Ashton Bulldog

[stanlaurel]

I've known for a while that I was going to obtain an Ashton Bulldog. I have been tempted a number of times and came close to buying a few times but the right one had not appeared. This one popped up last week and I thought long and hard............and then bought it 30 seconds later. This is my ideal shape.

I have smoked a couple of bowls of my beloved Captain Earle's through it. An instant favorite.

 

[ssjones]

I love his tortoise stems!

 

[iamn8]

As of late, apparently it's my favorite shape as well. A year ago I didn't care for it. It's strange how tastes for certain aesthetic sensibilities evolve over time. Nice pipe!!

 

[nutcracker]

Very nice. Thanks to your post I have figured out my next pipe.

 

[oldreddog]

That is rather classy.

 

[bigpond]

That was the pipe I was looking for! Nice grab. How deep and wide is the v-slot, out of curiosity?

 

[voorhees]

It only gets better.

 

[fitzy]

Really nice pipe. I hope to pick up an Ashton bulldog myself one day.

 

[lestrout]

Nate said: "As of late, apparently it's my favorite shape as well. A year ago I didn't care for it. It's strange how tastes for certain aesthetic sensibilities evolve over time" - funny thing here too. Several years ago when I had passed from a billiard and apple phase into authors, diplomats and Princes, I looked at a bunch of bulldog pix, thinking that I knew they were classic pipe shapes, but why would I ever want one? Now, probably 100 dawgs and Rhodesians later.....
hp

les

 

[stanlaurel]

@bigpond - I'll get you an answer tonight.

 

[deuce26]

Congrats. Beautiful pipe. I love the stem as well.

 

[gloucesterman]

Nice find. Bulldogs are my favorite shape but I prefer them bent. That is a good looking pipe and I would have made an exception for that one. Enjoy

 

[pruss]

Wonderful acquisition. Enjoy it!
-- Pat