How Short is a Nose Warmer

pawpaw

Lifer

Jun 25, 2011

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cleveland NC

• Jan 23, 2012

• #1

is there a norm for how long a pipe needs to be to be called a nosewarmer?

the reason i ask is because the poker Uncle made for me may be a nose poker not to be confused with a nose picker

 

jchaplick

Lifer

May 8, 2011

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9

• Jan 23, 2012

• #2

Haha, I am not sure, I do know that they are short, ive seen some that are like 3 or 4 inches long, then there are chubby's (funny name) which I believe are the next size up from a nose warmer

 

J

john

Lurker

Jun 10, 2010

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0

• Jan 23, 2012

• #3

What you might call nose-warmer depends on size of your nose

Someone will do 2inch someone not.

 

pawpaw

Lifer

Jun 25, 2011

1,492

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cleveland NC

• Jan 23, 2012

• #4

so a bigger pipe if ya got a bigger snoz?

 

olderthandirt

Lifer

Jun 26, 2011

2,011

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Pacific Northwest USA

• Jan 23, 2012

• #5

Opinion regarding the Brucianoso, or Nose-Warmer, an excerpt:

"What is, and is not, a nosewarmer? The most distinctive nosewarmer trait is its size. Nosewarmers are short pipes. Though there is no hard and fast length convention, most collectors agree that a nosewarmer is four and a half inches or less long. The distance from button to bowl is compressed, usually significantly. However, the abbreviated overall length of a pipe alone is insufficient to classify it as a nosewarmer. There is a difference between a small pipe and a nosewarmer.
The proportions of a nosewarmer are distorted. The diameter of the shank, the bowl diameter, and bowl capacity are similar, if not larger, than a standard size pipe. The dimensions are compressed on the longitudinal axis of the pipe. The effect of this compression results in somewhat cartoonish and caricaturistic proportions. One hears such words as “stubby, chubby, and hefty” applied to nosewarmers."
Neill Archer Roan, "The Nosewarmer Phenomenon"

 

uberam3rica

Lifer

Sep 7, 2011

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Capac, Michigan

• Jan 23, 2012

• #6

Heres a picture of mine. Its about 4 inches long

 

pawpaw

Lifer

Jun 25, 2011

1,492

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cleveland NC

• Jan 23, 2012

• #7

well here is my nose poker it is 4.5 inches

 

uberam3rica

Lifer

Sep 7, 2011

4,015

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Capac, Michigan

• Jan 23, 2012

• #8

Thats a nice pipe.I wanna get a UA pipe some day

 

philip

Lifer

Oct 13, 2011

1,705

6

Puget Sound

• Jan 23, 2012

• #9

so a bigger pipe if ya got a bigger snoz?

Click to expand...

Pinocchio had a churchwarden nose warmer!

 

pentangle

Part of the Furniture Now

Jan 21, 2011

548

1

Genova-Italy

• Jan 23, 2012

• #10

Must be short enough to burn your nose :lol:

 

pentangle

Part of the Furniture Now

Jan 21, 2011

548

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Genova-Italy

• Jan 23, 2012

• #11

how much along is the shank better works the pipe, so i'm not really a fan of an orthodox nose warmer

 

tab812

Starting to Get Obsessed

Dec 27, 2011

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Floyds Knobs, IN

• Jan 23, 2012

• #12

I like it!!!

Nice pipe!!!

 

seakayak

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 21, 2010

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0

• Jan 23, 2012

• #13

As OCD reports, there's no hard and fast rule per length. The main attribute rests with the odd proportions of the pipe, eg. short shank with a large bowl. A frien showed me one earlier this week. I've never been a fan due, in part, to my odd sized nose.

 

seakayak

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 21, 2010

531

0

• Jan 23, 2012

• #14

As OCD reports, there's no hard and fast rule per length. The main attribute rests with the odd proportions of the pipe, eg. short shank with a large bowl. A frien showed me one earlier this week. I've never been a fan due, in part, to my odd sized nose.

 

winton

Lifer

Oct 20, 2010

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771

• Jan 23, 2012

• #15

My definition is 5" or less. I really enjoy nose warmers. I have made several.
Winton