Why do I Want to Buy More and More Pipes?

[PaulTheScandinavian]

This is fairly normal. My anecdotal advice would be to try to tamp it down as much as you can or you will end up like me. I'm 3 years in and have already sold off probably 70 pipes from my collection, most of which I bought in haste in the first 6 months.

I found later on that once I realized what I liked in pipes (after buying countless savs and petes) I would rather spend more money less often on higher quality pipes.

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[OSOBUCO]

Thanks for the banter here guys. I do have tendency to collect stuff. Collected coins since I was a kid and then Case XX knives and built up a large gun collection. O/U shotguns for clay shooting and a bunch of smith & wesson revolvers and a lot of Berettas. I even had the original Bond gun from the 50s unfired and several WW2 Berettas. I sold almost all that stuff. Most of it sat unused and collected dust. Only have a few pocket knives and sentimental coins left and a handful of guns now. It is an addiction for me - collecting that is - and when I sold most my stuff it actually felt good and I really have no regrets especially considering I made $ on everything LOL. Now I feel the pull again wrt pipes and tobacco - LOL. I resist it as I do not NEED more and I tend to feel a twinge of guilt when I buy stuff for myself but I have always lived well within my means so I really shouldn't. I have not carried any debt except a mortgage for the past 30 years. Worked my ass off in my career. Mostly bought used cars (currently drive a 2007 accord) and I paid for my kids college (started saving monthly since they were 2). Anyway, I really do find pipes artful and I will likely buy more but I think I will try to shoot for 7 really special ones for a rotation and then call it quits but one never knows

 

[pappymac]

Me: "But honey my pipes are works of art. Wouldn't this look great sitting on the mantle?"

My Wife: no reply...just an "Eye-roll"

Damn! Now I want that pipe. What is the brand?

 

[Alejo R.]

NQP = CNP+1

NQP= Necessay quantity of Pipes.
CNP= Current Number of Pipes

 

[OSOBUCO]

Damn! Now I want that pipe. What is the brand?

AltinokPipes.com

Most porous block meerschaum pipes, hundreds of selected premium quality Turkish meerschaum pipes and Davorin morta pipes direct from Turkey. We ship worldwide....

www.altinokpipes.com

 

[kcghost]

It's just damn tough to look at a new pipe and if it appeals to you you want to buy it.

 

[tklee]

Yeah, you, me, and many more here, will always find excuses to buy more pipes! ??? This is normal.

 

[Grumpy11]

Thanks for the banter here guys. I do have tendency to collect stuff. Collected coins since I was a kid and then Case XX knives and built up a large gun collection. O/U shotguns for clay shooting and a bunch of smith & wesson revolvers and a lot of Berettas. I even had the original Bond gun from the 50s unfired and several WW2 Berettas. I sold almost all that stuff. Most of it sat unused and collected dust. Only have a few pocket knives and sentimental coins left and a handful of guns now. It is an addiction for me - collecting that is - and when I sold most my stuff it actually felt good and I really have no regrets especially considering I made $ on everything LOL. Now I feel the pull again wrt pipes and tobacco - LOL. I resist it as I do not NEED more and I tend to feel a twinge of guilt when I buy stuff for myself but I have always lived well within my means so I really shouldn't. I have not carried any debt except a mortgage for the past 30 years. Worked my ass off in my career. Mostly bought used cars (currently drive a 2007 accord) and I paid for my kids college (started saving monthly since they were 2). Anyway, I really do find pipes artful and I will likely buy more but I think I will try to shoot for 7 really special ones for a rotation and then call it quits but one never knows

I quit selling out of my collection. Every time I sold something I later regretted it. I sold a Colt python. Sorry about that. Couple of really nice knives. I’ll just keep it all. Let my kids worry about it. Been spending about fifty dollars a month for forty years on pipes. Lost track how many I have.