I'm shivering in fear just thinking about it.
How much do you cellar?
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Just imagine...... a ton of pipe tobacco saved up........
Me too.Yes, I remember your assessment from earlier this year. At the rate I smoke, 2.5 pounds of Plumcake should get me through all my cold weather cravings for a latakia aromatic. I wasn't lying when I said I'm short on storage space (tiny house!). But yes, it's always never enough.
Eight years ago my wife and I moved out of the 5 bedroom farmhouse on our property, and into the 2 bedroom caretakers cabin.
My niece had 4 kids at the time and no spouse. She was in nursing school, and needed a big, safe, cheap place to live. She has sinse had 2 more kids and their dad died 2 years ago. So now she has 6 kids, no dad's.
Anyways, the cabin has 3/4 inch plywood floors with a crawlspace under it. When I moved my firearms, ammunition, and pipe tobacco into the spare bedroom.....I realized there was an issue.
So I did the only logical thing.
I tore out the entire floor, and poured 2 feet of concrete, just under the one bedroom. Then I put in 1/4 inch steel on the walls and ceiling, and got a vault door.
Killed about 6 birds with one stone.
Oh, and I forgot the non blending tobac’s i already mentioned: enough Match Victorian for the better part of a decade
I like your moxie, young man.Me too.
Eight years ago my wife and I moved out of the 5 bedroom farmhouse on our property, and into the 2 bedroom caretakers cabin.
My niece had 4 kids at the time and no spouse. She was in nursing school, and needed a big, safe, cheap place to live. She has sinse had 2 more kids and their dad died 2 years ago. So now she has 6 kids, no dad's.
Anyways, the cabin has 3/4 inch plywood floors with a crawlspace under it. When I moved my firearms, ammunition, and pipe tobacco into the spare bedroom.....I realized there was an issue.
So I did the only logical thing.
I tore out the entire floor, and poured 2 feet of concrete, just under the one bedroom. Then I put in 1/4 inch steel on the walls and ceiling, and got a vault door.
Killed about 6 birds with one stone.
This has been an enlightening thread. I have 10+ years' worth of tobacco at my current smoke rate. I'd be happy to be smoking another 20 or 30 years on this Earth, so I still buy now and again, but I'm not worried about ever running out.
I was doing some math and a lot of the bigger cellars described here would represent well over a hundred years' worth of smoking to me. I was just wondering if any of the members here with huge cellars have a plan for the stuff past any reasonable life expectancy. I saw where one person has a son who smokes, so that makes sense. But again, it was fun and interesting to compare what other people are doing.
I was doing some math and a lot of the bigger cellars described here would represent well over a hundred years' worth of smoking to me. I was just wondering if any of the members here with huge cellars have a plan for the stuff past any reasonable life expectancy. I saw where one person has a son who smokes, so that makes sense. But again, it was fun and interesting to compare what other people are doing.
P.S. I’ve been spending time with this list on the styles I prefer (and benefit from aging), like VA and Va/Per… I assume if you have more than 2 pounds of something you recommend it! Is it just me or is there little VA in stock? Building my cart now, but need more straight VA. Will do a search for alternatives to SG FVF…
Impressive. Like a shop.
What is your interpretation of way too much?
1. Sell to my pipe club members.
2. Sell to my local B&M.
3. Sell to Tin Bids.
4. Rent a table at a pipe show and sell.
When one of my family or friends make an account here and offer hundreds of pounds of tobacco for pennies on the dollar....you'll know im dead.
Much more as I can smoke the rest of my life.
I have about 37 lbs cellared at the moment, covering 106 unique blends. I have reached the point where I am trying to downsize the blends that I don’t smoke as much and focus on the favorites. I still enjoy trying the occasional new blend or new to me at least (I just bought some of the Sun Bear Navy Cask drop) but due to space constraints (and in the interest of a modicum of self restraint) I am trying to keep under 40 lbs total — which should last me about 13 years at my current rate.
Someone’s gonna make some EZ1
Oh man, that sucks. Hoping you regain those senses soon!
Memory loss too? Geez...I hope you didnt forget about all that tobacco you promised to send me!
I figure I have about a 5 year supply, but with the new tariffs, it looks like the prices will be going up, so I'm always on the look out for a "deal" to increase my stash. 
My cellar ballooned somewhat grotesquely when Mac Baren and Sutliff were killed. I panic bought around 25 lbs of stuff, or more. I only have 77 lbs cellared, but at the rate I smoke it will probably last me hundreds of years. I’m sure I need to sell some stuff at some point.
I seem to only smoke a pipe once every few weeks, at best. I’m hoping I can smoke more frequently in the future, but right now by the time my kid is asleep and I’m able to do it, it’s like 10:30 at night and I just don’t want to sit outside until midnight.
I buy 3 tins of each limited edition release from C&D but otherwise I’ve mostly put a hold on cellaring. I’m glad I bought what I did, when I did. I’d rather have too much and bemoan the need to get rid of it for a small profit than regret all of the wonderful leaf that I’ll never get to try.
Buy what you can afford right now and don’t think about all the stuff that’s gone for good, that’ll drive you nuts. I don’t lose sleep over missing the Germain’s and Esoterica era, and I have no interest in paying stupid money for it. Plenty of good stuff still out there for the getting.
I seem to only smoke a pipe once every few weeks, at best. I’m hoping I can smoke more frequently in the future, but right now by the time my kid is asleep and I’m able to do it, it’s like 10:30 at night and I just don’t want to sit outside until midnight.
I buy 3 tins of each limited edition release from C&D but otherwise I’ve mostly put a hold on cellaring. I’m glad I bought what I did, when I did. I’d rather have too much and bemoan the need to get rid of it for a small profit than regret all of the wonderful leaf that I’ll never get to try.
Buy what you can afford right now and don’t think about all the stuff that’s gone for good, that’ll drive you nuts. I don’t lose sleep over missing the Germain’s and Esoterica era, and I have no interest in paying stupid money for it. Plenty of good stuff still out there for the getting.
I understand. I myself, smoke a pipe once every few minutes at best.
Way too much, but I feel a bit more justified each time I notice the price of some of my favorites creeping up and the discontinuation of others.
I keep saying I'm done and then @gervais puts up a deal i cant say no to