Good for you. I nabbed a squire a few months back. I think it's the most attractive factory-made bulldog on the market with a great bowl capacity.
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Not a direct answer per se, but an interesting article on the history of shaping.
The History of Pipe Design: France and England | Smokingpipes.com
Learn the history of tobacco pipe design beginning with the first briar pipes in France and England.
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How so with the curves, typically small shape, and intricate carving? They seem a bit feminine art deco.
I went through a period of where I liked them, then didn't like them, and now I'm OK with them...
My understanding is that the Bulldog shape, like many we now think of as quintessially British, originated in France. The French called the shape a Haiti - haven't come across a satisfactory answer as to why it was called such.
The bead line originally was that - a line of beads, later simplified to 2 parallel grooves. You can find Bulldogs, including some Petes, sporting beads still.
That's a Rhodesian. The diamond shank of a bulldog leads into the base of its bowl.
Manly isn't just all straight lines. Flexed biceps are all curves!! ??
The channels and beading provide a design element that nicely separates the upper converging plane from the lower expanding plane.
But not all bull dogs have the beading. My 1907 Barling bull dog doesn’t have beading.
Most of the classical canon was developed in France.
The SP article is interesting, if not terribly accurate. For example, the fascination with straight grains dates back to the 1880’s. There are surviving ads touting the development of the straight grain from that period. So interest in grain goes back a long ways.
But not all bull dogs have the beading. My 1907 Barling bull dog doesn’t have beading.
Most of the classical canon was developed in France.
The SP article is interesting, if not terribly accurate. For example, the fascination with straight grains dates back to the 1880’s. There are surviving ads touting the development of the straight grain from that period. So interest in grain goes back a long ways.
one would imagine fascination with grain started with the first piece of wood anyone worked with, not just in pipes. There are somethings people just find interesting and appealing. Seriously I am sure the grain was noted on the first pipe ever carved. Or maybe that's just me who can look at a piece of wood with as much interest as others put into Art.
It appears that two bead lines have become the defacto standard, but like Sable mentions some bulldogs have none or one line. For my tastes, I need two bead lines on my bulldog or Rhodesians.
The bulldog was the first full fraised (machine made) pipe, that was then capped it brass to appeal to the wealthy. But, by the time the pipes trickledown to the working man, they’d pull the caps off and smoke them without all of the decorative metalwork that was formed on presses. The beadline was part of what held the caps on. It is very rare to find one with a full cap.
But, the beadline was a part of what held the decorations on.
But, the beadline was a part of what held the decorations on.
Interesting, I've only we've seen caps held in place by pins.
Now that's interesting and a very logical reason.
The first smoke was very easy going. I love the thickness of this version. Tobaccopipes has it explained as a BullMoose, some sub-category. I’m not sure how many people actually use that term, I just call it a bent bulldog. Anyway, I was expecting to have to learn it a little better because it’s also my first P-Lip. Uh oh, I have mentioned another polarizing pipe development! ? Overall, happy I received one of the good ones. Loving the historical theories around the beads too.