From a Cellar to a Safe House

Very true but with the upcoming regulations and the possibility of loosing many good blends and all at once, is there a bit more urgency?

I amassed a small cellar of a few hundred tins while I worked at Smokers Haven many years ago. A few years ago I sold them all to purchase an industrial sewing machine because that was more important. Now I really only smoke ODF and seem to go through it faster than I can buy it. If you can collect a lot of blends you cannot do without then by all means do so. It will not be a bad investment but I would not spend any precious time worrying about it. Enjoy what you have now.

There have been various doomsday, end-is-near, tobacco apocalypse cries over the years.
I learned to roll my eyes at the chicken-little hysteria and also learned to roll with the punches.

Pipe-smoking is for relaxation.
If it becomes a source of worry, what's the point?

The state of pipe tobacco is not quite as bad as the state of the union.

When I learned of HH Vintage Syrian's fate I bought a lot of it up. I don't regret it. I bought it all at retail price though. If I was late to the party I would not have bought any for the secondary market prices discontinue blends go for. While my stash is big, it will run it eventually. It won't last me the rest of my life, sadly. I'm okay with that. I'm just not ready to say goodbye to the blend now. Maybe after smoking near 4lbs of it I will be.
I don't see anything wrong with stocking your cellar with a discontinued blend. That is an long as you aren't paying secondary market prices. If you want to hold onto a blend for a little longer there ain't nothing wrong.
As for stockpiling blends that aren't discontinued, but are always sold out. I say buy as much of it as you can in one purchase. Competing in the rat race to score ""rare"" blends is agonizing. I had a nightmare about it once. No joke. That's why I say buy as much as possible in one go. If you really like a blend and you know that you'll smoke a tin or two of it in the next 1-2 months go for a few more tins. This will cut down on how many times you have to watch and wait for drops. Less stress in the long run. Just make sure you aren't spending money you shouldn't be spending on tobacco to get ""rare"" blends. because that causes lots of stress.

Double Amen..

Tobacco will never be cheaper than it is today...you may not find what you want in a couple years without spending LARGE money to get it.  I'm retired...which for me means very little money to spend on non-essentials like tobacco.  So, I stocked up on my McClellands, Dunhill, and other brands I like to smoke.  Now I don't have to be concerned about having tobacco for the rest of my life....I got it.  I can gift it, sell it, smoke it, stuff it up my...well you get the idea.
If I was you and a younger person, I would be stocking up if I cared about not having a particular brand that I liked or unable to spend the money for it.

I have never considered pipe smoking a hobby. I'm a smoker. The 200+ pounds of tobacco in my closet that have grown over the past thirty years was never put there for the sake of aging, I just realized years ago that tobacco prices are going to constantly rise and I wanted to buy as much as possible while I could still afford it. No urgency felt here. For every blend that disappears, there's ten more to choose from.

I enjoy McClelland and still smoke them regularly but they are what they are. Once gone, I'll remember them fondly but there's still a lot of tobacco that I enjoy that doesn't have a whale on the label.

The most important thing here is the opportunity for making money! But in reality just buy what you like, try not to pay the crazy prices. If you wanna try something hard to find someone will likely hook you up. I got an ounce of Stonehaven from a gent here literally just out of his kindness.

I agree with peteguy.  I began stocking up a long long time ago.  I originally cellared a lot of pipe tobacco to age it (one tin to smoke, two to cellar, rinse, spin and repeat...) and as a hedge against increasing prices, in preparation for my retirement.  I've been retired 10 years now.  In my cellar,which is ample, I've got blends that I love that have either disappeared or are disappearing fast from the market or are so difficult to find that they've virtually disappeared, for all intents and purpose. I only speak for myself, but every time I smoke one of these now rare or extinct blends I can only feel happy that I stocked up slowly but surely on each of them.  

There’s probably a lot of aged tobacco out there sitting in fellows personal cellars. As they leave pipesmoking, for whatever reasons, that tobacco will be available to buyers (hopefully). Some have mentioned having very impressive cellars with more tobacco than they will ever be able to smoke in their remaining lifetime. Of course, there will likely be a premium to pay. But, at least some of the cherished blends will likely be obtainable.

That's what I'm thinking, stock the future cellar with blends that are currently available, with the rare occasional foray into the extinct blends

I grab a tin or this and that and have around 70+. Did buy 2 sleeves of Dunhill Nightcap. I missed the boat on stocking up on FM an FMOTT when that bad news hit. Right now I'm in rapid bulk sampling to figure out what I like, don't like and things that will age or blend well. Working on some personal blends. A few I really like and can get the components at a good price. On my list of to-do's is try my hand and making ropes next summer.

Right now my cellar, 17 lbs, will take care of me for 2 years if the world ends. Looking to add a lot of bulk options in the mix since I can get more bang for the buck. I just keep eyeballing sales and plan on steady purchases this coming year to build the cellar.

If you subscribe to tobaccpocolypse or not you can bet it isn't going to get cheaper. FDA, California's goofy law under consideration, taxes . . . it's isn't a positive trend for the hobby.

I enjoy watching my cellar grow at a moderate pace. There are a few bulks that I really enjoy and I have stocked up 4-5 lbs of each. Not because I fear the end of tobacco but because I had the spare money to buy it. They are blends that I would be happy smoking if nothing else was available. Luckily that is not the case.

The only tins I have a quantity of are Nightcap, and even that is not very many.

My "cellar" is somewhere around 15-20 lbs of bulk and about 30 tins. The tins, other than nightcap, are just blends that I wanted to try and rounded off my orders for free shipping. I'll get to them in time, IF I dont give them away. The ones I like, I'm sure I'll buy more of whenever they become available again. If they dont, I still have my favorites to fall back on.

If I had a GOOD B&M I probably wouldnt have so much accumulated. As others said, it would be nice to go down town and pick up a tin or 2 of whatever I wanted to smoke for the week.

Prices WILL go up, people WILL consider tobacco to be the worst health risk. I will continue to buy more of what I like, but it's not something I'm going to "sell the farm" for.