What to do With a Gifted Pipe?
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Well, I gift pipes so here’s my take.
Once it leaves my hands and the gift has been delivered…….
The new owner can enjoy it, re-gift it, sell it, toss it in a fire, feed it to hungry animals or throw it in the trash.
Here’s the thing, I got rid of it for a reason, so the new owner gets that option.
Once it leaves my hands and the gift has been delivered…….
The new owner can enjoy it, re-gift it, sell it, toss it in a fire, feed it to hungry animals or throw it in the trash.
Here’s the thing, I got rid of it for a reason, so the new owner gets that option.
I guess it all depends on who gave you the pipe. Wife, girlfriend, you'd better keep it. Coworker who will never see your collection, put it up for sale. You might give it a try just to see if you like it. Maybe it will surprise you. I agree with @ashdigger, once its in your hands, you own it, and can do with it as you please.
What ash said, but my personal preference is to extend the intention by regifting or swapping.
The only exception is if the pipe comes from a family member. You just gotta suck it up and learn to like it.
The only exception is if the pipe comes from a family member. You just gotta suck it up and learn to like it.
I'm still in the acquisition/exploration phase of my pipe smoking, so I'd add it to my rotation regardless. That aside, I have no qualms about regifting or selling something if I know I'm not going to use it. I rarely throw anything away.
Regift if it’s not full on crap. Toss it if it’s crap. Don’t take up space. Life is too short and winters too long to smoke crap pipes.
If you don't like it, respond to the gifter and ask them if they have something nicer they could send. LOL I have hesitated with giving away pipes because they are personal. I agree with ash, once gifted, it's the recipient's property to do with as they please. I also agree with @reloader . Dependent upon the gifter, you may wish to exercise some discretion. I know I wore some really ugly ties my Daughter gifted me when she was young.
Haha my kids have just got to the let’s buy dad a funny tie phase. My ugliest, and thereby most favoured, is a wide black dress tie with a full moon and Spider-Man doing some fancy pose.
"What to Do With a Gifted Pipe?"
Move to a school district that has a "Gifted and Talented" program, (GATE) and enroll the little bugger.
Move to a school district that has a "Gifted and Talented" program, (GATE) and enroll the little bugger.
Keep it and smoke it on the holiday it was given for.
I'd thank the person for the gift and explain I don't accept gifts for any reason and return it to them. Family knows not to buy me anything related to smoking as I won't stand for it. Smoking is my wee vice and they should not be contributing it.
In a way this plays into an old cigar discussion and what it boiled down to was when you gift someone a cigar it’s no longer yours it’s theirs and if they want to dip that 1980s Cuban Davidoff in cheap swill rum to “flavor it” that’s their choice. (I was still pissed and swore never to gift him a really good stick again because that was my option) 
Display piece if I don't like it, I guess. Toss it if it's total junk.
Of course, it also depends on who the giver is.
Of course, it also depends on who the giver is.
I’m cheap so I would first thank them and then just adjust to it and add it to my rotation.
I've gifted a few estate pipes and whatever they do with it once it's in their hands, I don't care, it's theirs now.
I've been gifted pipes...a birth year Dunhill, a Peterson Christmas pipe and a Mr. Brog from my grandson, these are pipes I'll never dispose of. These were gifts that the person put the time and effort to gift to me, I'll cherish them.
I've been gifted pipes...a birth year Dunhill, a Peterson Christmas pipe and a Mr. Brog from my grandson, these are pipes I'll never dispose of. These were gifts that the person put the time and effort to gift to me, I'll cherish them.
If someone is kind enough to swing for the fences and gets me a decent tobacco pipe, I'm going to keep it and smoke it, aesthetics be damned. If it is truly crap, I'll keep it tucked in a drawer somewhere. I usually abhor clutter, but man, if someone was cool enough to indulge me in my preferred vice, I will simply accept gracefully and make due.
Usually place with rest of pipes. Don't like getting rid of gifts.
