I couldn’t pass on this poke, and I’ve witnessed pics of his cellar of tabac, I don’t think he’s keeping records in the pile, all though they were fairly neat piles... LOL ?
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Do you Keep Records/Details of the Pipes in your Collection?
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Hmm, this would erode the simple joy found in smoking a bowl of whatever “strikes my fancy”. I prefer a spontaneous selection of tobacco and pipe. Now
don’t get me wrong, I can see how this could be rewarding to some people. I do have a compulsive part of my personality and have really resisted allowing it to creep into my pipe smoking.
They’re other disciplines which require such fastidious records like brewing beer at home, reloading ammunition and homemade cheese. ?
don’t get me wrong, I can see how this could be rewarding to some people. I do have a compulsive part of my personality and have really resisted allowing it to creep into my pipe smoking.
They’re other disciplines which require such fastidious records like brewing beer at home, reloading ammunition and homemade cheese. ?
I keep a piece of notebook paper tacked on the inside of the door of the cabinet I keep my pipes and non-tobacco pipe stuff. I just write the brand, model, date of purchase, and price paid. I mostly do it in case my boys pick up the habit, er, hobby one day and would like to know what’s been passed down to them.
I was just playing with him, he just has a lot stacked up, and yours from these pics looks pretty neat.
P.S. Of the few pipes I have, I keep the Specs for them on ‘Notes’ on my iPad.
Because of my pipes being very personal little treasures i do keep record of them when I bought them,in which state,price and aprox .age (the year they been made),very rarely what has been smoked in them...I do keep the same record of my guns,cowboy hats,cowboy boots ,bowie knifes,guitars etc...I wish the person I am buying from would tell me some history of the item I am buying...Most of people does not keeping records...
I wrote a database app so I can keep track of where my pipes are located, what I smoked in them, etc. I have a large collection of pipes and tobacco stored in bins, bags, locations, etc. Helps me find what I’m looking for since most my pipes are boxed and kept in closets or shelves.
I don’t dwell on keeping track though. The app was just to make it convenient to find stuff.
I don’t dwell on keeping track though. The app was just to make it convenient to find stuff.
I just walk to my pipe rack and stare for about five minutes. Eventually one or three of them starts talking to me. My wife and my dog thinks I'm crazy when I start talking back.
I maintain a spreadsheet with descriptions, date acquired, provenance, price paid, etc. etc. as well as well as a photo imbedded on each one. I keep it with my important documents.
I figure I am not going to live forever and with my idiot kids (well, idiots in their knowledge of pipes...), they would just stick them on a yard sale table for 5 bucks each and inevitably someone on here would be starting a thread about how they got an Ivarsson or Knudsen or Bang or etc. etc. for just 5 bucks at a garage sale put on by a bunch of idiot kids....
I figure I am not going to live forever and with my idiot kids (well, idiots in their knowledge of pipes...), they would just stick them on a yard sale table for 5 bucks each and inevitably someone on here would be starting a thread about how they got an Ivarsson or Knudsen or Bang or etc. etc. for just 5 bucks at a garage sale put on by a bunch of idiot kids....
I keep track of my pipes on a piece of paper to know where I purchased them, when I purchased them, what I payed for them and the chamber size. I have every pipe on the paper in the order I purchased them. It's not needed but just something I wanted to do. I don't keep track of my tobacco.
For real. I gave up on entering stuff into a database it feels too much like work. To what end? If your cellar is somewhat organized you can easily just see what’s there.
Not only no, but HELL no. That would be akin to hand delivering a database to my wife titled "motive". I find it better to just let myself be pleasantly surprised each time I rediscover a pipe or tin that I forgot I had from time to time.