Your Favorite Bulldog?

[Johnny_Pipecleaner]

Tell me about your favorite bulldog shaped pipe.

I’m very close to adding one to my stable, and I can’t stop staring at this one by Mark Tinsky ?

I already have a couple great Tinskys, but after looking around I can’t find one I’d rather be smoking…

 

[kcghost]

A lot of carvers don't like to carve bulldogs. They find them to be too demanding to make. Most prefer to make Rhodesians. I know Andy Petersen makes a good one. Jesse Jones is quite good also.

 

[Johnny_Pipecleaner]

A lot of carvers don't like to carve bulldogs. They find them to be too demanding to make. Most prefer to make Rhodesians. I know Andy Petersen makes a good one. Jesse Jones is quite good also.

Interesting. If I ever get a Rhodesian it’ll be a Radesian. As in, Rad Davis.

But right now there are no Rads for sale, and I’m somewhat set on the Diamond shank of a sweet bulldoggy. Tinsky turns out some lookers. Jack Howell is also a maybe but I’m a sucker for Mark’s coral

I’ll also add a band to it though, like this one

 

[Johnny_Pipecleaner]

A lot of carvers don't like to carve bulldogs. They find them to be too demanding to make. Most prefer to make Rhodesians. I know Andy Petersen makes a good one. Jesse Jones is quite good also.

You weren’t kidding about this Jesse Jones fella, wowee this here’s a dandy

 

[kcghost]

He's superb carver. Was a winner of KC Carving Contest four or five times. These contests were judged by Greg Pease and George Dibos.

 

[mso489]

My favorites are mostly old standards, except for a straight smooth Johs with a somewhat larger chamber. I like the Stanwell 32 so much I got two, a smooth and a silke brune. And I do admire the shaping on the Dr. Grabow Royalton with a slightly bent stem. I have a fantasy that that was done by a senior carver at Sparta, N.C., who did artisan work on the factory line, and is now retired, so we don't see new Royalton bulldogs anymore. Though I expect someone will pick up the mantle eventually. They are/were magnificently shaped. A Tinsky "dog" would be a wonderful pipe.

 

[ssjones]

My favorite is the B5 Peterson,the one in my collection a Supreme with gold band.
The 549 GBD a close second (and traditional bulldog)

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I find it hard to pick just one best…. but, today, my fav is this little antique Stanwell.

 

[bullet08]

Bulldog.




Rhodesian

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Well, since I’m smoking my Comoy customized with an inlaid Yaweh Opal…. it’s my new favorite.

 

[cigrmaster]

This Bulldog I commissioned from Jack Howell is my favorite. It is also my only Bulldog as I liked the Rhodesian more. One thing about Bulldogs that I found is they have a shallower bowl depth. I like 1.5 inside bowl depth and many Bulldogs are not that deep. After 20 years I found out the difference between a Bulldog and a Rhodesian. I am a slow learner. If they had the short bus back in my day, I would have been on it.

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

I have a Sav Duca Carlo. It’s meh, the only one I have. Not my favorite shape.

 

[OzPiper]

Difficult choice
Toss-up between the 1899 Kippax Bros. cased Bulldog with Amber and vulcanite saddle stems, and
This 1922 GBD Xtra Bulldog with bent tapered stem. Probably French made as it has an imported silver London hallmark.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Ray, send me the Kippax and it’ll make the choice easier for ya

 

[OzPiper]

Ray, send me the Kippax and it’ll make the choice easier for ya

That one is special as it came from Ken Barnes.

 

[Johnny_Pipecleaner]

Not a bulldog, but this Rad Davis has me drooling

 

[burleybreath]

Tell me about your favorite bulldog shaped pipe.

The Pete Sherlock Holmes Squire, even though I'm a billiard guy. The size, weight, and shape are perfect for me. They run a bit larger than the other Pete dogs, like the 80s.

 

[captainsousie]

Aside from an English bulldog, which I won't get until retirement, I love a good GBD, a Tinsky or oddly enough, my Savinelli Punto Oro bulldog.

 

[bullet08]

Tiny bulldog. Like those French rats bulldogs.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Then of course, I’m smoking this Tinsky now, so… it’s my favorite.