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Post by That Falls Guy on Dec 1, 2017 11:33:45 GMT -5
Not the Philosophical kind, but Pipe Hesitation Disease, that is. You have a new pipe that you bought specifically for smoking, but it's such a nice piece, that you can't bring yourself to putting a flame to it. I encounter this from time to time, and wondered if anyone else suffers from this malady.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 11:36:50 GMT -5
I waste no time in smoking one
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Post by danno44 on Dec 1, 2017 11:40:17 GMT -5
Yes....I have 3 pipes. As mentioned in another thread a matching set of straight and bent MM corndogs. I also have a family era 8 dot Sasieni that was expertly cleaned. The Sasieni I see me getting around to smoking, the corndogs....still undecided.
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Post by papipeguy on Dec 1, 2017 11:45:53 GMT -5
Not one bit; the minute I get a new pipe I load it, light it and love it.
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Post by Darin on Dec 1, 2017 12:05:35 GMT -5
Yes ... I will sometimes admire a pipe for quite awhile before breaking it in.
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Post by sablebrush52 on Dec 1, 2017 12:09:44 GMT -5
Depends on the pipe. I smoke almost all of the pipes that I own, but I do have a couple of rarities, like a 1907 unsmoked Barling companion set, that I don't smoke.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 12:28:42 GMT -5
Jesse, 1907 is my birth year. PMing my address. Pay it backward
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Post by Baboo on Dec 1, 2017 13:19:51 GMT -5
Took me awhile before I gave my new RDP Chubby Rhodesian first light. Just as beautiful now as when brand new and unsmoked.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 13:25:01 GMT -5
I am completely free of that disease. Never had it. I just wait to condition the chamber of a new pipe for that first smoke and then let 'er rip.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 1, 2017 14:55:52 GMT -5
I have a couple of duplicates that I will probably never smoke. I have one pipe that I refuse to mar with fire. A Savinelli Mon Ami 111ks billiard that is the most perfect pipe I have ever seen.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 15:11:05 GMT -5
Yes, I have a pipe that is NOS all it is marked with is American Briar. From research it is possibly made during WWII. From what I understand it could be made from Manzatia or Mountian Laurel. In the bowl there is a yellow coating. Like what is used by Yello-bole. I know I over Paid for if the research is correct I have a piece of history. I am not able to get myself to smoke it.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 1, 2017 15:41:57 GMT -5
Jesse, 1907 is my birth year. PMing my address. Pay it backward  |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 1, 2017 15:44:36 GMT -5
I have an unsmoked Wally Frank that is gorgeous that I haven't smoked...never thought that would be the case with a "basket pipe"... as you can see, the stem mating is a bit off...that is a result of the photographer, not the pipemaker...it is really perfect.  I do have a boxed unsmoked Amboselli Meer from Tanganyika that isn't being made anymore...  And..so far I have held off on my Briar patch POY.... |
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Post by lestrout on Dec 1, 2017 22:28:58 GMT -5
I intend to puff every pipe I own. That said, I have over 110 briars that haven't had my tobacco in the chamber yet. In general the reason for my failure to put a pipe into use is not that I'm busy just admiring it. Rather, it's because of my rigorous protocol for breaking in a pipe. I only puff several bowls a day, and I'm always running comparisons and sorting different blends out. Usually I run several days worth in overlapping and interweaving sequences, preplanned with copious referencing to my 'puter. So stuffing a break-in protocol into my plan is very disruptive. Yeah, yeah - definitely overthinking this. Some might find this behavior anal retentive. But it's cheaper than therapy. Definite First World Problem.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 23:06:40 GMT -5
I intend to puff every pipe I own. That said, I have over 110 briars that haven't had my tobacco in the chamber yet. In general the reason for my failure to put a pipe into use is not that I'm busy just admiring it. Rather, it's because of my rigorous protocol for breaking in a pipe. I only puff several bowls a day, and I'm always running comparisons and sorting different blends out. Usually I run several days worth in overlapping and interweaving sequences, preplanned with copious referencing to my 'puter. So stuffing a break-in protocol into my plan is very disruptive. Yeah, yeah - definitely overthinking this. Some might find this behavior anal retentive. But it's cheaper than therapy. Definite First World Problem. hp les Zooks! I hate to admit it, but I understand |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 23:09:19 GMT -5
Jesse, 1907 is my birth year. PMing my address. Pay it backward Wow, I was close! Burl was born in 1909. Accepting pipes from 1909 or any 1909 S or SVDB's out there |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Dec 1, 2017 23:25:30 GMT -5
I made an audible sigh when I saw this pipe. It's gorgeous. Back on topic- I smoke every pipe I buy- Although I often spend a period of time admiring the pipe and considering what blends I may want to smoke through a pipe before I dedicate it to a style of blends. The decision so far is based on appearance more than smoking profile. My nicer pipes tend to hold my English and Virginia blends and my cheaper pipes get the Aromatics and I find cobs love Burley. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Dec 1, 2017 23:28:11 GMT -5
Some might find this behavior anal retentive. But it's cheaper than therapy. Definite First World Problem. hp les Hahaha! In other words- A good problem to have! |
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Post by antb on Dec 2, 2017 2:29:10 GMT -5
Never had that problem  |
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Post by haebar on Dec 2, 2017 6:12:19 GMT -5
I have an Amphora coupon pipe that I got on Ebay that is in the shipping box it was mailed out in. Don't think I will ever smoke it; saving it as a bit of history I suppose. There are others that I have never smoked - since I have enough pipes in rotation, don't need to smoke them yet.
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Post by duffer on Dec 2, 2017 17:54:16 GMT -5
Not a chance. I smoke em as soon as i get em. I do keep a couple cleaned and sanitized in case someone wants to try smoking a pipe.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 22:05:02 GMT -5
Yes, I have a pipe that is NOS all it is marked with is American Briar. From research it is possibly made during WWII. From what I understand it could be made from Manzatia or Mountian Laurel. In the bowl there is a yellow coating. Like what is used by Yello-bole. I know I over Paid for if the research is correct I have a piece of history. I am not able to get myself to smoke it. Well, if it's made from Mountain Laurel be thankful you HAVEN'T smoked it, it's reported to have made many sick and not too long after they were manufactured they took'em off the market and all American made pipes were then made of Manzanita until the war end. And I have several, well many I don't smoke and probably never will. A pair in particular, a matched set of unsmoked early Mastro De Paja Bulldog and Dublin. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 13:10:29 GMT -5
"Well, if it's made from Mountain Laurel be thankful you HAVEN'T smoked it, it's reported to have made many sick and not too long after they were manufactured they took'em off the market and all American made pipes were then made of Manzanita until the war end."
Ron how do I know which wood it is made from?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 14:50:44 GMT -5
"Well, if it's made from Mountain Laurel be thankful you HAVEN'T smoked it, it's reported to have made many sick and not too long after they were manufactured they took'em off the market and all American made pipes were then made of Manzanita until the war end." Ron how do I know which wood it is made from? That's a very good question and sadly I haven't an answer for you. But, you did say it had a Yello Bowl so I would 1st research that company to see what I could find and Mountain Laurel to find out which companies used it. There is history on it cause I've read it, just don't remember where. Pipedia link may be a very good place to start. |
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Post by goose on Dec 3, 2017 18:43:23 GMT -5
Smoke em if you got em!!  |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Dec 9, 2017 22:31:16 GMT -5
I have the world's largest collection of Malaga pipes, about three dozen. I have a few unsmoked and smoked once or twice pipes in the collection, but I view it as a collection and a I rarely smoke from it.
Otherwise, I’m in the "smoke it" camp. I will admit to occasional hesitation such as with a pipe that is arriving next week. It’s an unsmoked BBB "Best Make" 360 degree straight/flame grain Billiard with "Hand Cut" stamped on the stem along with original box and sock. Not sure of the date but probably 1950s or 1960s. Part of me hesitates as I’ll be removing the opportunity for another collector down the road to find an unsmoked example. Most of me says the future collector will at least get a well cared for and maintained smoked example.
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Post by zambini on Dec 9, 2017 23:18:57 GMT -5
I have one pipe that my great uncle left stuffed and forgot about before he died. I've left it as is as a silly little memento.
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