Advice on which shape of pipe is …

[franzkfk]

Without knowing anything about those pipes I would pick #3.

If I would make a suggestion: I would rather buy a Missouri Meerschaum Corncob which is cheaper or buy a bit more expensive pipe like a Irish Seconds, Rattrays, Savinelli starter kit or Vauen. You can buy these brands at www.smokingpipes.eu, which I think wouldn't sell the product if they didn't think it is a quality one. I suspect your suggested pipes are from ebay, which is a great source for pipes, but you would have to know what you should buy instead of a true specialist looking at it.

What about this?

New Tobacco Pipes: Rattray's The Good Deal (113) (9mm) || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Rattray's The Good Deal (113) (9mm) Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

 

[DanWil84]

What about this?

New Tobacco Pipes: Rattray's The Good Deal (113) (9mm) || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Rattray's The Good Deal (113) (9mm) Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

That would be a better pick in my opinion.

 

[franzkfk]

So I've gone through all on the smokingpipes.eu in my budget and these are my choices.

New Tobacco Pipes: Rattray's The Good Deal (113) (9mm) || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Rattray's The Good Deal (113) (9mm) Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

New Tobacco Pipes: Brigham Mountaineer (309) (Rock Maple Inserts) || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Brigham Mountaineer (309) (Rock Maple Inserts) Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

New Tobacco Pipes: Vauen Basic Smooth Billiard (1500) (9mm) || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Vauen Basic Smooth Billiard (1500) (9mm) Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

I do like all of them ((


Help me here, guys.

 

[franzkfk]

So I've gone through all on the smokingpipes.eu in my budget and these are my choices.

New Tobacco Pipes: Rattray's The Good Deal (113) (9mm) || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Rattray's The Good Deal (113) (9mm) Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

New Tobacco Pipes: Brigham Mountaineer (309) (Rock Maple Inserts) || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Brigham Mountaineer (309) (Rock Maple Inserts) Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

New Tobacco Pipes: Vauen Basic Smooth Billiard (1500) (9mm) || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Vauen Basic Smooth Billiard (1500) (9mm) Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

I do like all of them ((


Help me here, guys.

And I can't hold them in advance, so ... I would have to tell you that my palms/hands are smaller than average man, so count that in ...

 

[franzkfk]

I think that THIS is the winner.

New Tobacco Pipes: Brigham Mountaineer (309) (Rock Maple Inserts) || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Brigham Mountaineer (309) (Rock Maple Inserts) Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

 

[ThermionicScott]

And I can't hold them in advance, so ... I would have to tell you that my palms/hands are smaller than average man, so count that in ...

Unless your hands are remarkably small, you shouldn't have trouble holding any of the pipes you're looking at. The bowls are all in the ballpark of an inch and a half wide. But a couple of them have fairly deep chambers (at least by my standards) and if you want to spend a lot of time clenching, you might want to pay attention to the weights.

I (an amateur among amateurs, for the record) tend to prefer lighter pipes with smaller chambers. Having to pack more bowls for an equivalent amount of smoking time is no big deal for me. Hope this helps.

 

[Scottmi]

Guys, thank you ALL for responses and feedbacks.

THANK YOU.

I really just want to try it, so I am not gonna spend a lot, but I have found some starter packs with briar pipes. I have shortened the choice to four pipes. Price range around 40US/40EUR. Brand Angelo.

I like number 1, but then again the number 2 has thicker bowl. The most "sexy" seems to me number 3.

What do you think?

go with 'sexy!' else, thicker bowl.

 

[K.E. Powell]

Just bear in mind that the Brigham pipes use proprietary filters. You'll want to buy a pack of the correct filters for that pipe.

 

[franzkfk]

Just bear in mind that the Brigham pipes use proprietary filters. You'll want to buy a pack of the correct filters for that pipe.

Yeah I checked that out.

It seems to me that the Peterson System is probably the thing I want to try, but it is pretty expensive.
I would go with Ratrray’s and If I like the general experience, I would go for Peterson System I guess.

 

[FLDRD]

Yeah I checked that out.

It seems to me that the Peterson System is probably the thing I want to try, but it is pretty expensive.
I would go with Ratrray’s and If I like the general experience, I would go for Peterson System I guess.

Everyone has a preference / dislike, but I appreciate the systems, both Peterson & Savinelli I've tried. Then there's the love / hate relationship some have with a P-lip...
But some will enjoy the unique characteristics of most any pipe and have no problem going back and forth between a variety of characteristics and simply amend their technique to achieve the best performance of that pipe.

 

[franzkfk]

I have a last question.

About the P-Lip and Peterson System ... it seems that the most of their ... progressive craft is ... the deluxe system .. is it correct? Or the standard is on same par?

 

[mateusbrown]

Here's a thread about Petersons that might help you out.

Peterson System Standard vs Deluxe? :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/peterson-system-standard-vs-deluxe.86305/

 

[Briar’s Echo]

Here's a thread about Petersons that might help you out.

Peterson System Standard vs Deluxe? :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/peterson-system-standard-vs-deluxe.86305/

Thanks from linking the article.

 

[vosBghos]

just a quick note about Brigham and Savinelli they can both be smoked without filters the Savinelli's even come with a small adapter to be smoked filterless and I enjoy the open draw of both without filters the only Petersons I own are filterless so I can't speak on that. I have been eyeing the new Christmas line and if its still at my local B&m tomorrow the PAD will promptly force my hand...

 

[Briar Lee]

I own over a hundred Lee Star Grade pipes that I display about sixty in my law office. I also smoke hand rolled cigars, although not as many as I did thirty years ago.

When somebody asks me what premium cigar they should try, I recommend aPunch Double Corona. A box of Punch Double Corona cigars costs about $140 online, and while it’s not my favorite cigar it’s an excellent, wonderful example of what a luxury hand rolled cigar should be, for about $5.50 a stick.

When I asked what pipe a beginner should choose, I’ve recently came to recommend a brand new Peterson 317.

Peterson Standard System Smooth 317 Tobacco Pipe PLIP | eBay

Bowl Material: Briar. Style: 317. Stem Material: Acrylic. Finish: Smooth. Shape: Bent Billiard. Model: Standard. Weight: 1.48 oz. Filter: None.

www.ebay.com

The Pete 317 is the classic large bent Peterson pipe and it costs about the same as one box of Punch Double Coronas. They’ve been made for over a century. If you buy new you can’t get cheated. No pipe at any price smokes any better, and you can be proud to smoke a Peterson 317 in any company, and it will outlast you.

When somebody asks why I don’t recommend Lee Star Grades, my answer is they are the pipes I wound up with, not the pipe I began with.

My first high quality pipe was a WDC Giant Wellington, which looks much like a big Peterson.

 

[sablebrush52]

You can purchase wide+shallow chamber pipe & narrow+deep chamber pipe each.
A wide+shallow chamber pipe is suitable for English blends, while a narrow+deep chamber pipe is good for Virginia.
You should give them a try, so you can find out which one is your favorite.

This is popular folklore, but in practice it's not true. I do find that larger chambers may reveal more flavor nuance to me, all othe rmatters of moisture, prep, pack, and cadence being equal. But even that's not a constant. But the high/narrow vs shallow/wide doesn't guarantee anything in my experience.
Bowl shape is fairly meaingless. Chamber shape is not.

 

[kcghost]

Welcome from KC in the USA!!

 

[anotherbob]

Total myth, those aspects are controlled by the technique of the smoker.

well it's up for debate, but that says something. Whereas no one debates if technique makes a difference.

 

[vecchio]

I'd suggest you start with a classical billiard, because it will be easy to get a pipe cleaner into it. But really, as others have said, in the end it is a matter of what shape of pipe looks good to you.