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At the age where number of pipes and cognitive function are in inverse ratio ?
At the age where number of pipes and cognitive function are in inverse ratio ?
Do You Remember All (Most ) Pipe Brands You've Owned?
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Except for a few no name basket pipes, I remember fondly each one from my first 1968 Champion Swiss Made (which I still have) to my newest Savinelli, including all my cobs.
I remember old friends....
I remember old friends....
I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning, three hours ago. A pipe purchase from 50 plus years ago? Unless I still own it and can check the stem for the marque, it'd be tough . . . close to impossible. 
I have bought and sold more than 50 pipes over the years. Most were Dunhills (hence my handle) and Castellos, which makes remembering the others pretty easy.
Yes, I remember all of them and where I purchased them and I still have most of them as I don’t get rid of them unless I give them to my Nephew and I can visit the dozen or so that I have given him.
Yes, but as to the ones that I have sold or traded only because when I first started buying pipes I got in the habit of keeping a list of the pipes that I purchased.
I've only been piping for 2 1/2 months, so I'm going to go with Yes on this one... ?
I know all of the brands in my current inventory, and can probably recall most of those that have passed through my hands at one point or another.
Yes, insofar as factory pipes. As for artisan, I may have forgotten if they were lost or broken/destroyed.
Not even close to remembering. Often a logo or marking on a pipe looks familiar then Pipephil helps me figure it out most of the time.
If I sat down and gave the question much thought I suspect I could. Although to be honest, compared to many on here I've never really been into trying that many different blends.
Just noticed my reply has bugger all to do with the question asked. ?
Having now realised the question was about pipe brands rather than blends my answer is very simiar. I've not really owned that many pipes over my 50 years of pipe smoking. So I'm sure I can.
I took the time to go over all the brands (to the best of my knowledge/memory) I have purchased throughout the last 34 years and have to admit I am a bit shocked by the result.
Here it goes:
Briar
Savinelli (various basic lines, Punto Oro & Autograph)
Medico
Dr. Grabow
Paradis
Blatter & Blatter
Chacom
Butz - Choquin
Ropp
Lorenzetti
Frontenac (probably made by Chacom)
Stanwell
BBB
Viking
Duncan
Ben Wade
Hardcastle
Parker
John Brumfit
Falcon
Volkan
Rattray’s
Brigham
Alpascia Curvy
Peterson
The White Spot
Ser Jacopo
Radice
Castello
Winslow
GQ
BriarWorks
Neerup
Invicta
Briar (artisans)
Mark Tinsky
Pierre Morel
David Enrique
Chris Askwith
Ashton
Charl Goussard
Ryan Alden
Ian Walker (Northern Briars)
Ken Dederichs
Scottie Piersel
Claudio Cavicchi
Meerschaum
SMS
AKB
IMP
Unknown
Altinay
Sener
Morta
Mimmo Provenzano
Radice
And, of course, Cobs.
So, a lot of variety there that allowed me to learn about and experience various levels of quality. I have also learned that morta, meerschaum and cobs are not for me.
As of now, the brands I own (as mentioned in my introduction) are: Dunhill (all White Spots, ranging from production years 2014 to 2020), Peterson and Ashton. I used to have a lot more that what I own right now. But I am very satisfied with what I have, it works great for my needs a bit under 30).
In any case, I can't help wonder how long the list would be for those who own 300, 400, 500 pipes????
Here it goes:
Briar
Savinelli (various basic lines, Punto Oro & Autograph)
Medico
Dr. Grabow
Paradis
Blatter & Blatter
Chacom
Butz - Choquin
Ropp
Lorenzetti
Frontenac (probably made by Chacom)
Stanwell
BBB
Viking
Duncan
Ben Wade
Hardcastle
Parker
John Brumfit
Falcon
Volkan
Rattray’s
Brigham
Alpascia Curvy
Peterson
The White Spot
Ser Jacopo
Radice
Castello
Winslow
GQ
BriarWorks
Neerup
Invicta
Briar (artisans)
Mark Tinsky
Pierre Morel
David Enrique
Chris Askwith
Ashton
Charl Goussard
Ryan Alden
Ian Walker (Northern Briars)
Ken Dederichs
Scottie Piersel
Claudio Cavicchi
Meerschaum
SMS
AKB
IMP
Unknown
Altinay
Sener
Morta
Mimmo Provenzano
Radice
And, of course, Cobs.
So, a lot of variety there that allowed me to learn about and experience various levels of quality. I have also learned that morta, meerschaum and cobs are not for me.
As of now, the brands I own (as mentioned in my introduction) are: Dunhill (all White Spots, ranging from production years 2014 to 2020), Peterson and Ashton. I used to have a lot more that what I own right now. But I am very satisfied with what I have, it works great for my needs a bit under 30).
In any case, I can't help wonder how long the list would be for those who own 300, 400, 500 pipes????
No, I don't.
Sometime a I find myself thinking "I believe I have one of this".
But I really remember the only one I lost...a Butz Choquim bent bulldog. I remember even the moment a bought it and then just disappear.
Sometime a I find myself thinking "I believe I have one of this".
But I really remember the only one I lost...a Butz Choquim bent bulldog. I remember even the moment a bought it and then just disappear.
I do remember the pipes I've owned(not a huge collection). Probably because they were "lost" by the movers when I moved to PA, so they're all burned into my mind. haha. With my current collection, though, I sometimes miss a couple if I try to list them.
So far I can remember all the pipes I've acquired. Not sure if in the years to come I'll still be able to do so. LOL My wife asks me all the time when I'm smoking a pipe she hasn't seen in a few days "Is that a new pipe?" So maybe I'll be able to slip a few new ones past her and tell her its been sitting around for a while.