Yesterday the Kawoodie 13b showed up. This is a shape that I need to place in the palm. Otherwise, I am afraid it might jump and hit the ground. Not sure this is true for other "author" shapes.
Preferred Pipe Shape
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Oom paul or full bent is preferred. I do buy others but they get passed over often.
I love full bents and the way they hang effortlessly, but have no love for Hungarians (the pipes, not the people or the country)'?
I'm a real sucker for authors and rhodesians. i didn't really care about author's one way or the next. i had a couple, and liked them well enough. but when i got my first savinelli 320 the heavens opened. i have a second on the way, and i keep checking the pipes for sale thread for others.
It’s a tie for me between a prince shape and the Savinelli 316. Love the prince shape (see my BriarWorks below) for smoking stronger tobaccos from the Gawith’s. With the Savinelli 316, I’ve always felt like this Estella 316 EX (2nd pipe pictured below) smokes Virginia’s better than any pipe in my collection.
My collection is heavily weighted with Lovats (by a long shot), Canadians, Lumbermen and Liverpools. I also like straight and bent bulldogs and Rhodesians. I like billiards but they don't get me really excited........unless its a diamond shank billiard like the Sasieni Perth. Dublins and Apples are fine.
I don't like short or short walled pipes, or pipes with bowls that tilt forward, most bent shapes, and most of the non-standard shapes. Pots, Princes, Belges, Zulus I dislike, but have a few. I'll never have a Blowfish or Hawkbill.
I don't like short or short walled pipes, or pipes with bowls that tilt forward, most bent shapes, and most of the non-standard shapes. Pots, Princes, Belges, Zulus I dislike, but have a few. I'll never have a Blowfish or Hawkbill.
I don't have a preferred shape, but I have a very preferred size, BIG. I'm not talking about the smoking chamber, but the outside of the stummel. I have big hands, 3xl gloves, and don't clench, so weight is pretty much a non-issue. I like a big handfilling pipe. I like the feel of freehand or rusticated when smoking giving my hands something interesting to fondle. I love the look of the Author shape but haven't gotten one yet.
Grizz
Grizz
Generally I like traditional shapes. What's important to me is a small conical or semi-conical tobacco chamber with thick walls. Short smokes and substantial in the hand.
C
carolinasmokes
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I have owned and smoked nothing but straight billiards since I started pipe smoking two decades ago.
I like most as long as they look good to me. My favorite is the Italian take on bent billiards, in particular the Savinelli/Rossi 616. I like the stylization of the classic English shape reimagined with those chunky proportions.
OK, I like all the pipes in this thread so pls. don't hesitate and send them all to me. Honest, I liked all of them, and they will be well cared for, resting in a 1000 pipe rack along the biggest wall in my front room.
I’ve got a thing for straight billiards. I have other shapes I enjoy as well though.
I like Dublins,Zulus,Billiards,apples,anything canted, although I have quite a few variations in my pipe stands.
I have seen where you have posted this before. Just out of curiosity, why don’t you care for bulldogs or rhodesians?
I understand. When I started the pipe, I was crazy about them. Now, they are the last shape that I reach for and I have several. Thanks