The Cutty Shape is Starting to Grow on Me

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Lifer

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I never gave this shape much thought but I'm starting to like it. I don't care for the "ornament" version though.
I'm not sure I'll ever end up with one, but if you have pics of yours, please post them.

 

lonestar

Lifer

Mar 22, 2011

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Here's a couple I made last year;

 

fishnbanjo

Lifer

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A Dunhill Cutty Quaint Group 2

A Tom Eltang Rusticated Vergin Cutty

A Don Carlos One Note Cutty

A Jonas Rosengren bamboo shank Cutty

A Charatan Executive Grade Cutty

A Hermann Hennen Cutty

A Growley Cutty

A Chris Askwith Morta Cutty

 

weezell

Lifer

Oct 12, 2011

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Fish, that Chris Askwith Morta Cutty is the SHIT!!!You got some GOOD Taste Brother...

 

condorlover1

Lifer

Dec 22, 2013

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Do you really want me to fill this page up with my cutty pipes?

 

leacha

Part of the Furniture Now

Jun 19, 2013

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The only shot I have of my set (Rattray's Old Perth).

 

fishnbanjo

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condorlover1, speaking for myself, and probably others here, this is how we grow as pipers, so yes, show them! Regards.

banjo
lonestar, those are delightful Cutty pipes.
leacha, very nice group brother.

 

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Lifer

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Cool, thanks for all the pics.
Nice Rattray set! Did you ever smoke them?
The cutty I'm interested in is a Rattray. Looks like I'll have to make due with the "ornament" since most cutty's seem to have them. I was looking at the history and it seems like all the 18th century clay pipes have them as well, so I guess it's more true to the original design.

 

pitchfork

Lifer

May 25, 2012

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You mean a footed cutty? I happen to like 'em that way.

 

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Lifer

Jan 23, 2015

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Very nice pipes everyone. I do really like the cutty shape but don't own one yet. I fell in love with one recently at my local B&M and if it's still there the next time I go it will be coming home with me. :D

 

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Lifer

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Yeah, that. I saw it called an "ornament" somewhere. I'm still not sure what the point is, other than to be true to the original clay pipe designs.
Which still begs the question - What was the purpose of the "foot" on clay pipes? Most of them with a "foot" don't look like they could be sitters (although some obviously are).

 

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Which still begs the question - What was the purpose of the "foot" on clay pipes?

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Good question -- I'm not sure anyone knows, really. Happy to be corrected on this, though.

 

seadogontheland

Part of the Furniture Now

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I love all the pics, such beautiful collections.

 

lonestar

Lifer

Mar 22, 2011

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Some slick pipes in this thread !

I've heard a few theories on the "foot". One is that originally it was a "squeeze-out" for excess clay in the mold when the tobacco chamber was hollowed out.

Also hear that it is a little nub to hold when the bowl gets too hot.

If you look at the earliest pipes though, from the 1500-1600's, it was not a "nub" as much as it was just a wide, thick flat spot beneath the bowl. Most likely, it was just to add strength and heat resistance to a spot that was structurally weak and prone to the highest temperature buildup.

 

condorlover1

Lifer

Dec 22, 2013

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Here are a few of mine to keep you amused including an excellent repaired one by Ric @ Briarville!

 

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Lifer

Apr 24, 2015

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Here's a neat article I found on early clay pipes. It mentions the transition from a "heel" to a "spur" but doesn't explain what it was for. Also, check out the skull, interesting!
http://www.cafg.net/docs/articles/ClayPipes.pdf

 

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Oct 14, 2014

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Here's a neat article I found on early clay pipes. It mentions the transition from a "heel" to a "spur" but doesn't explain what it was for. Also, check out the skull, interesting!

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The bowl's become very hot when smoked and the stems were designed to break off making these pipes inconvenient to hold. The foot is the "handle" on a clay pipe.
I love the shape. My eye is naturally drawn to cutty's but I have a hard time identifying why! I have an old Comoy's cutty that I absolutely adore despite being a simple number. I can't help but wonder how well the deeply canted cutty's smoke. They seem a pain to light.

 

thefalcon

Starting to Get Obsessed

Dec 23, 2012

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Simon, thank you for sharing, only but a few of your massive collection. I love the banded ones...well heck man, I love all of them!
Cheers,--Eric

 

mranglophile

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May 11, 2015

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Wonderful pictures. I would love to get one but the stars haven't lined up yet. I really like the Eltang and Askwith's and of course those meer's you have Condor are amazing.
Thanks for the inspriation.

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

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I have one clay cutty. It's a shape I like but don't particularly desire to own. This post is cutty heaven. Beautiful pipes. Fishn', those are some gorgeous ones. And the meerschaum, wow. If I collected everything I fancy, I'd have to rent storage. As I joke at my local B&M when the owner asks me if I see any pipes I like, I say, I'm looking for something I don't like.