Do You Remember All (Most ) Pipe Brands You've Owned?

[Davy Jones]

Do you?
I'm looking to get a feel of from where members here are coming from and what their overall itinerary/road/experience with our hobby has been like so far on the pipe purchase level.
I'm curious to find out how varied members' backgrounds are.

 

[monty55]

Yes, I do. It's kind of like owning a car... you just remember. Unfortunately, I've sold most of my pipes over time and I'm down to a measly 17 including MM cobs, but I remember all the brands I've bought over the years. I wish I had them all still.

 

[STP]

Yes… the majority are Savinelli and Peterson. So it’s easy, but I remember the others as well.

 

[Grangerous]

No. Sometimes I’m shocked when I revisit. But that’s because I’m a one trick pony and don’t have much wanderlust with tobacco. But I sure have collected my share.

My memory isn’t firing of late. But a times a forum member will reminisce about something and sure enough, I’m shocked to learn I have some!

On edit. Neither is my attention to detail! You asked about pipe brands. Yes. Yes I do because I’ve never gotten rid of a single pipe. Modest collection of 27 briars. Sorry about that!

 

[bullet08]

Simple. Peterson. There were others, but who cares?

 

[Hillcrest]

Yes.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Hell, I have so many pipes, that I am constantly finding them and wondering where the hell they came from. Last summer, my wife handed me several boxes of tobacco and pipes that I received from online orders that we just threw into the storage building without opening them. After I've placed an order, I am usually done with it and moving on to the next thing. I couldn't make a list of who made which of my pipes if a gun was put to my head. Most of the time IDGAF who the maker is on any particular pipe, and several of mine I just removed the branding altogether to put a band on them. I am not a pipe brand fanboy for the most part.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Most of them, spanning some 60 years.

 

[FurCoat]

Definitely and I still have most of them. I have gifted a few.

 

[mso489]

That's the kind of detail I enjoy remembering, a little streak of compulsion. I could remember most of them now if I took twenty minutes to think back, but I won't do that. There are probably a few I'd forget, and have to have my memory jogged by some association or from hearing the brand mentioned or seeing a photograph of it. The obvious major brands are easy. The less known brands, or where I owned the pipe for less time, might be more difficult. But mostly, yes, I remember them. Like friends.

 

[shanez]

Ummm...

 

[warren]

Mostly, yes.

 

[tklee]

I'm a new pipe smoker. I don't have many pipes at the moment, i remember all the brands.

 

[mso489]

Cosmic, you order pipes you don't even open? Pardon me, but where's the joy? Why? I torture buying a pipe, so it is usually a long process of deliberating and choosing, but usually it is a pretty good experience, and I aways open the parcel. After all the "deep thought," I have to see the result.

 

[sandollars]

Yup.

Well, my computer does...

 

[cigrmaster]

I can remember most of them but I will probably miss a few. I will go by country.

North American artisans
Rad Davis
Jack Howell
Bruce Weaver
Brian Ruthenberg
Trever Talbert
Scott Thile
Scottie Piersel
Zack Hambric
Stephen Downie
Michael Butera
Michael Parks
Larrysson
That is all I can remember there were more.
Danish pipes

Former
Balleby
Reiner Barbi
Peter Matzhold
Winslow Hand Made pipes grade E-B

Italian

Castello
Radice
Old Caminetto's
Don Carlos
Ser Jacobo
Viprati
Mastro de Paja
Savinelli

English

Dunhill
Lane Era Charatans
Upshall
GBD
Pre Transition Barlings
Ferndown

I am done. I know there are more but my brain just locked up. I have redone my collection a number of times and I am in the middle of another redo. The last 13 pipes were all commissions with Jack Howell. I really like commissions as I enjoy watching my idea of a certain shape get made by a real pro.

 

[kcghost]

Yes, it isn't any problem at all.

 

[sablebrush52]

Sure I do. I still have most of the pipes I bought over the years, and the few I sold I remember as well. Family names? Well, not so good there. My sister has seven kids and I'll be damned if I can keep them straight.

My mother couldn't remember our names, so when she wanted to have a word with one of us she'd call out all our names, starting with the oldest, and stop when she reached the miscreant.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

LOL, not too much trouble for me after only a couple of years or so - a bunch of Petersons and some other pipes!

 

[solideogloria86]

Yes

Missouri Meerschaum
Dr grabow
Radice
Peterson
Savinelli
Neerup
Nording
Morgan Bones
Tom Eltang
Foundation by Musico
Royal Meerschaum
Akb Meerschaum
A few unbranded baskets
Comoy's
Dunhill (never smoked it)
Ludlow Saylor Wire Company promo pipe