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sorringowl

sorringowl

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Dec 24, 2010
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We all have our idea of what the "Iconic Pipe" is? For instance, when most people (and I'm talking mostly non-pipe smokers here) think of a pipe, they probably think of the Bent Billiard from Magritte's famous painting (the title of which, ironically, states "This is not a pipe." haha).
What is yours "Iconic" Pipe? This could be a favorite pipe you think you should be an iconic pipe, or, it could be your idea of the Iconic pipe.
Mine, for example, is the Stanwell 32...
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which I think is an example of an Iconic pipe in many ways: classic proportions, compact (yet, not what I would call a small pipe), functional and good looking; but that's just me.
So, what's your iconic pipe?
(and if you can post a pic, that would be great too)

 
adam12

adam12

Part of the Furniture Now
May 16, 2011
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When I was growing up, thinking of pipes I always thought of a standard straight billiard.
And no one does them like Rich Lewis. So here's my contribution.
lew1890.jpg


 
irishsmoker

irishsmoker

Lifer
Feb 14, 2012
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Mine would have to be the corn cob that master chief Sunday smoked in the movie men of honor!

 
sorringowl

sorringowl

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 24, 2010
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That's a nice Radice with some wild grain. Nice choices, so far, guys. Keep 'em comin'.

 
matchstickman

matchstickman

Lifer
Jul 15, 2011
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The image of a pipe, at least to me, was always one that had a bent stem, and was something like a traditional billiard shape, almost idential to the one Mick posted the pic of, only with a taller bowl and less squat. I will tell you that the first shape that ever really got me excited about pipe smoking was the bulldog shape.

 
johnd

johnd

Might Stick Around
Feb 2, 2012
89
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http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/4287/dunhillbruyere-150x120.jpg
Dunhill Bruyere bent billiard.
It may not be my absolute favorite, but it's pretty iconic to me. I bought mine in 1973 for $46.00.

 
deyro

deyro

Might Stick Around
Feb 11, 2011
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For me, it's the Savanelli 606KS bent billiard. Probably because the first briar I bought was a Bruna 606 KS. But the reason I bought it, even though I didn't know the first thing about pipe shapes at the time, was that it fit the image I had in my mind of an iconic pipe.
Kinda like this one:
http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/savinelli/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=97355

 
olderthandirt

olderthandirt

Lifer
Jun 26, 2011
2,011
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Pacific Northwest USA
Iconic for me had always been the billiard as well; followed closely by the theatrical Calabash of Sherlock Holmes.
So my favorite icons to smoke are currently
This Burnsley&Burnsley

burnsley_vintage.jpg

And while not a calabash, my Sav "Solaria"

savinelli_solaria_614.jpg


 
frtimmyd

frtimmyd

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 13, 2011
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Mine would have to be the Peterson 999. Even before I started smoking pipes I knew that I wanted one of these. Now I've got one and it makes me smile every time I light it up. :D
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sorringowl

sorringowl

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 24, 2010
141
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Wow, great pipes, guys! So interesting to see the variety in everyone's idea about what an iconic pipe is.

 
sorringowl

sorringowl

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 24, 2010
141
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Nice Sav 614 Solaria, OTD (I'm assuming it's a 614). I have two 614's that I recently got. The first that I just got because I got a good deal on it and the second because (after smoking the first) I realized what a great smoker it is! Now I want more of these...

 
sorringowl

sorringowl

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 24, 2010
141
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Nice Pete, Father. Why is it that Petersons and men of the cloth always seem to go so well together?

 
bigvan

bigvan

Lifer
Mar 22, 2011
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Not my favorite, but a genuine classic. A Dunhill group 5 billiard with a silver band.
DunhillShellBilliard01.jpg


 
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