Any Love For The Boer Shape? Show Them Here!

[towhee89]

I am a huge collector of the Boer shape, called underslung, tomato, donkey nut, or sometimes hawkbill also. This is not the Boer shape which is now known as an Oom Paul.

I also love the Jobey Safari and Dawes Lyon pipes, I guess they can be included here, but I try to not call anything but the Lyon an "underslung"

If you have any, feel free to share them here! This is my latest, a Rainey & Young which looks identical to Wally Frank and Bertrams Boers...Rainey and Young was a tobacconist in Galesburg Illinois.

 

[towhee89]

Pipe Lovers Magazine, January 1946


1939 Wally Frank Catalog

 

[towhee89]

Here's a few more of mine.

Jobey Shellmoor Safari Extra (Will include these here as they are similar, the draft hole is at the bottom also)

Pipemaker Boer (Thanks @Piping Abe !) identical to a BP Jum

Frank Medico Sandblast Boer (Thanks @joeman )

 

[SBC]

I love that I live in a world where some people enjoy saggy diaper shaped pipes.
I enjoy chuckling at you enjoying them.

(I mean this in the friendliest possible way! It's a good-natured elbow-jab ;-) )

 

[joeman]

Huge fan of the boer. I have the Wally Frank Collector (from that 1939 ad above), as well as 2 others (of the same shape...different finishes), and then boers by other brands. Excellent smokers. They are definitely a departure from "standard" pipe shapes, but I love'm.

 

[irishearl]

Have to admit I've never heard if it before. Also have to admit I don't find
it attractive.

 

[Goblin_Walrus]

Never heard of this shape, however I am intrigued! I’m not head over heels, but I do not dislike this shape. It makes me think. Draft hole at the bottom, you say? Very cool!

 

[BrightDarkEyes]

I can’t say I like this shape. I thought I saw hawk bill pipes one time in eBay after hearing about them on the radioshow a long time ago. Boy, was I ever wrong. I see now why it was also called donkey nut.

 

[paulfg]

Have to admit I've never heard if it before. Also have to admit I don't find
it attractive.

+1,I find it ugly,but each too their own

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Any more, some of the Italian companies seem to make this shape more than anyone else.
Ser Jacopo does an offshoot..




Jacono, though, seems to make them with the most frequency. I believe they call it a “flamingo”.

 

[JoburgB2]

I am a huge collector of the Boer shape, called underslung, tomato, donkey nut, or sometimes hawkbill also. This is not the Boer shape which is now known as an Oom Paul.

I also love the Jobey Safari and Dawes Lyon pipes, I guess they can be included here, but I try to not call anything but the Lyon an "underslung"

If you have any, feel free to share them here! This is my latest, a Rainey & Young which looks identical to Wally Frank and Bertrams Boers...Rainey and Young was a tobacconist in Galesburg Illinois. View attachment 410694View attachment 410695

Wow, towhee89, what an interesting shape and category of pipes. I must have had blinders on and not paying attention all these years. The Boer is new to me. I don’t recall encountering that name/shape, including 15 years in Africa. Not sure if I like it immediately, but I feel it could grow on me. Thanks for sharing!

 

[huntertrw]

Any Love For The Boer Shape?...​

No, I find it to be Boering.

Actually, it's interesting to me from a technical standpoint: How do they drill the draft-hole?

 

[agnosticpipe]

Ok, the word "boer" is part of my last name so you'd think I would have been aware of this pipe shape name, but no, I've never heard of that shape referred to as a Boer shape. And the magazine article is from the year I was born too! Egads, I suppose I should get one now. I don't hate it, but it's not something I would normally buy.

 

[irishearl]

Any more, some of the Italian companies seem to make this shape more than anyone else.
Ser Jacopo does an offshoot..

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Jacono, though, seems to make them with the most frequency. I believe they call it a “flamingo”.

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Those wouldn't ring my bell either.

 

[joeman]

The other images above flirt with the idea of the boer, but a true boer has it's shank connected closer to the top of the stummel than to the bottom.

@huntertrw - this very crude drawing shows how the boer drilling is done. It's a pretty severe angle from the very top of the mortise at the face throught the bottom of the mortise as seen here.



And as for most of you not liking this general shape...I'm glad. Less competition when bidding.

 

[filmguerilla]

Here's a few more of mine.

Jobey Shellmoor Safari Extra (Will include these here as they are similar, the draft hole is at the bottom also)View attachment 410703

Pipemaker Boer (Thanks @Piping Abe !) identical to a BP Jum

I've got that Jobey in a Stromboli and love it quite a bit.

 

[filmguerilla]

Pipe Lovers Magazine, January 1946
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1939 Wally Frank Catalog
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I like that they call a pot a "blunderbuss." Scotch Pub and Well are interesting names, too...

 

[huntertrw]

@huntertrw - this very crude drawing shows how the boer drilling is done. It's a pretty severe angle from the very top of the mortise at the face throught the bottom of the mortise as seen here.

joeman:

Thank-you, Sir, for the drawing (crude? It's MUCH better than I could have ever done!) and explanation.

 

[joeman]

I've got that Jobey in a Stromboli and love it quite a bit.

I would love to see the Stromboli version, if you're able to show it.

 

[filmguerilla]

I would love to see the Stromboli version, if you're able to show it.