The first rule of cellar size club is we don’t talk about cellar size club.
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Yeah, we don't, but for some it's a dick measuring contest. They just have to show off.
Also, it’s not the size of the cellar, it’s what’s in it. 
My stash is not the biggest or the smallest... somewhere in the middle. I figure I've got about 8 pounds of two different bulk English, about 50 or so 50gm tins of English, half a dozen 14oz. cans of Raleigh and a couple of pounds of Cavendish. As it goes down I replenish. 
I just read through this thread and glanced to my left. I realized, I am not addicted to tobacco. I am addicted to Priority Mail boxes....
I estimated just before my move a cellar between 100-150 pounds.
Since Hurricane @hoosierpipeguy passed through, however, I believe myself to be firmly in the 150-175 pound bracket.
I now expect my cellar to outlive me, with the exception of pipe cleaners.
I estimated just before my move a cellar between 100-150 pounds.
Since Hurricane @hoosierpipeguy passed through, however, I believe myself to be firmly in the 150-175 pound bracket.
I now expect my cellar to outlive me, with the exception of pipe cleaners.
I have a section almost exactly like that.
Starting to pack up to move so I have a better guess now. About 125lbs and 108 pipes.
I've got ten years supply. But that's only 50 or so tins. I don't smoke much.
Well I went from cigars to trying pipes and full obsessions since. 3 years in and it’s what I do and what I enjoy. I don’t know anymore. I know I’ve got to stop and sell/trade a lot. I’ve got a full closet nearly. I have this urge to try everything. 200- 250 tins maybe? 80 or so jars 12oz, 16oz and more. Many 8oz cans of stuff and then the 4 drawers of my daily selection which is another 50 jars of varying amounts but all 8oz jars so maybe those are 1-2oz each. Every time I smoke something and like it, I feel like I have to buy more after the second bowl. I have 2 shipments on the way right now and got 2 last week. I’ve seriously gotta stop but now C/D Red flake 2022 coming out … FOMO for sure.
I've got enough to last about 15 years. Maybe a little more. Sometimes I'll go grab a tin and think "I will never smoke all this tobacco, why am I still buying it?" And then I'll do some mental math and realize "if all I smoked was MacBaren HH Burley Flake, I'd run out of that stash in a year." And then I go buy more.
What we see above is not merely a love of pipe smoking and tobaccos, but a case of the "collector mentality". I think I know what I'm talking about because suffer from it too.
When collectors find something they really like, be it coins, stamps, lace doilies, tobacco or whatever, they feel they never have enough. There is a compulsion to constantly obtain more. It's the "aquireing" that gives a rush, which soon wears off and they have to get their fix all over again.
I have several collections of useless trivia myself, so I know how it feels. Trying to control the impulse is not easy, but I'm lucky in that my collecting is controlled by my being retired on a fixed income and a desire to stay out of the poor house....
When collectors find something they really like, be it coins, stamps, lace doilies, tobacco or whatever, they feel they never have enough. There is a compulsion to constantly obtain more. It's the "aquireing" that gives a rush, which soon wears off and they have to get their fix all over again.
I have several collections of useless trivia myself, so I know how it feels. Trying to control the impulse is not easy, but I'm lucky in that my collecting is controlled by my being retired on a fixed income and a desire to stay out of the poor house....
It's not a problem. I can stop anytime I want.What we see above is not merely a love of pipe smoking and tobaccos, but a case of the "collector mentality". I think I know what I'm talking about because suffer from it too.
When collectors find something they really like, be it coins, stamps, lace doilies, tobacco or whatever, they feel they never have enough. There is a compulsion to constantly obtain more. It's the "aquireing" that gives a rush, which soon wears off and they have to get their fix all over again.
I have several collections of useless trivia myself, so I know how it feels. Trying to control the impulse is not easy, but I'm lucky in that my collecting is controlled by my being retired on a fixed income and a desire to stay out of the poor house....
The thrill is always in the hunt.What we see above is not merely a love of pipe smoking and tobaccos, but a case of the "collector mentality". I think I know what I'm talking about because suffer from it too.
When collectors find something they really like, be it coins, stamps, lace doilies, tobacco or whatever, they feel they never have enough. There is a compulsion to constantly obtain more. It's the "aquireing" that gives a rush, which soon wears off and they have to get their fix all over again.
I have several collections of useless trivia myself, so I know how it feels. Trying to control the impulse is not easy, but I'm lucky in that my collecting is controlled by my being retired on a fixed income and a desire to stay out of the poor house....
A good point. I think you might say that "anticipation" during the hunt is the prelude to the thrill of aquiring.
