I still remember telling my wife 3 yrs ago that I was only going to buy a few cobs. Told her they are cheap dont worry I am not going to start collecting pipes. She just rolled her eyes and said "yeh right". Well she was right. I do not know how many pipes I have but its probably close to 100. And once my next trade comes in over 10 lbs of tobacco. I did trade off a lot of cigars so I did get rid of something. Poor wifey, she stopped counting the pipes a while back.