I prefer the bents myself, 1/2s or fulls.as opposed to the straights. I got enuff trouble lookin' past my shnozz, if you've seen my pic then you already know what I mean.
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Bents or Straights?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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It depends on what mood I am in at the time. But for the most part I am preferring straights and anything up to a 1/4 bent these days. I haven't bought a pipe with more than 1/2 bend to it in years.
"When the Government Fears the People, There is Liberty;
When the People Fear the Government, There is Tyranny." - Thomas JeffersonPosted 2 years ago # -
Yeah I gotta go straight too. Although I don't mind a quarter bent. for me it's the drilling. A full bent often is drilled at 2 angles and leaves a "sump" between the bottom of the mortise and the tenon. I don't like this myself and find thse pipes seem to smoke wet.
But then again maybe it's me that's all wet.
I should point out though that my Stanwell 19 is one of my favorites and it's at least 1/4 bent I suppose.
I won't see any communication directed to me here. I'm no longer active at this forum.Posted 2 years ago # -
I prefer straights... however I've added a couple bents to my collection over the past few months.
"United States"
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.Posted 2 years ago # -
Mostly bents here.
If at first you don't succeed you are running about average.Posted 2 years ago # -
I have 3 straights out of 35 pipes.
Have to go with bent mostly.
Then again.... I like straights too.So, I have to say pipes are my favorites.
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About 75% bent and 25% straight here.
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane.Posted 2 years ago # -
I'm right at about 50/50 here. I use to only prefer straights when I first started out but the the bents started to call to me. Right now I am still on a bent spree.
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Bents although most of mine are straight . I must need more pipes .
“There was an awful suspicion in my mind that I'd finally gone over the hump, and the worst thing about it was that I didn't feel tragic at all, but only weary, and sort of comfortably detached.”Posted 2 years ago # -
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Straight or 1/4 bent... I'm in the poker phase...
Lawrence, you can't smoke the "Poker Chip", It's a straight!
Posted 2 years ago # -
1/4 bent. Maybe I'll branch out someday.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Straights! I only have 2 bent pipes.
A tattoo on a beautiful woman is like graffiti on a Ferrari.Posted 1 year ago # -
Straight.
Although I do need to experience some more bents.So actually I'm not sure which to prefer.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I like both it depends on my mood that day so far my collection is an even mix beteen bent and straight pipes.
"Pipe smoking is the most protracted of all forms of tobacco consumption. It may explain why pipe smokers are generally regarded as patient men–and philosophers.”
-Jerome E. Brooks, from The Mighty Leaf, Tobacco Through the CenturiesPosted 1 year ago # -
The majority of my small collection is bents (1/4 or 1/2).
I also have one "oddball" in my Savinelli Bing's Favorite, a pipe with a extra long stem but not as long as a churchwarden (total length is about 7"). It has a very slightly bent. It's one of my favorites.
Posted 1 year ago # -
All bents. Even my Sassieni poker has a slight bend in the stem.
I find myself sitting idly on the line dividing past and future,
as if I could kill time without injuring eternity. -- ThoreauPosted 1 year ago # -
All bent for me. I just like the look, and to be honest, I have never had a straight pipe. Maybe, I am a little bent.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Maybe, I am a little bent.
I can identify with that Dune.
I only have a couple of straight pipes, myself.
I'm more comfortable with a bent pipe.
Always have been.Posted 1 year ago # -
I tend to lean towards light straight or 1/4 bent pipes myself. Never gotten into huge pipes or bents that much. Can't say that I have ever smoked a full bent. I would like to try one just for shits and giggles, but, as I stated, I prefer straights and 1/4 bents.
Posted 1 year ago # -
No real preference. I'm about 50-50...although most my bents are 1/8-1/4.
I've been looking for an Oom Paul, but haven't found one I can't live without yet!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Most of my modest collection are Bents... Having said that, I enjoy my
straights just as much.Posted 1 year ago # -
Bents here
Posted 1 year ago # -
So far all my pipes (a total of...1) are straight, but I'm makin a few clays and at least 2 are going to be 1/4 bent
Posted 1 year ago # -
It depends on the pipe. If I consider it a beautiful piece of art and can afford it, then I buy it; bent or straight.
Pics of my pipes & stuff: http://photobucket.com/menckenite Posted 1 year ago # -
I have both, but like the Bents more.
Posted 1 year ago # -
It depends on the pipe. If I consider it a beautiful piece of art and can afford it, then I buy it; bent or straight.
I think that is true of most of us.
My taste in pipes tends toward moderately curved.
But, I do have a three or four straight and about the same number of calabashes.
The balance being somewhere in between.Posted 1 year ago # -
For me it depends on my mood and what I'm doing at the time. I've had straights, 1/4 bent, full bent, church wardens and so on. I do find the bents are easier to carry in my pocket, for obvious reasons.
I have yet to master the art of holding a pipe in my mouth while working with my hands doing something else, and not drooling all over the place like the village idiot. However when I do try, I find the bents easier to deal with.
Posted 1 year ago # -
When I first started smoking a pipe I tended to lean towards the straights, but in the last month or so I have been looking to buy some more bent pipes. I still love my straights though!
Mason jars and bale top jars, mason jars and bale top jars.... that is all!
"There’s truth in the statement that pipe tobacco will never be any less expensive than it is today, so think of your cellar as a cost averaged investment" - G.L. PeasePosted 1 year ago # -
I definitely prefer straights, although on occasion a 1/4 bent will catch my eye; but, that's a RARE occasion!!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Out of my modest collection of maybe 20 pipes, the bents outnumber the straights a bit. However, I don't think I prefer one type over the other. And in actuality, I hate that I can't get a pipe cleaner straight through really any of my bents whilst smoking, which is something I can do with ease with my straights. It sure helps the pipe from smoking too wet/gurgly.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector BerliozPosted 1 year ago # -
1/4 to 1/2 bent here. Ditto on the other comments regarding looks. I think many of us see smoking the pipe as a hobby equal parts smoking and collecting pieces of "art" in a sense. For me a pipe also has to just feel right in the hand; just one of the intangibles of the hobby that are important for me.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Hi pens87 and welcome to the forums. I think you got to the crux of the matter when you said that the hobby is an admixture of interests: smoking; art collecting; tinkering and futzing with the associated toys; and constant exploration of new tobacco blends, pipe shapes and materials. There's so much more to this than a mere, vulgar habit. (I won't even go into the cultivation of personal skills like identifying leaf varieties, etc.!)
Posted 1 year ago # -
VULGHAR!??? Thou Blasphemer! lol
Posted 1 year ago # -
I hate that I can't get a pipe cleaner straight through really any of my bents whilst smoking,
Raf66 this is one area where higher end pipes tend to be superior. I have 5 or 6 high end bent pipes, all - through which I can easily pass pipe cleaners, and I also have several mid-range pipes that I cannot and some I can.
It is one test that I perform before purchasing any pipe (now). I simply pass a pipe cleaner down the air hole. If it does not progress smoothly I reject the pipe, and begin browsing again. For example: my Petersons (one bent, one straight); if I had attempted to pass a pipe cleaner through them, I wouldn't purchase them now. But, live and learn. My Cavicchi's every one is drilled beautifully (bent and straight), no problem with the cleaner test on any I have ever seen. That's one difference between a $50 to $80 pipe and a $250 to $350+ pipe that is quantifiable.
However: I will not say that mid and lower end pipes will always fail this test. It is however one test that I recommend. It is worth the effort when looking for a pipe, bent or straight.Posted 1 year ago # -
My first pipe (about 30 years ago)was a bent and that has remained my preference but I do get in the mood for a straight once and while.
"If you can't send money, send tobacco." -George Washington to the Continental Congress, 1776Posted 1 year ago # -
A few months ago I had a tobacconist ask me that same question while I was looking over his pipes for sale.
I told him "I started out buying only bents but lately I have been gravitating towards straights".
He asked me "Any reason why?"
I had to answer "Not really, I am just going through a straights phase I guess."
I enjoy them both.
Mason
And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman. - Anthony TrollopePosted 1 year ago # -
And I thought this thread had something to do with Monica and Bill.
Marry the right person, this one decision will determine 90% of your happiness.
Does a culture based on seperation and competition, of scientific sophistication and mideval religion, offer happiness even as it ravishes the Earth that sustains it?Posted 1 year ago # -
LMAO at hobie. I seem to prefer bends over straights, but have both really.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are small and crunchy and taste good with ketchup.Posted 1 year ago # -
bents
cobs, old briars, and burleyPosted 1 year ago # -
I have both but lately I seem to prefer straights. I think they look better and that you look better when smoking one.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I lean more towards Bents but one of my favorite pipes is a LHS Billard straight that for some unknown reason I am overly fond of.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I have one straight pipe and one bent. I know, I need "MORE" but with 2 daughters in middle school and both in braces, my hobby takes a back seat, financially speaking. However, I prefer my bent over the straight because I have a better visual into the bowl while I'm lighting it. And it seems to "Hold" better for me in my chair. I also like the way it looks. I would have to say my next pipe would also be a bent.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Two daughters!?! Good lord, I dont know how you guys do it!
I have 1 daughter and 3 boys, the youngest is 17 and male. I had more sleepless nights over my daughter than all the boys combined!
And, she cost more than the 3 boys combined!Posted 1 year ago # -
Flanative, you are right, they are expensive and a lot of work. I do most of it alone as well. Their mother is out of state and out of mind. It's not easy but they are worth every ounce of effort on my part. Their step-mother does help quite a bit but the responsibility rest solely on me. Next, dating..........LORD HELP ME!!!!!!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Oh lord, dating! Get yourself a very large pistol and keep a shovel in the trunk of your car, When the young "gentlemen" ask about them just explain what they are for. Worked for me!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Good question. I have both types in my collection, but as a preference at this current time I would have to say bent.
"A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth." - C.S. LewisPosted 1 year ago # -
Take it from me guys. You will survive (Just barely though! ) I have three grown daughters that turned out great after all the troubles!
Posted 1 year ago # -
My last name is Dreier (you say it like dryer) and I plan on naming my first girl Washer Ann Dreier.... She is going to hate me
Posted 1 year ago # -
Unclearthur, looking forward to the next stage. I'm sure it will be another adventure, especially the grandkids. Sure hate to see my little girls grow up though.
Bubba, that's dang funny. Kinda like a boy named Sue. You might have a song there somewhere.
Posted 1 year ago # -
They are always "your little girls'. Take it from me!
Posted 1 year ago # -
My youngest daughter, Rachael, likes to watch me smoke my pipe. When I get a lot of thick smoke pouring out of my mouth, see says it looks like mashed potatos coming out and floating off. She is cute....
Posted 1 year ago # -
I have some of both in my small collection. I lean towards the bents right now slightly.
Posted 1 year ago # -
My collection is about 50/50 of each so I guess I don't favor one other the other.
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