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Does anyone else have a pipe that they're reluctant to smoke because it's too nice? I have a Christiano that I bought from a BOTL here that is simply beautiful, but I don't smoke it much 'cause I don't want to spoil it. I've smoked it only twice and it smokes wonderfully.
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Opa!!
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Smoke away brother
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Not here. A pipe can be a piece of art, but part of the beauty of this art is the functionality. Smoke up!
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Every pipe I have no matter the cost gets smoked. I buy them to smoke. But thats your choice I know people who do the same. What ever you do as long as you enjoy it be smoking or just looking thats what counts.
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WiP!?
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One, yes. It's a small Charatan straight pot from the mid 50s that is unsmoked. I just could never bring myself to smoke it, it's older than my dad and still looks new.
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Still Watching My Ash
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If it smokes wonderfully, go for it. I'd say smoke it on "special occasions".
My dad has a Meer he got while overseas in his travels to the Korean war. Its never been smoked and its mine when he passes away. I will never smoke out of ot though. |
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Formerly MarkinOR
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Pipes are meant to be smoked Darren. Smoke it and enjoy its beauty
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All very good advice! I think I'll try to smoke it more often.
![]() It's kinda funny, I collect fountain pens and I tell others the same thing; a pen isn't happy unless it's being used.
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I barely grok the obvious
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![]() ![]() This is a pipe SMOKERS forum, after all. Pipes that are saved would be correctly discussed in a pipe SAVERS forum. In fact I do have one pipe, a Paolo Becker cherrywood, that I cannot get my self to stuff with tobacco. Sometimes you just need to watch a new pipe for a while. But that's not the same as saving it. Is it?
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Ain't Never Gonna Leave
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An unsmoked pipe is kind of like the one ring to rule them all, it will start looking for someone who appreciates it and will use it for it's intended purpose.
![]() Smoke the bad boy. Peace of the Lord be with you.
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Still learning the art
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Why is it no one can feel this way about the poor ole cob? :P
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Not Scary
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no. my pipes were meant to be smoked.
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I bought an unused Don Carlos pipe from a BOTL and still haven't used it... it sits in it's pretty little bag in it's box on my bookshelf...
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