Cellaring...How Much Should a Person Cellar?

[scloyd]

I'm fascinated by the amounts of tobacco pipers have cellared...100, 200, 300 pounds. I understand the reasoning behind cellaring. Favorite blends may no longer be available in the future, some blends get better with age, prices/taxes/government issues, it's fun collecting (hobby), investment for future and I'm sure there's other reasons.
Using the Tobaccopalypse Calculator on PipeTools. I need to cellar 38 pounds before I die. I have 2 pounds cellared...only 36 pounds to go.
Here's what I entered into the calculator: I'm 59, expect to live until I'm 75, I smoke 7 bowls a week...which comes to 2.4 pounds a year for the next 16 years.
Any thoughts? Has anyone else used the Tobaccopalypse Calculator?

 

[pianopuffer]

Yes, and I love/hate it.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I haven't. But if the math is like you used, I need more than I have allowed for. I generally smoke 6 to 8 bowls per day. So if you need 2.4 pounds per year, I need 16 pounds per year. I'm 61 and want to have tobacco to smoke if I live to 91. That's 30 years. so I need 480 pounds. I'm almost half way home then. LOL My calculation was based upon 10 pounds per year.
Edit: I found it on the Pipe Tool. I need 507 pounds. Not sure I agree with that amount but okay. I can allow TAD to occur for another year while I accumulate another 250 pounds or so. The chances of me living to be 91 aren't very good I would say but I can't take a chance of being wrong. Once I would hit 80 or so, what else would I do all day other than sit around and smoke my pipe.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I'm going to keep buying until I can't afford it or they ban internet sales.

 

[philobeddoe]

^^^^This.^^^^

 

[curl]

He who dies with the most tobacco wins.

 

[canadianpuffer]

I think the calculations have to be generous for me. I go through ebbs and flows when it comes to consumption rates. Spring and fall can be a bowl a day. Summer and winter are more likely once a week - week and a half. But I also plan on smoking more as I get more free time as I get older. So better to be looking at it, than for it!

 

[scloyd]

Once I would hit 80 or so, what else would I do all day other than sit around and smoke my pipe.

Nice! I like that.

 

[techie]

I've collected about 2.5 pounds in the last three weeks. Seems I've got a long ways to go.

 

[workman]

I am not cellaring for a lifetime. Apocalypses are not part of my worldwiew.

I'm thinking that when I reach about 20 pounds, I'll stop cellaring and stick to replenishing and sampling. But who knows? I might end up on a mountain of tobacco. I'm bad at making plans, and even worse at sticking to them.

 

[weezell]

Once I would hit 80 or so, what else would I do all day other than sit around and smoke my pipe.

There's always drinking, carousing with wild women, and driving fast cars! That's how I plan on doing it... :rofl:

 

[olkofri]

Where's that calculator?

 

[scloyd]

Where's that calculator?

thepipetool.com
After you sign in...go to my cellar. There's a blue calculator button.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

7 bowls a week...

That's almost... like... just one bowl a day. What do you do for the rest of the day? I need like 2.4 pounds a month.

 

[jon11]

I feel like the guys that only smoke a bowl a day or a bowl every couple days usually quit the hobby and lose interest within a couple years. From being on forums for about 8 years or so that’s what I’ve come to realize. The boys that smoke multiple bowls a day usually stick around for awhile.

As for a cellar keep buying what you can afford

 

[scloyd]

I feel like the guys that only smoke a bowl a day or a bowl every couple days usually quit the hobby and lose interest within a couple years.

That very well may be me in the future. I've had many hobbies, some lasting for years and then just lost interest. Pipe smoking is an interest/hobby I have now. It may last a year or maybe ten years. Who knows? Maybe you'll see my 2 pound cellar for sale in a year or two. :rofl:

 

[scloyd]

That's almost... like... just one bowl a day. What do you do for the rest of the day?

Funny thing is...I'm retired collecting a nice pension after working 30+ years at an electric utility. I now work part-time at a bank. I have a lot of free time. I try to keep busy.

 

[prairiedruid]

Just added 3 pounds from the Peter Stokkebye sale. Sitting at a bit over 50 pounds; add to it when I can afford to.

 

[curl]

I have about 55 pounds in my cellar, but that total amount includes a lot of mistakes. My cellar includes blends that I ended up not liking. I haven't precisely measured the good the bad and the ugly in my cellar, but I estimate that I have some 40-45 pounds of the good stuff. In other words, once I'm down to the last 10 pounds in my cellar, I'm out of tobacco.

 

[olkofri]

It might also be that the hobby turns into a habit, in which case they no longer want to talk about it and prefer to just smoke instead of coming here. Maybe they're all one-blend pipers now.