This bowl shape

judcasper · Jan 11, 2019

Not my restoration, of course, but I just needed to post this and say look at that bowl! It's shape is perfection. I know it's a pretty standard and common shape of bowl, but there's something about this one that stood out to me.

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https://youtu.be/LwqQCGsZQb0

Chasing Embers · Jan 11, 2019

I would call that a bent apple. A personal favorite.

olkofri · Jan 11, 2019

Yup, a half-bent apple.

judcasper · Jan 11, 2019

I would call that a bent apple. A personal favorite.

I assume the name comes from that gorgeous bowl shape, but if you image search 'bent apple pipes' there's just as many with a bowl that look nothing like an apple.

olkofri · Jan 11, 2019

if you image search 'bent apple pipes' there's just as many with a bowl that look nothing like an apple

True, but you've to keep in mind that some people/vendors just don't get it right. My image search turned up a Savinelli 320, which is NOT an apple but an author.
The 'canonical' definition groups the pipe in that video as a half-bent apple, though.

Bent_Apple

judcasper · Jan 11, 2019

True, but you've to keep in mind that some people/vendors just don't get it right

Yeah, I'm learning that quickly.
No word of a lie, I was looking for pipe books on amazon the other day, and someone had listed a pipe. The picture showed it to be a cheap Chinese thing with a metal basket in the chamber - in fact identical to the one I bought from a pound store for... well, a pound.
This person had it listed for £300+ 8O
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brand-Classic-Mini-Tobacco-Smoking/dp/9895501129/ref=sr_1_190?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1547254673&sr=1-190&keywords=pipe+smoking

olkofri · Jan 11, 2019

That's just unreal. 8O
I've found that sometimes not even those in the business know their shapes. Once, at the local tobacconist, I got a blank look from the lady behind the counter when I asked her to 'please, show me that Brigham apple'. I had to point with my finger, argh!
When I was starting out, I found this page useful in knowing my shapes: Pipe Shapes Guide.

judcasper · Jan 11, 2019

When I was starting out, I found this page useful in knowing my shapes: Pipe Shapes Guide.

Someone linked to that in another thread (may have been yourself). I bookmarked it

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