Boers!

[justscience]

That's what Wally Frank called them. Yet web searches only yield oom pauls as the only pipe from the Boer wars. What say you? I like how they feel and how they handle sweet Virginia blends.
From left to right: Wally Frank, Imported Briar, Custombilt

 

[mso489]

It's a new shape to me, and I thought I'd seen most of them. It looks like the airway meets the chamber a little high, but it sounds like they smoke just fine. Thank you for this new shape for the chart, from three different pipe makers. The Imported Briar may be a no-name; that stamp was used a lot after WWII to brag that they had gotten some real briar, and it wasn't a substitute like Mountain Laurel or maple or something.

 

[FurCoat]

It's a new shape to me, and I thought I'd seen most of them. It looks like the airway meets the chamber a little high, but it sounds like they smoke just fine. Thank you for this new shape for the chart, from three different pipe makers. The Imported Briar may be a no-name; that stamp was used a lot after WWII to brag that they had gotten some real briar, and it wasn't a substitute like Mountain Laurel or maple or something.

Speaking of Mountain Laurel, I'm hoping to see Jerry at the fair this year. Might have to pick up two pipes to make up for last year.

 

[FurCoat]

Definitely a unique shape that I have not seen before. You get the nice hold of a bent with the smoking characteristics of a straight. I like it

 

[ChuckMijo]

They sort of look like a hawkbill without the bent stem. I like that shape.

 

[sablebrush52]

Interesting shape. Sort of a Captain Warren at half mast.

 

[ChuckMijo]