The good things about having "too many pipes" are that you have a variety of shapes and sizes for various uses and blends; that you always rest all your pipes for a good long time; that you are surprised even by pipes that you have owned for a long time when they come around in rotation; and after some years you have some "estate" pipes that you bought new. The down side is that if you buy a few too many, some get sidelined and don't get smoked as often as they should (or at all); you realize in shopping for pipes that you already have several to fill each need (in those striking moments of honesty); and you realize how much you enjoy smoking all those old standbys versus the new ones that will take a year or two to get really-really good. For me, the plethora of pipes makes me uncertain about attending the good local pipe show, since I never come home without another pipe (or two, or several, etc.). I confess, I haven't counted my pipes in several years, as if I don't want to know. How are you with the proliferation of pipes, or how have you maintained a limited number, or enjoyed a vast uncountable number, or whatever your situation is?