Top 4 favorite pipe styles?
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I think you mean shapes, more exactly. Different finishes, places of national origin, or artisans might figure into styles. I'm a big appreciator of variety, but I end up going with the crowd on billiards, Dublins, zulus, and pots -- I also like panels, authors, diplomats, bulldogs, Rhodesians, apples, princes, churchwardens, brandies ...you see the problem.
The only shapes I own in Briars are: Bent Bulldog, Billiard (3 of these), Poker, Dublin, and a Bent Dublin on the way. I plan on getting a Pot, a Bent Pot, another Dublin, possibly a Bulldog, possibly another Bent Bulldog, a Churchwarden, some other Bent types (including a Peterson Sherlock Holmes, which I think is a variation of a Bent Dublin), another Biliard or two (Radice); but no fancy shmansy Artisan shapes. My expectation is that I will favor Bent types because I like how my Bent Bulldog sits in the hand and how the bowl is lower than the lip.
So it seems my top 4 bowl shapes would be -
Billiard
Dublin
Pot
Poker or Rhodesian
So it seems my top 4 bowl shapes would be -
Billiard
Dublin
Pot
Poker or Rhodesian
I'm with phil on this one... not a real fan of churchwardens, freehands or nosewarmers for that matter. Not too fussy after that, but I do have a fondness for the straight billiard!
I've become a stout billiard fan of late, although I have many shapes in my collection. My absolute favorites in my collection are a panel billiard, a lovat and a crazy freehand shape.
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