You're nothin' but enablers, the both of youse! 
The Advantages of "Too Many" Pipes (Or "Too Few")
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Aren’t we all ?You're nothin' but enablers, the both of youse!
I thought that was raison d’être of the Forums
Do you mean to tell me that there really is such a thing as too many pipes???
Well it's not our fault that the pipes breed when we aren't looking.
I think that's what my ex wife thinks. I never once told her I bought a new pipe. They just duplicate when you least expect it.
I think that's what my ex wife thinks. I never once told her I bought a new pipe. They just duplicate when you least expect it.
I'm trying to limit myself to one pipe per blend style, I just got my first Kentucky blend last month which naturally was an excuse to get a pipe reserved for Kentucky blends. I also got my first straight VA so now I'm debating whether I should get a pipe for VAs instead of just using my VaPer pipe.
No laughing here. Out of hundreds accumulated since the early '90s I find myself only smoking four of them regularly. A broken shipment from Turkey really gave a black mark to buying any more.
I find myself with about 30 at home. Plus a couple I'm looking to trade in. And a couple that I'm putting together for a gift or to keep in case anyone ever comes over and wants to try. Plus cobs. Cobs don't count towards a total pipe count. Plus a pipe in the motorcycle saddlebags, 2 in my car, 3 in Mrs. Rookie's car. And the couple in the camping box. Amd the one in the tackle box. I have read about "chicken math" and I'm starting to think chickens are actually made of briar.
I've been smoking a pipe for 4 years now. Really, I still regularly smoke 2 of the first 4. I'm starting to think about paring down my collection. But everything in my collection shares 2 interesting traits. First, they all smoke between good and great. That makes it harder to justify getting rid of them to myself. The second is none of them are worth much. I paid $15 for this cool looking Medico Jetstream, about what it's worth. If I decided to sell it, I'll probably clear -$5. So it doesn't make sense to sell my old pipes to fund my new.
I've been smoking a pipe for 4 years now. Really, I still regularly smoke 2 of the first 4. I'm starting to think about paring down my collection. But everything in my collection shares 2 interesting traits. First, they all smoke between good and great. That makes it harder to justify getting rid of them to myself. The second is none of them are worth much. I paid $15 for this cool looking Medico Jetstream, about what it's worth. If I decided to sell it, I'll probably clear -$5. So it doesn't make sense to sell my old pipes to fund my new.
I've smoked and collected pipes for many decades. I went through a process that I think many of us do.
1) have to get a pipe
2) have to get a couple of pipes
3) have to amass a ton of pipes, after all I'm a collector now
4) have to get high end pipes
5) time to really thin the herd
One time I had a couple of hundred. Lots of loaded pipe racks, pipes stashed in drawers and storage. A number of them I hadn't even smoked. through the years I have had a mentor (and a member here) that always said all you need is about a dozen quality pipes and if you see one you really want to buy, you have to divest one from your dozen. It took a long while but the coin finally dropped. Last year I sold off quite a number and this year I am doing the same.
1) have to get a pipe
2) have to get a couple of pipes
3) have to amass a ton of pipes, after all I'm a collector now
4) have to get high end pipes
5) time to really thin the herd
One time I had a couple of hundred. Lots of loaded pipe racks, pipes stashed in drawers and storage. A number of them I hadn't even smoked. through the years I have had a mentor (and a member here) that always said all you need is about a dozen quality pipes and if you see one you really want to buy, you have to divest one from your dozen. It took a long while but the coin finally dropped. Last year I sold off quite a number and this year I am doing the same.
I knew a guy that all his pipes feel on him and no one even knew he was dead till they found his skeleton under them.
That's a lie but it would be a case of too many pipes.
