What shapes are yall a sucker to buy every time you see one presented well?
For me its a Prince/Apple shape, which I never see too many of anymore.
This is my Dunhill prince that I love. Great little flake pipe too.
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I like shapes. Shapes are good when it comes to pipes.
I like Volcanos, Pokers, Apples, Bulldogs, Calabashes, and free forms.
I really don't have a favorite shape, I buy a pipe if I think it is a good pipe and speaks to me. You know things like: "Lawrence... Lawrence... C'mon you know you want to buy me.... She'll only be mad for a week or two...."Posted 1 year ago # -
I really like the bent dublins and I really want to get a bulldog and another style--the "hanging ardor" if anyone knows that one. I have seen it on Youtube and it has a huge bowl and literally hangs from the mouth.
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I am a huge fan of the Danish Freehands, but for traditional I would have to go with a beefy bulldog
Why does it seem that todays youth has added lead paintchips to their daily diet!?!Posted 1 year ago # -
I love bulldogs and any variation of the bulldog shape... I am also growing fond of the author shape or at least I think that is the shapes name!
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 # -
Any shape with the famous P on the stem .
If at first you don't succeed you are running about average.Posted 1 year ago # -
danish freehands, bulldogs/ rhodesians e.g petes 80s and soon to be the proud owner of a poker
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I'll second Bjeorn's choice, the Pete 80s bent bulldog. Without a doubt the most comfortable pipe I've ever held
-- in mouth and/or hand. Here it is with the Donegal Rocky finish:
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 # -
Woohoo nice 80s cortez its on of my favorites too. Heres mine. Its the 2010 St. Paddys day 80s.
"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 # -
Bulldog, Dublin, Prince, Calabash, and free hands. In that order. Straight and bent stems.
“The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.” - Jeff Cooper
“Hoplophobia is a mental disturbance characterized by irrational aversion to weapons, as opposed to justified apprehension about those who may wield them.”
– To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the TruthPosted 1 year ago # -
I'm a sucker for Pokers and Lovats.
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looking at my pipe collection i must like all shapes. but pokers catch my eye.
smokin my homemade rustic pipe. don`t get any better.Posted 1 year ago # -
For me it's has to be the bent billiard as epitomised by this Pre-Republic Peterson Supreme 69.
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane.Posted 1 year ago # -
I am a complete sucker for many shapes....(I'll stick with pipes for the sake of this thread)...the bulldog, rhodesian, graceful bent and stalwart straight....
Live Aloha!Posted 1 year ago # -
In all seriousness. I seem heavily drawn to Rhodesians like the Peterson 999
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For me, the Horn and the Bulldog have always been favorites
for the classic shapes. Just the same, I also enjoy the Poker
and the Rhodesian.Posted 1 year ago # -
I am a lover of Danish Freehands, especially Preben Holm. Sometimes the wierder the more intriging to me.
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Now that Fred mentions it, I do love the way Horns look, but I hate the way they smoke!
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Reminds me of summer time....
If light travels faster than sound is this why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.Posted 1 year ago # -
Usually I prefer the 1/4 bent Bulldog shape, but I have to say that after handling this Caminetto, I think this is my new prefered shape. I don't know what it's called though.
It appears to be a 1/4 bent billiard, but it's a setter. The shank is square and the bottom is slightly upswept. The stem is avarage 1/4 bent, maybe a little more.
All in all, it fits the hand extremely well. It also hangs from the mouth without a lot of forward weight.
The circumference of the bowl just fits between the fingers so well, that I find myself just setting and holding it sometimes.
It is the "Duemila" that came out to celebrate the year 2000. What a wonderfully executed design. Needless to say since it is a Caminetto, it smokes great also.
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What shapes are yall a sucker to buy every time you see one presented well?
If they are shaped like this, I'll usually buy whatever is for sale.
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 # -
I love my Bullies and Rhodes, but the Dublin shape strikes me as the classic 'turn of the century' look....a Pete 120 spigot to me is pure art.
A Dubliner in Amsterdam just doing his thing on Youtube.Posted 1 year ago # -
Beautiful photo Pearse,....nice to see you here!
I love all my pipes but I guess my favorite would be my Peterson Dublin straight.
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I love Hobie's picture...
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Wow I didnt know you were on here Dub, welcome to the forum.
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Yeah, he just got here....welcome
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Is that the Dub from YouTube? If so Welcome to the forums...If not Welcome to the forums LOL.
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I can't say exactly what shape is my favorite. So far every pipe I own is an example of a different shape: apple, horn, billiard, rhodesian, volcano. Of those, my fave is the volcano. It just strikes me as a nice combinations of angles and curves. If I was going to add another couple to my collection, though, I'd be on the lookout for an author and maybe a brandy.
Simon
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Yeah thats dub from youtube lol. Love his videos to ive learned a ton from him.
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max's Caminetto looks VERY nice! I'd probably like it.
My faves tend to be straight or quarter-bent pipes that easily take a pipecleaner all the way to the bowl. Dublins, authors, saddle-bit billiards, lovats, generally more-or-less traditional shapes.
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I'm in love with that girl, hobie.
I also like the prince/apple shape. Here's the Dunhill sitting on his big brother, the Sav 315 EX
And if this Stanwell poker ever makes it off the UPS truck, it's another fav.
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Thats a great looking Stanwell im jealous.
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Interesting thread with surprising results... Based on my years of operating a pipe shop I'm not surprised that so many of you like bulldogs, freehands etc. But what did surprise me is the interest in the Prince shape. I always found them to be a hard sell shape. Maybe tastes are changing. Who knows?
I don't think I have a "favorite" shape, but based on my own pipes I notice I have quite a few calabash shaped briars, bent apples, and saddle bit billards. What this all means, I don't have a clue.
It has been observer that when the Republicans are in power men like standard English shapes and when the Democrats are in power men like freehands.... go figure!
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hrm... I'd have to say my favorite shape is the author style and all makes of that type; Ever seeking more but not having a whole lot of luck.
( wish my cheap digital took better images)Posted 1 year ago # -
The "zulu" shape:
(or for Petersons, 268)
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I like bent shapes. OK, not technically a shape but, I only have 3 straights in my collection. Unless you count my 401 Savinelli CW, which I don't since it has a slight bend to it.
-Jason
unclearthur on high nicotine blends:
A few will leave you wandering around wondering who you are .Posted 1 year ago # -
My goal is to collect all the classic shapes or slight variations/interpratations there of. Wild freehands just make me feel like I'm being a goofball when I smoke em. But, I admire the work and all that goes into them, and whatever floats your pipe boat the better. I love the Brandy and Diplomat, currently looking for the right chimney. I got one spotted, now just to save and hope it's still there come payday!
There is a light that never goes out.Posted 1 year ago # -
" currently looking for the right chimney"
Your remark remined me of something. A while back I offered a Castello on Ebay. A Searock chimney with a military bit. Nice pipe. I didn't put a minumun on it and I forgot to monitor the bids. It sold for $40.! I screwed up bad because it should have gone for 2 or 3 times that. Moral of the story is watch your Ebay items....
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40 bucks! I could be so lucky..
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I wonder if you know how hard a chimney (or topper) can be to keep lit after it's burned down about half way...
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cant honestly say I put much thought into that. If I do get ahold of one, it'll have to be saved for days when I got plenty of patience. Usually dont mind relighting at all, but if it becomes one match one puff.. I see where your going..
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I'll throw my lot in with the classic Billiard.
As I'm guessing many of you can concur, this was my first pipe, and it left the indelible impression on me that "THIS is what a pipe should feel like". I've recently acquired (yes, PAD.../sigh/) a few slight variations on this by way of the Medico Jet Stream pipe, which for some reason *really* tickles my fancy. To me it speaks of the mid-century modern aesthetic in woodworking; of slick and shiny cars and the Jetsons and the great FUTURE being right around the corner...hehe In fact they tickle me so much I fear it's approaching addiction status... At any rate, they feel great in the hand, and work better than a laser for pointing at diagrams or poking holes in a fellow philosopher's arguments. Much tastier as well.
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I'll throw my lot in with the classic Billiard.
As I'm guessing many of you can concur, this was my first pipe, and it left the indelible impression on me that "THIS is what a pipe should feel like".I just thought to clarify: I meant that MY favorite shape is the billiard because it was my first pipe; and I was GUESSING that whatever shape other people smoked as their first often became their preferred pipe shape. Am I correct in this prognostication?
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Bull dog, Apple and Pot.... prefer a slight bend..
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My favorite shapes are:
Billiard
Poker/Cherrywood
PotPosted 10 months ago # -
My favourite shapes are by far Canadians, and straight billiards. I have the most boring pipe collection
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I still don't have a billiard.
I find that ironic, since in my head the picture that forms when someone mentions smoking a pipe, it's a billiard, closely followed by churchwardens from the Lord of the Rings.I'm waiting for the right one. In the meantime, my bulldogs, volcano and apple are my regular rotation.
Simon
Posted 10 months ago # -
As long as it's a bent pipe with a big bowl i'm sorted.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Straight apple.
RLTWPosted 10 months ago # -
I like full bent stems but have and smoke staight stems as well.
U.S.M.C. (SEMPER FI)Posted 10 months ago # -
As long as it's a pipe !
Posted 10 months ago # -
CARMEN !!!
Posted 10 months ago # -
I'm partial to just about anything "bent". The only time I really smoke my straight pipes is when I am just sitting around. Bent pipes are just easier to let "dangle" while I am piddling around.
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Interesting thoughts here. When I originally got into pipes, not that long ago, the shapes I liked were straight apple and billiard shapes. To me, they were just the classic shape that I saw in photos from the 50’s and 60’s of dads smoking their pipes. Bent shapes didn’t do it for me. However, at some point, I saw a ¼ bent bulldog that I really liked along with another full bend pipe and I ordered them. I just love the look of that bulldog and the full bend pipe fit so perfectly against the lip and rested nicely on my chin. Suddenly, I found myself drawn a little more to bent stems. If it’s a pipe I’m going to clench, maybe reading a book or just kicking back, I’m often reaching for that bulldog or another bent pipe. I still like the straights, they still scream classic pipe too me, and I really am starting to like the look of some of the poker designs, but I tend to smoke them less and only when I know my hands will be free to hold the pipe.
Posted 10 months ago # -
This is the best chin hanger I have . It's an Irish Seconds that just is perfect for clenching.
Posted 10 months ago # -
APPLE!!!
Posted 10 months ago # -
Bent Apple. Hell... anything bent.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Bent Bulldogs and Oom Pauls are my favorites.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
Posted 10 months ago # -
I like billiards(bent or straight), calabashes, and bulldogs.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Perterson's B11 is quickly becoming a favorite. It's a bent brandy sitter and it is very, VERY, comfy to clench or hold.
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