The original post on this has already been resolved long ago, I assume. However, for other newbies who may be looking at lots of pipes, I'd advise caution.
Part of getting into pipe smoking is a steep learning curve, learning pipe brands, shapes, materials, sizes, filters and non-filters, and so on.
I'd highly recommend buying one pipe at a time, and looking at dozens of pipes in buying just one, to learn all about them and learning how to winnow down your choices. Also don't buy a pipe every week. Learn to smoke each pipe over several months or more before buying another.
Buying a group of pipes, a lot, you are prone to get one or more that don't suit you, and worse, you don't learn as much about the pipes as you could buying them one at a time, and struggling more deciding what you like and learning about the individual pipes.
The more homework you do, and the more you sweat it, and the more you begin to enjoy that process, the more you will learn, and the more satisfactory your experience will be. You will always learn by your mistakes, but you'll feel better if you don't compound your mistakes by buying too many pipes at once.
from NM.
