Do You Sell Your Estates Or Use Them Up?

[RookieGuy]

I have a few too many pipes. Or, rather, I have a few too many basket pipes which I equate to Harbor Freight tools or Walmart musical instruments. They'll do what I need them to, but please don't equate that with quality. As they eventually get replaced by quality, they'll be given away to new smokers.

That said, there's always going to be a place on my proverbial pipe stand for beaters. A basket, antique store find, or one without financial and sentimental attachments will always make a good tool for work, fishing, hiking, driving or sacrifice to ghosting.

Dogs are culled, broken are euthanized. But there's no reason to bin an otherwise serviceable tool just for the sin of falling out of favor or it not being my particular brand of Scotch. Pipes, screwdrivers, camera lens, it's all the same.

I know a large part of that is situational. I'm lucky enough to live in the suburbs of quite a large metro area as well as being comfortably middle class. I have the luxury of being able to toss a friend 2 basket pipes and jar of tobacco without a second thought. And the shipping means (easy access to USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc) to do so. And the memories of people helping me in the same manner.

Anyways, this is all speaking solely for Rookie. I would never dare presume to tell, ask, cajole, or guilt trip anyone else on what they want to do with their stuff.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I would guess if you only had one, and used it regularly, it would be spent fairly quickly.

Keep up with the upkeep and it would likely outlast the user.

 

[mso489]

My most significant estate pipes have been gifts, so I haven't off-loaded any. A replacement stem fixed one of them after the stem oxidized after every smoke. Every few years I cull pipes, some to the troops, some for store credit, a few to a friend who is a reformed Lucky Strike smoker who wanted them for decor.

 

[brian64]

I had 11 mostly mid-range pipes (a couple low-end) sitting in a drawer that were all in good shape but I no longer used...most of which I hadn't used in years.

I had no desire or motivation to deal with the process of selling them individually, so I recently sent them all to SPC. The process was quick and easy, and their offer amount for store credit was very fair...which will soon be spent on tobacco.