A few days ago, I started wondering about the history of the present-day array of pipe shapes. There seems to be some literature our there; clays, for example have been the subject of a lot of archaeological study. And some shapes are recent enough that we know their origins. Princes and Oom Pauls are the classic example of these, although I have to wonder whether the Oom Paul had been around longer, and just got nicknamed after Paul Kruger.
But the thing is, somewhere between the briar's arrival on the scene and the plethora of shape we have today, a whole bunch of shapes were developed, and it'd be really neat to know, say, when the Bulldog first appeared (and whether it or the Rhodesian came first). It'd also be kinda neat to know what was trendy when; what all the swellest young Victorians were smoking in 1859, that sort of thing.
I've been Googling away at this, but either my Google Fu is weak, or this sort of information seems to have been lost in the mists of time. Which strikes me as too bad.
But the thing is, somewhere between the briar's arrival on the scene and the plethora of shape we have today, a whole bunch of shapes were developed, and it'd be really neat to know, say, when the Bulldog first appeared (and whether it or the Rhodesian came first). It'd also be kinda neat to know what was trendy when; what all the swellest young Victorians were smoking in 1859, that sort of thing.
I've been Googling away at this, but either my Google Fu is weak, or this sort of information seems to have been lost in the mists of time. Which strikes me as too bad.