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   jonesing
   

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   Where did pipe shapes get their names?

   Some make sense.

   A Brandy for instance. OK I get it shaped like a snifter.

   And of course there's the ball, and the apple, and the horn, and likely other self explanatory ones I'm forgetting.

   And I've read that a Billiard was orignially shaped using lathes used to make billiard cues. I guess I could buy that. A Billiard is sort of shaped like the butt end of a cue stick.

   But what about a poker? Why is it called that? Is it poker like red hot? Or is it something to do with cards? What?

   How about a Calabash?

   Rhodesian?

   Dublin? Made first in Ireland?

   Zulu?

   Others?

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   Okay I'll comment on the one I thinks may be the easiest and leave the others to members that are wiser than me.

   I think the poker was created by a pipe smoking card player that wanted to be able to set his pipe down once in awhile without it tipping over, such as when dealing.
   Is a bulldog shaped pipe called that because the pipe has a short broad body?

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   Here are some interesting links to shape info and charts.
   The Italian Pipe.com
   FugiPub.com
   Greg Pease
   PipeSmoke Mag.

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   Calabash were made out of calabash gourds from africa then later briar .

   “There was an awful suspicion in my mind that I'd finally gone over the hump, and the worst thing about it was that I didn't feel tragic at all, but only weary, and sort of comfortably detached.”

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   Maybe its Poker cause it looks like a stack of poker chips

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   I know why a cob is a cob.... Because it's made from a cob! See, I can be smart too...

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   After looking into the word poker ,Now Iam confused .

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   Igloo... It's not POKE HER... It's poker... Like the Card Game...

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   LOL Phil.

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