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AroEnglish

Rehabilitant
Jan 7, 2020
5,424
15,829
#62
Not sure if this will help, but: I collect Stanwell model 52 pipes. Currently have 23 of them and while always looking for more I am now at a point where I am very selective. I do not need any more pipes for the sake of smoking. 23 is plenty. So now I am focusing my “ search” on the models I do not have: Silver Mount, Flora Danica, Brazilian Sandblast, Sterling Silver. If I find any of those, yes I will be interested, otherwise I am fine where I am. And yes, other than a birth year Dunhill and a gift of a Castello billiard, those are the only pipes I smoke.
I think I saw some of the ones you’re missing on SP and Etsy.
 

AroEnglish

Rehabilitant
Jan 7, 2020
5,424
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#62
I built a rack for 24 but I need to expand it to 36. That is penty. Ive gotten rid of a lot of cheap pipes but its hard selling pipes in France. Ebay Germany does well but they wont let me have an account since my address is in France. Even if I offer to sell in the EU they dont list them without a difficult search. I guess there are too many pipes ir I havent figured out the exact way to have them show up.

I have a good dozen or more mid priced pipes that need to go. They are nice but I dont see myself smoking them. Ive gotten a bit more specific on what I like and some of my pipes I kind of like have chambers that are simply too large.
Have you thought of sending them to SPE? I think I’ve also seen you list some here, no?
 

AroEnglish

Rehabilitant
Jan 7, 2020
5,424
15,829
#62
My pipe smoking life goal has always been to only have one or two pipes. It wouldn't look like it based on all the different pipes I've bought in the past year alone ( 30ish). But in order to find the perfect one, you must try them all out first!

I've gotten it down to my favorite shape now atleast lol. Full bent.
But the J07 is not a full bent 🤔😉
 

DanWil84

Lifer
Mar 8, 2021
1,742
13,277
The Netherlands (Europe)
To my relative noob-ish (4 years into pipesmoking) opinion, it al depends on your smoking habits; frequency, blends, smoking technique (wet/dry, pace, do you let the pipe get hot), prefered material and how much of a horder you are. Those factors are highly debateable, not starting a discussion about ghosting and drytime of the pipe here as I dont think I have any evidence other than my opinion. I think someone who smokes goopy aromatics wet as a drying towel after doing dishes might need more or different pipes than a all virginia smoker which keeps an infrared thermometer at hand for checking the temperature of the pipe every minute. Those are extremes ofcourse, but just a indication how different we can be.

I have 10ish now. I dont need more and could even do with less, as I could smoke my 2 favorite meers 80% of the time. With my meers I dont mind smoking them more than once a day or even back to back, where 2 bowls is the most I smoke at the moment. Im not a big aromatic smoker (here and there a vanilla one like MB spuncuts), I do like english mixtures, so maybe 2 for englishes and 3 for the rest. But then again, everytime I see how Castello makes a chubby pipe look great (and I like long pipes more) the PAD itches.
 

RPK

Part of the Furniture Now
Dec 30, 2023
747
6,524
Central NJ, USA
My father who passed away 36 years ago only ever had and smoked 1 pipe at a time, usually a Kaywoodie and he smoked Granger all day every day. He used a pipe cleaner when necessary and occasionally scraped the bowl with a knife or screwdriver whichever was handy. He used book matches. He carried his tobacco in a zippered leather pouch.

We bought him pipes that he never used and tobacco that he'd try a bowl of and then put it away going back to his Granger. Wish I had all those Granger tins he tossed over the years.
 

FLDRD

Lifer
Oct 13, 2021
2,526
10,452
Arkansas
My pipe collection, or rather a heap of briars, has been perfect from the day one. They are 99.99% Peterson. How can I go wrong?
Of the 28 favorite pipes I smoke weekly, 24 are Peterson. puffy
I've only bought Peterson for a couple of years or more now. Love it. Brings a little focus and restraint to my PAD if truth be told. If I bought every pipe that caught my fancy of any brand, I'd be far worse off in the excessive pipe department than I am now.
 

LanfordB01

Lurker
Jun 3, 2024
21
113
Helotes, Texas area
Hi, I’m Barry…. I have PAD…. I have tried to limit myself to GBD, Dunhills, Peterson, Savanelli, Grabow… oh Hell…. I buy anything …. I can’t help it … that’s the High Dollar shelves (when I decide to sell or I croak) and then the other shelf is overflow.
 

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denholrl

Starting to Get Obsessed
Mar 27, 2011
138
282
I have more than 20 but my PAD is partially controlled by the limits of my pipe cabinet. There's no room for additions so when I buy a new pipe I have to sell one to make room.
 

denholrl

Starting to Get Obsessed
Mar 27, 2011
138
282
I've only bought Peterson for a couple of years or more now. Love it. Brings a little focus and restraint to my PAD if truth be told. If I bought every pipe that caught my fancy of any brand, I'd be far worse off in the excessive pipe department than I am now.
Pete is my 2nd favorite brand. Have about. 20 of them. Nine are my no.1 shape: 9BC . . . I have nine of them. The others are Deluxes, one Kapp-Royale and a Straight Grain.
 

AroEnglish

Rehabilitant
Jan 7, 2020
5,424
15,829
#62
Pete is my 2nd favorite brand. Have about. 20 of them. Nine are my no.1 shape: 9BC . . . I have nine of them. The others are Deluxes, one Kapp-Royale and a Straight Grain.
Your 9BCs are legendary. What's your favorite brand?