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tennsmoker

Lifer
Jul 2, 2010
1,157
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So, you think it's bad you own pipes you haven finished breakin' in yet?
I own pipes I haven't even smoked yet!
And I still look and lust and lust and lust. I tell ya, I'm mad.

 

kashmir

Lifer
May 17, 2011
2,712
70
Northern New Jersey
Guilty as charged. I'll admire pipes that I have no intention of buying. Just snoopin' out the trends and styles. In addition to SPC, I also check out a number of artisan sites, and I'm on everyone's email list. I visit eBay too and have a couple dozen searches saved. Neat to see what's out there, even tho I've no intention of bidding. Finances being tight these days.

 

soggycitybob

Starting to Get Obsessed
Apr 30, 2013
222
0
Portland, OR
Yup. Ebay is becoming an addiction. Just bought another pipe today. I'm cleaning them up and selling some back on Ebay at least, so hopefully I break even.

 

mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
41,211
60,659
Oh yeah. I tell myself, it is an interest and I enjoy keeping current on the market. Just for information.

Lately I'm considering another pipe rack. Or I am considering not getting another rack to discourage

myself from getting too many more pipes. It is fascinating that pipes are a product that is attractive

far beyond ones need to have enough pipes to smoke. I think this is true of other areas. People who

can afford collector automobiles or thoroughbred horses can never buy quite enough. Many people

accumulate way too many shoes or clothes. I have traded off pipes and bought better pipes, to cull

the herd. Trade off six pipes and apply them to one pipe. Unfortunately, it's hard to part with gift

pipes or pipes with special stories, or pipes that smoke especially well, of which there are a lot. But it

is a pleasure to click through the online sites. I have about six or eight I comb from time to time.

A little obsessive compulsive ingredient there. But that's what makes it an interest, I guess.

 

tjameson

Lifer
Jun 16, 2012
1,191
4
I too just had smoking pipes up looking at this beautiful Tsuge that hasn't sold in months...I can barely afford a new cob right now lol
Tsuge Dublin

 

rigmedic1

Lifer
May 29, 2011
3,896
76
I look because I can, and fill my wish list with those dreams I will probably never buy. /sigh. Definitely masochism.

 

cavendish36

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jun 26, 2013
112
0
Currently, I have 4 open web pages relating to pipes or tobacco. Glad to know I'm sane...

 

dread

Lifer
Jun 19, 2013
1,617
9
I too look while I am breaking in a few pipes, have a few I haven't smoked, and am in constant trouble with the wife over my relapsing addiction.

 

plateauguy

Lifer
Mar 19, 2013
2,412
21
You're not alone obviously. We all suffer from the same problem.
Unfortunately, a major truck repair just ate up my July, and probably August, allowance several times over so looking is very painful.

 

fitzy

Lifer
Nov 13, 2012
2,937
28
NY
I do the same thing and my wife is ready to kill me. So if I go missing you know what happened.

 

numbersix

Lifer
Jul 27, 2012
5,449
63
I do the same thing and my wife is ready to kill me. So if I go missing you know what happened.
lol - every so often my wife catches me looking at ebay and say "whaaat are you doing??"

 

tennsmoker

Lifer
Jul 2, 2010
1,157
8
Well, top this one: My wife has actually counted all of my pipes she could see! Some were well-hidden in pipe bags, but she has asked about those as well.
"Why don't you sell some of those pipes so we can take a vacation?" she asks.
Uh, no. That would be like selling one of my children, I answer.
I get the cold, cloudy, hard-eyed look every time from that line.

 

numbersix

Lifer
Jul 27, 2012
5,449
63
My wife has actually counted all of my pipes she could see!
Ohh that's bad! lol. My wife does know how many I have (since they're all out on display anyway). She's been very supportive really, so I have no complaints. It's my own lusting after more that I've got to watch!
EDIT:

btw, rigmedic's response reminded me, I should have said masochism in my first post (not sadmasochism!) lol. And me an English major - tsk, tsk!

 
Aug 14, 2012
2,872
130
Six: I do it too. I don't intend to buy them anymore, in fact I haven't gotten a pipe from them in a long time. But it's fun to see what is being marketed. Pipes are, apart from their usefulness, beautiful things. The inventiveness of pipemakers is endless and fascinating. Some very capable carvers and designers make pipes these days, unlike years ago. It is for the same reason I loved going into car showrooms before I was old enough to drive. They are beautiful.

 

dlattim

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 27, 2012
233
3
I have this involuntary reflex that makes my hand click on "complete order". I just can't help myself. I'm sure it's a medical condition, but I don't think there is any treatment for it. It only feels better for a few minutes when I do it and then the cycle and build up to "complete order" starts all over again.

 
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