Sitter Rule

curl

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My first pipe was a sitter, and it still smokes fine.
But it doesn't sit anymore. It may not be the first rule of sitters, but it's at least a good rule: make sure a pipe bit doesn't throw it out of balance.
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monty55

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I know just what you mean. I have a sitter made by a very famous artisan, and it sits fine, as long as there is a full load of tobacco in the bowl. Empty.. the stem is juust long enough to throw it out of balance :?
Thankfully, given that sitters have a flat bottom (usually) it's nothin but a thing to adjust this balance issue, or even the angle of the dangle (sandpaper on flat surface), especially if it's something that has happened over time where the bottom is just not quite perfectly flat anymore.

 

topd

Lifer

Mar 23, 2012

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Emerson, Arkansas

• Jun 8, 2014

• #3

Put a couple beers, a steak and baked potato in me and I need something to prop me up!

 

mso489

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Feb 21, 2013

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• Jun 8, 2014

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Then there are those pokers and pots with a big wide bowl bottom that will sit no matter what. If you

want a sitter, those are the ones, along with the foursquare billiard panels that sit on their bowls, but

also on their shanks and stems to some degree.

 

papipeguy

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Jul 31, 2010

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• Jun 8, 2014

• #5

Pictures! We need pictures to make a full assessment. This requires immediate attention.

 

monty55

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^+1

 

sparrowhawk

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Jul 24, 2013

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• Jun 10, 2014

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I can't stand straight billiards that could clearly sit if they were simply flattened at the bottom, like the Irish Harp billiard, but for some reason pipe manufacturer won't go through the trouble.

 

admin

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• Jun 11, 2014

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blueeyedogre

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Oct 17, 2013

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• Jun 11, 2014

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Take a look at a Mr. Brog Lumbejack...... Got one on a trade and I can promise you that empty or full it will take a class 4 hurricane to knock that bad boy over. lol

 

rolldog

Starting to Get Obsessed

Oct 4, 2013

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• Jun 11, 2014

• #10

Half my collection (of 16) are sitters. +1 to pokers that sit no matter what.

 

blendtobac

Lifer

Oct 16, 2009

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• Jun 11, 2014

• #11

I recently chatted about this subject with Todd Johnson, and we both agreed that if it doesn't sit when empty, it's not a sitter.
Russ

 

natibo

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Nov 10, 2013

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• Jun 12, 2014

• #12

How about a sitter that's smoking hot. It can be uncomfortable taking them home at the end of the night.

 

grouchydog

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• Jun 12, 2014

• #13

Then there are those pokers and pots with a big wide bowl bottom that will sit no matter what.

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