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I always say over 100, because I have rack room for exactly 72, and then I have smaller racks throughout the house, studio, sone in drawers, some in my truck, the barn, and I know that I have left some at the cabin. I just have no idea of an exact number. Tinsky has some on the way to me, and I think I ordered some on eBay that I may be waiting on… I may or may not have ordered on from a sponsor here… and I just don’t know. When I get them in the mail, it’s like Christmas. Or, when I find one that I forgot I had. I’m not a careful person with my pipes.
 
Jun 9, 2015
3,970
24,854
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Mission, Ks
I'm afraid if I count them all my wife will find out how many I really have :LOL: . If I don't know she neither does she. But to be honest, a lot of them are in tubs from I when had tables at pipe shows. So I don't really feel the need to get them out and count them. I have close to 300ish in total, but there are only about 100 that are part of my collection or are actively in rotation.
 

AJL67

Lifer
May 26, 2022
5,491
28,121
Florida - Space Coast
I have two large flat rate USPS boxes addressed to SPC, but that i smoke i have 4 meers that get used randomly, 4 briars i do most of my smoking with, 6 cobs that don’t get used but look nice on a rack and 7 smaller group old bowls i might use someday. Most of my pipes are in those shipping boxes, 45 to be exact.
 
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gervais

Lifer
Sep 4, 2019
2,208
7,767
40
Ontario
I think I have around 30 or so, but I couldn't give you an exact number unless I went to check. I think I have enough, but that doesn't stop me from wanting and buying more, lol. Kinda like tobacco. This hobby is a disease to many of us
 

Alejo R.

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 13, 2020
996
2,140
49
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I buy my pipes at antique fairs and antique dealers. From my point of view I am rescuing old pipes from oblivion, I am also restoring and selling them. Generally at the lowest price for the corresponding make and model. If I see a pipe at a price that is worth the trouble to restore it and sell it later, I'll probably buy it. This year I have not been selling, so they have accumulated. But the idea is to get rid of 75% of my pipes.