Growing appreciation, Growing collection

Looking back a few months ago when I bought my first ziploc of bulk tobacco from the local store I never thought I would end up enjoying myself so much trying new blends and appreciating the work that goes into a beautiful pipe. I suppose exploration is what keeps life interesting. I started off trying whatever the store owner suggested in a pipe handed down to me that I had cleaned up. While I did enjoy myself from the first light I also realized there was so much more to this than I had ever expected. Without this wonderful knowledge base and community you have all created here I feel the journey would be far more overwhelming and intimidating and for that I'd like to say thank you to everyone. The more I explore the more I become aware of what I want from my smoke and what to look for. So now my collection has slowly but steadily grown from the one pipe that never got a rest and dried out baggies to something slightly more respectable. I feel like my 'peasant' days are over, can't wait to get back to work in the summer and add to the shelf. Here are some pictures I thought I'd share for anyone interested.

I have no complaints about inexpensive bulk tobaccos, I'm quite easy to please. There hasn't been a blend yet where I smoked it and thought "that's garbage". It was mainly the fact that at first I wasn't smoking as often and after drying and getting moved around in a bag for so long much of the tobacco was broken into crumbs. I still enjoyed the smoke, I do like my tobacco on the dryer side, it's just nice to have a more permanent solution. Actually one of my firsts was McClelland Topper and it was so incredibly moist it was better off sitting unsealed forever.
The tins in the picture are what I try to save for when I want something different or special. Bought them because I saw them and knew they're usually out of stock elsewhere. Still not sure what to think of the Plum Cake. I'll surely be looking into more cobs, trying one was a nice surprise. I like the look of the MM Dagner specifically.

Thanks everyone, I will definitely be looking into some smaller jars especially if I ever find something I love enough to stash away. I'd like to try some from Dan Tobacco, Salty Dogs and Devils Holiday mostly. Honestly I didn't enjoy the first two smokes of the Wild Atlantic much but the more I have the more I love it.
dottiewarden the pipe is a Big Ben Populair that belonged to my father. I don't know very much about it just that he bought it in Poland before he came to Canada so it must be at least 30 years old. It had what I assume is a stinger in the stem that I've taken out and set aside. It was a flat piece of metal twisted around like a drill bit but gentler.