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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Smoke away brother :-) Pipe is meant to be smoked might as well enjoy it!
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I have a few that fit this. I picked them up and they have sat since.
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I know how you feel. I have a couple that are strickly indoor pipes, due to a fear of rim char, but they are all meant to be smoked.
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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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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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SMOKE IT! lol Experience the pipe to its full potential!!
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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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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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No matter how nice a pipe looks, to enjoy it to it's fullest you must smoke it!!
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Smoke that b&@#%
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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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I think you're right; once the "new-ness" wears off, I'll smoke it more often. I have smoked it a couple of times, so I'm not just lookin' at it.
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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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Why is it no one can feel this way about the poor ole cob? :P
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I smoke all of my pipes.
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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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