipe. It's got to either offer something I don't have or be nice enough that the other pipes which I know well can rest a bit more. Which as the collection is a little bigger the answer is I don't really want to get that pipe now. I need a nice large pipe for those rare times where I can smoke as long as I want. Hanging out somewhere that smoking is allowed and encouraged.
Yeah that’s an easy one. Just pick up fly fishing.
Start off with a Winston pure 4wt with a matching Bauer RVR reel. Head out to Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Use that 4wt on the Snake, Gros Ventre, Firehole, Madison, Henry’s Fork…… go home and turn on the computer. Start looking into what went wrong.
Problem solved.
Start off with a Winston pure 4wt with a matching Bauer RVR reel. Head out to Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Use that 4wt on the Snake, Gros Ventre, Firehole, Madison, Henry’s Fork…… go home and turn on the computer. Start looking into what went wrong.
Problem solved.
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Some people think fly fishing is expensive. Then they meet guys who buy bass boats.
Yes Sir! I figured out what I don’t need, and am staggering the rest so I can order with a clean conscience.
Hearing others perspectives did help me to be aware of what I really want to do.
To me I always ask myself "how often am I going to use use this pipe?" and "what purpose will this pipe serve beyond another piece for the collection?" If I don't see it being part of my regular rotation I pass on it. Right now I have a briar for Virginias and VaPers, a briar for Englishes, a cob for aromatics and codgers, and a meer for when the others are resting. For now I'm not actively seeking to get anymore pipes, so unless I see a great estate at an antiques shop I won't be getting anymore. I might get myself something nice with Christmas money this year like a Savinelli, Peterson, or anything Danish, but that depends entirely on whether I feel I'm ready by then to truly appreciate a higher end smoekr.
I am completely powerless & useless in this regard.
Only thing that may help is do a financial calculation on the average market return over a given time and possibly shock yourself over the future value of PAD money spent today. But a new problem arises, how much will those pipes cost in the future?
Only thing that may help is do a financial calculation on the average market return over a given time and possibly shock yourself over the future value of PAD money spent today. But a new problem arises, how much will those pipes cost in the future?