There are some
stunning photos in this thread! Jcsnaps, some of those really crazy briar freehands have me salivating-- they recall, more than any other briars, I've seen, the meerschaum freehands I love so much!
I'm sure most people here have seen said meerschaum freehands, so I won't repost those photos here unless requested. But here are my main pipe shelves (taken in December of 2015, but not much has changed since then). These contain everything from all but two of my best meerschaums (their cases won't fit), down to racks full of junky thrift store pipes I bought as a kid. There are some antiques, some Kirstens, cigarette and cigar holders, bands of the nicest cigars I've smoked, brochures I picked up at Tinder Box decades ago, all sorts of stuff. The shelf below has part of my other major collection (vintage lava lamps), while the one above has a collection of old lab glassware and novelty glass stuff.
Most of my meerschaums are shown here, from cheap ones I bought when I was a teen and the first minis I bought around age 10 to my best cased pipes. Missing: six Bekler freehands and the new Yanik pipe.
Aaaand the new Yanik baby dragon pipe.
Along side my 2003 Yanik.
Here's my main Kirsten display, made from a 1930s wood wall shelf. Not shown: a black Designer from the recent re-start of production. The silver Designer with the big bowl was one of a small number given by Kirsten to important people in the local tobacco/pipe industry in the 1970s; this one was owned by (and is engraved with the name of) Paul Reasoner, first owner of the Tukwila, WA Tinder Box, the shop which began my interest in pipes when I'd buy tobacco for my grandfather.