Hope I'm Not Stepping Out Of Line But ... How Old Are You

ghostsofpompeii

I been made aware on numerous occasion that ladies don't like to state their age - and asking is impolite. But since the majority of those who post here are male, I was just curious as to the ages of the pipe smokers we have here at The Pipeline. It's not a matter of being nosey, but I'm try to get a gage on the age of the average pipe smoker ... or if there is such a thing as an average age for a pipe smoker. The stereotypical pipe smokers are portrayed as an older gentleman - but I keep hearing that pipe smoking is in something of a resurgence and thirty-somethings are taking up the hobby as well. I've noticed an influx of new E-Cig and Va-Per Smoke Shops cropping up in my location - but as of yet nothing has replaced  the long departed The Tinder Box for pipe smokers when it left the area. Many of you guys attend Pipe Conventions so you can set me straight on the audience in attendance.

By the way I'm 67.   

motie2

71 two months ago.

KA9FFJ

Be 70 this May...

thebadgerpiper

I'm 34 years old.

pipeman83

I will turn 56 on 11/7, and start my 35th. year in the pipe life.

RedheadedMK

I am but a wee lad of 24.

Bonanzadriver

54 this past July. 

Been smoking cigars and pipes for over 35 years now.  In all honesty though, have only really been smoking Pipes in earnest for the past year.

Corey562

Will be 39 in March I hope. 

JLTRow

Turned 30 in May and looking forward to many years of life and pipe smoking.

motie2

As we say, "You should all live and be well....."

Topaz75

70

Anthony

Turned 60 this past July smoked a pipe on and off since 16.

Wolf41035

52

Charles

56yrs/o - First picked up a pipe when I was around 14.

Cruxsearch

I’ve got 36 years behind this ole body bag 

BeardlessGnome

I am 24 atm. I turn 25 in late Dec. I’ve been smoking a pipe for 2 years now.

xDutchx

I am 52 years old, and I'm proud to say that I am more curmudgeonly than most of the membership here on TPL. It didn't come easy though, I had to work at it.

I smoked my first calumet under the radar,filled with kinnikinnick at the tender age of 7. When I ran out of kinnikinnick, I smoked dried pine needles. Somehow I instinctively knew to smoke the brown needles, instead of the green ones.

bruceg

I'm 72, got my first pipe at 15, a .39 cent corn cob. 

motie2

@bruceg -- Oh, bless you, sir. Now, I'm not the oldest geezer here. Welcome to our ranks!

Need anything, just ask....

jfreedy

I’m 49. Been smoking a pipe for about 30 years now. This past year I’ve smoked the most though. 

Woodsman

I'm 76, so old that @ghostsofpompeii convinced me to start using my cellared tobacco up.

motie2

In quasi-biblical parlance, I bow in respect before @Woodsman's hoary head. 

mseddon

I'm 49, putting me in the company of @jfreedy and @xDutchx.  I'm noticing here what I call the dumbell effect. There's a lot of folks in the 60+ range, and a fair number in the 30- range, but few Gen X'rs like myself. I think we Gen X'rs aren't real big on joining groups, to our detriment as a whole. We like to remain outside, detached, viewing things with a heavy dose of irony. I'll be honest, I've learned a lot about how to appreciate the simple things of life, really appreciate them, from Millennials who, from what I've seen, do just enjoy being with people, geeking out on things, and building community through things like this website.

Go4Broke

@mseddon another Gen X’er here. 48 this past July.  You’re comments on Gen X’rs are scarily accurate at least as they apply to me.

FatherBriar

@mseddon @Go4Broke I'll be 48 in three weeks.  Gen X'ers unite.  I'm the eldest of my monthly pipe club of fellow pastors who are all in their 30s.  Thus I've been dubbed "Father Briar" - so the moniker stuck...   I can tell you there is a strong shadow-culture of younger pastors who are smoking cigars and pipes.  May our numbers only grow.

ghostsofpompeii

Well it's very safe to say that we are all over the map in terms of age - and that's great news. That alleviates any fear of the hobby dying with us old foggies. 

Winton

My birth certificate says I am 52. My appearance suggests much older. My behavior sometimes suggest a much younger age. 

motie2

Look at my picture over to the left. Do I look 71? Every morning, I get up, look in the mirror, and say, "Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, how the hell did I get to be 71?"

jim102864

Just recently turned 53.

randelli

I completed my 51st trip around the sun yesterday. 

RockyMountainBriar

     I am 53 and gaining.  I just started smoking at 48, not counting the few puffs on my dad's discarded, still smoldering, butts when I was little, and some Swisher Sweets when I was ice fishing.  Oh, and also does not include the second hand smoke I got from my father the first 25 years of my life, he was a HEAVY cigarette smoker.  He did smoke a pipe for awhile in the late 50's-early 60's.... I saw the pictures, although I never personally saw him smoke a pipe.  
     I have my uncle's (father's twin brother) pipe.  It is a Frank Medico small smooth apple.  I also have one of my grandfather's (on my dad's side) pipes.  It is a lightly smoked Yello-Bole Imperial large smooth billiard with the inlaid shank logo from the 30's.  My younger brother has my dad's pipe, a Dr. Graybow small rusticated Lark, even though my brother does not smoke it.  
     Since my dad had a twin, they often took up the same activities and purchased similar items, each just different enough to tell the items apart.  They also had different personalities and their purchases reflected that.  My uncle was a bit more "refined" hence smooth pipe, my dad a bit more "who gives a $h!t", hence the rusticated.