Favorite Pipe Shape?

[henryp]

Hi Guys,
So far I really like the bent billiard (Sav 606) it fits my hand well, it doesn't get hot and it smokes english well. But it's a pretty deep bowl and makes for a long smoke. Which I like. My peterson 999 has a shallower bowl, shorter smoke, but is a pipe I have to cradle as the bowl is not tall. Smokes well, though. I also have a meer from college, my starter, which has more sentimental value than smoking value (I chose to not clean this one).
So what's your favorite shape? I like the look of forward leaning dublins, and think I might need one for virginias, but I'm new to this.
Thanks!
P.S. Obviously this is a shout for attention with regards to my burgeoning PAD.

 

[petes03]

Full bent = Apple
Half bent = Bulldog
Straight = Dublin
Mostly!

 

[daveinlax]

Castello 30 8O

 

[av8scuba]

Savinelli 606 = bent

 

[Perique]

Stanwell No. 11
Also, and completely different, Horns, Zulus and Dublins. Love those canted bowls.

 

[boudreaux]

Favorite shape is quickly becoming billiard. Simple, easy to clean.
I do have an estate Peterson System 301 that smokes well, though, and I tend to sit and hold my pipes when smoking, rather than clenching.

 

[4dotsasieni]

Black sandblast "Author" shape. So far, I have a couple of Rattray's: a "Butcher's Boy" that came with an alternate longer stem that turns it into a sort of churchwarden, and three Savinellis: a Trevi, an Antique Shell and a Roma Lucite.

 

[mso489]

I guess I would have to say variety in shapes is important to me, but Dublins and billiards are at the top, with much appreciation

for authors, bulldogs, Rhodesians, zulu, diplomats, apple, prince, cherrywood, poker, pot, ball, Calabash, and so forth. Likewise,

I savor all the way from straight, to full bent, with all the permutations, including a curved churchwarden and a canted Gouda

clay pipe. I do not have a horn, blowfish, cutty, or many other shapes. I do have one freehand tomahawk which I like very much.

 

[leacha]

Cuttys and Dublins (tie), although I can't seem to put down my Falcon.

 

[hobie1dog]

I think this is the fourth time this thread has been started, but always a good one for the newbies. Old threads get buried deep on here.

 

[henryp]

- Perique
I was looking for a HC Andersen, but they are hard to find.
- 4Dots
Always thought the authors looked great and would be a nice, short pocket pipe.
- roth
So far I like bent pipe and can see the virtue (and beauty) of slightly bent shanks/stems. Easier to clean and better draw too. I should be getting this tomorrow:
http://www.tobaccopipes.com/savinelli-porto-cervo-rustic-316-ks-tobacco-pipe/
Thanks you guys. Now I'm ust jonsin' for a dublin.

 

[Perique]

Henryp, here ya go:
http://www.danishpipeshop.com/pages/stanwell-andersen-pipes/#.UkTbF2t5mSM

 

[henryp]

leacha -
I love the look of those pipes! Can that cutty sit? Very cool.

 

[rmason]

I love billiards and Canadians the most.

~Ron

 

[4dotsasieni]

Forgot to mention my other Rattray's author:an Old Gowrie.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

I don't really have a preferred shape as I like a variety. I like Poker's, Bulldog's, Brandy's/Apple's, and Dublin's. Of all my pipes though my favorite pipe is a half bent brandy/apple. Its a Savinelli 645. Excellent pipe!

 

[papipeguy]

The majority of my collection are billiards. I like bulldogs and Canadians. Have maybe 10 bent stemms and a couple of Ben Wade Danish free hands by Preban Holm.

 

[taerin]

Fully bent apple

 

[homeatsea]

The prince shape is my favorite. Yet to own one though.

 

[jogilli]

Egg shape is by far my favorite.. when I make a pipe for me its nearly always an egg ;-)