Pipe Regrets

[tschiraldi]

I'm not sure if this should be in the Pipe Talk forum, but the Country Squire podcast recently had an episode about pipe regrets, either paying too much for a pipe or getting rid of a pipe you wish you'd kept. This got me thinking, and I think it could be an interesting discussion.
I have never regretted the amount I spent on a pipe, but there are two pipes I've had that I wish I had back. The first one was an old Savinelli Nonpareil. It was a great pipe, but what really hurt was that it was my Dad's old pipe. I had gotten several pipes belonging to my Dad and a friend. I took them to get refurbished, and when I picked them up, I put them in several plastic shopping bags. I wasn't well equipped at the time. Anyway, I put the bags full of pipes in the back seat of my car, and brought them in when I got home. Evidently, I missed a bag. A few days later, I saw the bag and, assuming it was trash, I threw it in a trash can at a gas station! Later that day, I realized I was missing two pipes, and realized what I had done. I sped to the gas station and raped the trash can. I found the bag with one pipe in it. The Sav was gone!
The other one was a Sasieni Specially Selected One Dot 51 Billiard in pristine condition. It was the best pipe I've ever had. I sold it a coupe years ago. I don't even remember WHY I sold it! I would give any 5 of my other pipes to have that one back!
Anyone else want to play???

 

[Chasing Embers]

No regrets either way here. My buys are well thought out as are my throwaways.

 

[bnichols23]

Damn. Hate that about both, especially the Sav since it was your dad's. And knowing you & Sasienis the other too.

Probably the one I regret most myself (but with a happy ending) was a Hilson Unicorn that I gave away to a new smoker Lord only knows how many years ago. I got lucky 3-4 years back, though, & found an identical one for sale on eBay in Italy. I had to bid it up to $75 to win it & succeeded. It was worth every penny to get it "back"!

 

[bnichols23]

No regrets either way here. My buys are well thought out as are my throwaways.

Showoff. }

 

[tschiraldi]

Damn. Hate that about both, especially the Sav since it was your dad's. And knowing you & Sasienis the other too.

Probably the one I regret most myself (but with a happy ending) was a Hilson Unicorn that I gave away to a new smoker Lord only knows how many years ago. I got lucky 3-4 years back, though, & found an identical one for sale on eBay in Italy. I had to bid it up to $75 to win it & succeeded. It was worth every penny to get it "back"!

Bravo! I love happy endings!

 

[eslavs]

I have no regrets over the pipes I've bought, and I've not yet let go of any. I do regret being sniped at the last second losing a few Ebay auctions for pipes I really wanted.....

 

[Chasing Embers]

Showoff. }

It's like this one. Already had replacement stem in mind a week before the auction ended.

 

[Jwebb90]

The biggest pipe regret for me is losing a pipe case with a beautiful Il Ceppo in it. There was also a cheap little Hialeah Algerian briar in there that smoked beautifully. I searched high and low with no success. I miss them both ?

 

[hauntedmyst]

I regret all the pipes I've sold but the few I regretted buying in the first place. Good thing there are always more pipes to find!

 

[coyja]

No regrets, but I've missed a few I would have liked because I sat on the pot too long thinking about it.

Had a pipe I was looking at for a few days disappear as I was making a final decision Saturday night, about to buy it myself. (In that case, I landed on something else that is probably a better purchase for me anyhow, so it worked out, but thats the first time that a pipe has been bought out from under me live on an internet retail site, lol.)

 

[Lawyer66]

I haven't owned a lot of pipes. My first pipe was a cheap pipe that was made so that the stem couldn't be removed. I was young and experimental and eventually lost that pipe after trying a soapy flake blend. The second was a Nording Rusticated Freehand which I got as my first real pipe. I never fully appreciated the pipe or pipe smoking in general. The pipe ended up mistreated and eventually broken. I wish I had taken better care of it. That way I could have enjoyed an aromatic out of it now. Here it is....

 

[B.Fee]

My pipe regret was a purchase that got away from me.
I was watching the 1969 movie True Grit . Texas Ranger La Boeuf "Glen Campbell" at a camp fire pulled a pipe out of his vest pocket and lit up. It was a beautiful myrshum pipe. Some months later i saw one just like it for sale. By the time I got the funds together it was sold. ☹

 

[ashdigger]

I’ve plenty of regerts but I’m not airing my dirty laundry to you heathens.

 

[Mr.Pink]

My X Smashed/Destroyed about 10k in pipes in a fit of rage if that makes you feel better about your "gas station" incident

 

[Grangerous]

Smoke only beautifull, hand selected baskets. No regrets.

 

[PipesRock]

Wish I hadn't tossed out my 1st ever pipe (straight Billiard) unk basket pipe from the mid-eighties. Didn't take up pipes again till 33ish years later so I'd like to have it but wouldn't call it quite as strong as a regret.

 

[olkofri]

Guess just the MacQueen pipe I got. Overpriced for what it is and always imparting a taste of burnt wood to the smoke. It was s'posed to be for virginias but I've dedicated it for English blends: underdogs for underdogs.

 

[gamzultovah]

It's like this one. Already had replacement stem in mind a week before the auction ended.

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Good for you, Duane! You got it! Is it as impressive in person as in pictures?

 

[bnichols23]

I haven't owned a lot of pipes. My first pipe was a cheap pipe that was made so that the stem couldn't be removed. I was young and experimental and eventually lost that pipe after trying a soapy flake blend. The second was a Nording Rusticated Freehand which I got as my first real pipe. I never fully appreciated the pipe or pipe smoking in general. The pipe ended up mistreated and eventually broken. I wish I had taken better care of it. That way I could have enjoyed an aromatic out of it now. Here it is....

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That's a real shame, not so much for the pipe as for you. :\ I hope you got another as good or better to replace it at some point! (Anybody here will tell you I'm a Nording freak. -laugh-)

 

[bnichols23]

I’ve plenty of regerts but I’m not airing my dirty laundry to you heathens.

Too late. You know what good imaginations we have!