Gauging the Popularity of Pipes...
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Pipe smoking consistently is going down the tubes. The more the older generation dies out, the fewer smokers there are.
The newer guys don't make up for the losses. Face it, we are a dinosaurs and there is no help in site, We are doomed.
The newer guys don't make up for the losses. Face it, we are a dinosaurs and there is no help in site, We are doomed.
Many of them rely on cigars to keep the lights on... which is ok, because I love a good cigar occasionally.
Cigars are the revenue streams for a lot of shops that sell pipes and cigars. The price of a premium tin of tobacco with about twenty bowls in it buys only one or two premium cigars. From the retailer's point of view, that is where the income is.
I've actually seen an increase pipes smokers over the past couple of years around where I live. I am not saying that pipes will replace vaping, but I don't see it ever going away. People are looking to recapture the old days and pipes will certainly deliver that experience.
This one relies on crackheads cashing checks and buying lotto tickets, cigarettes, and tiny bottles of Hennessy.
I am intrigued that there seem to be at least hundreds, perhaps thousands, of artisan pipe carvers who maintain a presence online themselves or through online retailers. I think their customers are a wide range of people who don't fit any particular profile and don't socialize widely among themselves. Corporate law or muskrat trappers, Omaha cops and dot-com magnates. Likewise, there appears to be a whole unconnected demographic of factory pipe smokers. The fact that the market exists at all is a sort of surprise and hard to track, as the thread shows.
cigrmaster says there is "no hope in site," which I think is a good unintentional pun.
cigrmaster says there is "no hope in site," which I think is a good unintentional pun.
I am not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, I apologize if so.
I find it rather fascinating that the Smoking Pipes Anniversary Peterson pipes sold out in what 2 days? 80 pipes at $200 plus per pipe and a less than stellar recent reputation. Impressive.
I find it rather fascinating that the Smoking Pipes Anniversary Peterson pipes sold out in what 2 days? 80 pipes at $200 plus per pipe and a less than stellar recent reputation. Impressive.
From what I can tell Peterson pipes are more popular than ever.
their recent rep is great. It’s years ago they had problems. And these problems are debatable.
I am glad, it is encouraging for all of pipe smoking!
In my town of 15000 there was one tobacco store.. mostly just cigars. My stepson and I stopped by last month, they had converted to a malt liquor store. I bought the last pouch of pipe tobacco, and i wished i hadn't. It was just tobacco dust. Furthermore i cannot find a real pipe cleaner anywhere here. Just the arts and crafts type. I said all that to say, looks like there is zero demand for pipes here. The cbd and vape shops seem to be staying alive.. those I will never enter.
People lament the decline of B&M stores due to the increase in online sales, but it is important to remember that online sales are actually making it possible for pipe smoking to survive.
The internet allows pipe makers and online shops to reach customers in distant parts of the globe that otherwise would not be sustainable to cater to. The global market for pipes and tobacco is large enough as long as you are able to reach customers everywhere.
I believe that this is one of the things that Laudisi knows how to do well, which is why they have expanded into owning tobacco and pipe manufacturers.
The internet allows pipe makers and online shops to reach customers in distant parts of the globe that otherwise would not be sustainable to cater to. The global market for pipes and tobacco is large enough as long as you are able to reach customers everywhere.
I believe that this is one of the things that Laudisi knows how to do well, which is why they have expanded into owning tobacco and pipe manufacturers.
Not sure if it's on topic but cosmicfolklore made me think if we want to make pipe smoking popular we can do what the bottled water industry did. We find out how many grams a person smokes on average and then call it a daily recommended amount. You know like that 8 glasses of water a day b.s. that people got shoved down their throat, when the 8 glasses was just the average amount of water a person consumed in a day from all sources (water, tea, coffee, and even water content of food).
I know there's definitely a resurgence in the younger demographic in the US. I've seen about 3/4 lunters (and not just the hobos either ?) in the city in the last year, so it's definitely picking up.
Dunno about the US, however in Greece I saw one guy on the street 6 months ago, there's also an older guy in my neighbourhood who is pretty much always outside on his porch smoking a pipe while reading or doing garden work, there are usually 2-3 pipes on his table. I also saw an elderly businessman while waiting to board a flight to London, he had his briefcase open and there were three nice bulldogs inside. Made me warm inside!
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