What is Your New Year's Pipe Resolution?

[huckleberry]

I don't usually make resolutions, but I will make one this year that I hopefully will keep. I will try to be more active here on the forum, and hopefully be able to participate in the Secret Santa in 2022 if you have one.

I just finished reading all the posts from this year and regret not being more active in the forum. It was a Beautiful thing to read and it warmed this Old Geezers' heart. All who participated should be Congratulated

 

[captainsousie]

Mine is to go to the Pipes For Sale section on 1/3/22 and hit the F5 key every minute non-stop until midnight, 12/31/22. ?

Sadly that won't work for these, those are the first ones given...though I promised them before the new year so they barely count.

 

[ukbob]

Only one buy more tobacco. ?

 

[OzPiper]

Mine ( to NOT buy another pipe in 2022 unless it is a white whale) never made it to NY's Day 2022.

Thanks to Dave (@Ahi Ka ) who sent me a link to a shitload of Britwoods, I may have acquired yet another. ?

 

[Hampshire Pipes & Cigars]

Mine is to learn more. Learn about tobaccos and pipe maintenance. As a relative newbie I want to be more comfortable and relaxed with a little more knoweldge.

 

[Casual]

Last January 4, I thought I should let my SmokingPipes VIP level drop from silver to bronze:

SmokingPipes VIP Requirements Change? :: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers

Not that it matters cause, I’m gonna spend what I’m gonna spend but.....I need to figure out if someone’s been slipping Ketamine in with my tobacco. Have been at silver VIP level for several years, the email I got for the order I just received on Saturday said silver. Was browsing on their...

pipesmagazine.com

Well, this morning, almost one year later, I’ve done it! I now only replenish some blends when they’re on sale.

 

[karam]

More tobacco to the cellar: stop trying new blends and build the staples. Keep looking for interesting pipes but not allow it to become PAD.

 

[beezer]

Mine is to quit using nicotine pouches (Zyn, On!) so that I'll smoke my pipe more often!

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

If it is open, my hope (New Year's wishes here) is to visit the Peterson retail shop in Dublin and have a bowl or two in various spots Barry Fitzgerald would have done the same in the area where they filmed The Quiet Man. Still up in the air this frigid sub-zero morning but up early and working through the possibilities.

 

[Laurent]

To master the fold and stuff! I have only 7 pipes, so it would be a little early to start pulling back from purchasing more.

 

[Ag®o]

Mine is similar to some, killing all the open jars and throwing out the mediocre tobacco, I'm not going to sacrifice my time with them, given the multitude of good stuff there is.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

You want to fail at something…make it a resolution. No thanks! ?️

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Mine is to smoke St Bruno at least once a week, it's just so pleasant.
I've been neglecting it of late.

 

[cigrmaster]

One of my goals is to finish re doing my pipe collection. A few months or so ago I had smoked my first pipe from Jack Howell and I then decided I needed a crap load more . I so far have 12 of Jacks pipes with more in the que. I unloaded more than 60 pipes that were all good smokers, but they were not fantastic smokers. I am sure you guys know what I mean.

I have a lot of fantastic Rad Davis pipes a couple of Bruce Weavers and some singles from other artisans as well. I collect American artisan made pipes and Jack is right up there with Rad. Since Rad retired I have been looking high and low for someone who can make the classic shapes I love. By sheer luck I was told that Jack was carving again. I had always wanted one of his pipes but he hardly made them. His real job is as a clarinet player for the Pittsburg philharmonic orchestra. If it were not for covid I would have never gotten any of Jack's pipes.

I am down to my best 38 pipes and the only ones I will be adding are from Jack hopefully. I have a 15 count glass door cabinet that has Jack's name on it or some Rad's and maybe a special Bruce Weaver.

Tobacco wise I will keep looking for my special blend that I can only buy well aged and if the price is right I will buy them.

 

[seanv]

Same as a lot of others.... work through my open jars and sell or gift a few of my pipes that don't see much action anymore.

 

[Alejo R.]

That could be getting rid of most of my pipes.

 

[mso489]

Don't forget burley. Ever.

 

[krizzose]

To smoke from my McClelland stash whenever I feel like it without worrying about it running out

 

[krizzose]

Don't forget burley. Ever.

My experiments in home blending have taught me two things. First, I am not a good blender. Second, adding some burley has made made every one of my home blends better

 

[btp79]

I hope to transition my cellar from mason jars to mylar bags for mid to long-term storage. This is going to create 100s of empty jars so that should be fun to deal with. I also want to bag and seal all of my square tins, I can't bear the thought of opening them just for ageing, so I'm going to bag them tin and all.