Does anyone else plan out their pipe collection?

[captainprophesy]

I am also of the same mind as a few others, in that I do not plan and simply buy what calls to me in person. I tend not to buy many pipes, hell in 2015 I purchased one cob and that was it... incidentally a cob is the only pipe I've ever bought online sight unseen. I would rather feel a pipe in my hand before buying it.

 

[okiescout]

I have several styles and makers that I have a preference for but I buy what catches my eye and gives me the bug.

 

[cigrmaster]

I have been following a plan of only buying No American artisan pipes since August 2012. I have only puchased one lone Castello since then and the rest (40 something) are all of the above. I have also stuck to group 4-5 sized pipes( except 2 6's) and have stuck to a short list of classic shapes. My collection is now very focused and am planning to add a few Ryan Alden pipes while the getting is good. Just grabbed my second one today and will add some pics on another thread.

 

[ocpsdan]

I collect American hand mades only and I leave things to chance, mainly. There are carvers whose pipes I would like to add to my collection, but only when they're available, and only if they have a shape that screams for me to buy it. On the rare occasion I do commission a pipe, I leave most of the details to the carver; though sometimes it's hard to remind myself I am commissioning a pipe from a carver for the reason that I like their work, not because I want them to replicate an idea.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

Right now I'm sticking with Peterson and Briarworks for factory pipes. Other than that just collecting American artisan carved pipes.

 

[brass]

My pipes select me. I have more than a dozen American pipes, more than a half dozen Danish pipes, pipes from more than 6 countries and last year tried more than 40 different tobaccos!
I have more 50 pipes from more than 10 different makers of pipes but half are Stanwells, Savinellis, Neerups and Briarwoks.
Call my collection eclectic.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Great thread, and great story, Steve.
Not a huge amount of direction to my pipes yet, but I want to have a pipe bought in each major city where there is or was a major pipe manufacturer. So, my last trip acquired a lovely Parker in London, another in Edinburgh, and a couple of Petes in Dublin. Paris was a disappointment in what I saw, so I got nothing there.