In the 44 years Ive been smoking a pipe , I didnt have a " cellar " till pretty recently . I guess 10 years ago or so Id buy some extra . These days I have a good bit put up . My " cellar " , which is a large cabinet in the kitchen , was way too clustered so I put the OTC Tubs and all the tins into a big box and put that in a closet , which just left the jarred stuff . The jarred stuff is a majority vintage stuff , anywhere from the 1920s till pre bar code . My go to blends are jarred and a few others I really couldnt tell you how much . weight wise , or how many varieties I have . I basically just reach for my go to stuff and when Im in the mood for something special Ill look through the jars of vintage stuff ... oh , and Brittish OTC stuff ... thats jarred too .
Now that I typed that ^^ ... Im jonesing for some Redcoat Walnut Flake
@Ruffinogold That's close to what I've done. I started smoking a pipe in 1972 and usually only bought one pouch of tobacco or a couple of ounces of a bulk blend at a time. I'd smoke that and just buy more when I started to run out. I also only had one or two pipes at a time. Then I went through a time where I was smoking mostly cigars and only occasionally picking up a pipe. That flipped around in 2013 and I went back to smoking a pipe daily and cigars occasionally. I "blame" one of my sons. He found some old pipes at a junktique shop and bought them. He gave me a couple of them. That's also when I found out about the existence of a "pipe smoking" community.
I now have approximately 12 pounds of pipe tobacco and 70 pipes in my office space. I blame it on my late wife preferring me smoking a pipe than a "stinking cigar". (She was supportive of my pipe smoking and bought me my first meerschaum for Christmas in 1984.)
@opipeman I have more jars of orlik golden sliced than I ever smoke. Most of what stays in the chest are either hard to come by or just plain discontinued luckily I have a good many friends that love to trade.
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I really couldnt tell you how much . weight wise , or how many varieties I have . I basically just reach for my go to stuff and when Im in the mood for something special Ill look through the jars of vintage stuff ... oh , and Brittish OTC stuff ... thats jarred too .
Now that I typed that ^^ ... Im jonesing for some Redcoat Walnut Flake
That's close to what I've done. I started smoking a pipe in 1972 and usually only bought one pouch of tobacco or a couple of ounces of a bulk blend at a time. I'd smoke that and just buy more when I started to run out. I also only had one or two pipes at a time.
Then I went through a time where I was smoking mostly cigars and only occasionally picking up a pipe. That flipped around in 2013 and I went back to smoking a pipe daily and cigars occasionally. I "blame" one of my sons. He found some old pipes at a junktique shop and bought them. He gave me a couple of them.
That's also when I found out about the existence of a "pipe smoking" community.
I now have approximately 12 pounds of pipe tobacco and 70 pipes in my office space. I blame it on my late wife preferring me smoking a pipe than a "stinking cigar". (She was supportive of my pipe smoking and bought me my first meerschaum for Christmas in 1984.)
Not sure that my cellar is as diverse, But it does contain more tobac than I'll ever live long enough to smoke.