More Pipes or More Tobaccos??

[Frozenoak]

Worse comes to worse you can carve a pipe but growing tobacco...?

 

[brian64]

I wasn't kidding about the pipe cleaners.

You're supposed to be laundering those...I'll have to inform Tuff Tony.

 

[olkofri]

I wasn't kidding about the pipe cleaners. If an all out annihilation of tobacco comes about, that'll include accessories and all we'll be left with are those craft chenille sticks.

Or bird feathers.

 

[warren]

Teachers, kindergartners and first graders are not gonna give up pipe cleaners. They can be found in nearly any craft shop. Of various quality of course, some acceptable, some not. I'm betting craft shops sell more cleaners than tobacco purveyors.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Teachers, kindergartners and first graders are not gonna give up pipe cleaners. They can be found in nearly any craft shop. Of various quality of course, some acceptable, some not. I'm betting craft shops sell more cleaners than tobacco purveyors.

Those are the chenille sticks I mentioned. Utterly useless for a pipe. Totally non abrasive and non absorbant.

 

[PadrePiper887]

I wasn't kidding about the pipe cleaners. If an all out annihilation of tobacco comes about, that'll include accessories and all we'll be left with are those craft chenille sticks.

You have a good point chasingembers, i will stock up on it soon!

 

[didimauw]

That's a good point. I need to add pipe cleaners to my next tobacco order. I've been trying to be good, and clean my pipes more often. Usually it's 1-2 pipe cleaners after 3-4 smokes.

 

[JMcQ]

An empty pipe isn't good for anything.

 

[sablebrush52]

Pipe cleaners, buy pipe cleaners.

The most important part of this PSA! My last purchase was strictly pipe cleaners, which reminds me, I should cellar a few thousand more.

 

[verporchting]

Pipe cleaners are something I almost always buy at any B&M store I go into. Often they don’t have any tobacco blends that I want and I really don’t need more pipes - not that I can’t be tempted by either one if they have something that calls my name - but it’s repugnant to me to visit a place, thank them for being there and then walk out empty handed. I can generally find a couple ounces of something I want to try and always grab a big handful of pipe cleaners or maybe two hands full. Just one of those things you really can’t have too many of.

 

[cigrmaster]

Definitely buy tobacco over pipes. When the apocalypse happens there will be a load of blends that get discontinued. When you find something you really like, best to load up.

I buy pipe cleaners in bulk as they are getting harder and harder to find in stock.

 

[mso489]

Hmmm. You have a number of pipes. How settled are you with your rotation? Variety of sizes and finishes? You may "need" at least a few more spots on your rack filled. Likewise, I'd patch in some blends or single-leaf you don't have, including blending condiments so you can blend and correct existing blends. I wouldn't buy pounds of any one thing. What will be missing over the next few years is variety, I'd guess. So provide for that. Shortages will favor moderate users, so consider that. Both/all of the elements are important, so balance your buys. Pipe cleaners, yes.

 

[kcghost]

You're kidding right?? Cellar up!

 

[hauntedmyst]

Picture it. It's 2040 and gas is gone and your electric car isn't charged. Your pipe as gone out. The liberal anti's have outlawed tobacco and tobacco shops. You start to panic. All you can see for miles are socialist, locally grown vegan grocery stores, weed dispensaries and state sponsored genital reconfiguration centers (you know, because sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't)/safe spaces. You look down at your pipe and it's empty. Panic increases. You don't want any North Slope Hawaiian trip weed. You want a nice Balkan or a simple VaPer but your stocks are bare. BARE You see a bunch of millennials all grown up, walking down the street, half with man buns (which, even 20 years in the future you realize should never be worn by any man unless they are a samurai or their last name is Massengill) You want to make eye contact with one but you can't. Their eyes are glossed over staring at their Iphones 43's for HoloInstagrams or checking Tinder to see if they have a date at any time in the foreseeable future. Your pipes are empty. No more Latakia. No more Cavendish. No more Flakes and GL Pease died tragically years ago. You are utterly alone.

Suddenly, those 47 pipes you bought don't make much sense, do they?

 

[donjgiles]

47 HA...



I wish.

 

[ophiuchus]

If ya got three pipes, buy tobacco. And those pipe cleaners! I might have forgotten about those ...

Felt like I had to chime in gratuitously somewhere ...

 

[Humblepipe]

Those are the chenille sticks I mentioned. Utterly useless for a pipe. Totally non abrasive and non absorbant.

In schools, they call them "fuzzy sticks". Cleaning a pipe with a fuzzy stick?! No pride in that. Yep, I am buying a butt load of pipe leaners right now.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

I think the cellaring rush (justified, IMO) has already shown an impact on the estate pipe market. I can only cite my own impressions as evidence, and of course there will always be phenomena like bidding wars breaking out, but lots of pipes that are of interest to me go for less than they would have brought 20 years ago.

Maybe the contrarian play is to buy pipes. I still do, but my budget % is still heavily favored toward tobacco.

 

[hobie1dog]

Tobacco

 

[Chasing Embers]

Picture it. It's 2040 and gas is gone and your electric car isn't charged. Your pipe as gone out. The liberal anti's have outlawed tobacco and tobacco shops. You start to panic. All you can see for miles are socialist, locally grown vegan grocery stores, weed dispensaries and state sponsored genital reconfiguration centers (you know, because sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't)/safe spaces. You look down at your pipe and it's empty. Panic increases. You don't want any North Slope Hawaiian trip weed. You want a nice Balkan or a simple VaPer but your stocks are bare. BARE You see a bunch of millennials all grown up, walking down the street, half with man buns (which, even 20 years in the future you realize should never be worn by any man unless they are a samurai or their last name is Massengill) You want to make eye contact with one but you can't. Their eyes are glossed over staring at their Iphones 43's for HoloInstagrams or checking Tinder to see if they have a date at any time in the foreseeable future. Your pipes are empty. No more Latakia. No more Cavendish. No more Flakes and GL Pease died tragically years ago. You are utterly alone.

Suddenly, those 47 pipes you bought don't make much sense, do they?