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Jul 28, 2016
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I rarely see great straight bulldogs (like yours, it's awesome). Most of them are too chunky and unelegant for my taste.

What I would go for is the Savinelli 509 shape. This is a perfect straight Bulldog for me.

Unfortunately it is no longer produced and almost never shows up on the Estate market. Recently I missed one on eBay:

Just a tip, Bollito and Floppypipein Italy do have quite interesting,traditional looking Chacom bulldogs under the brand name Chacom Royale, I'm smoking one right now, only drawback to this whole Chacom line that these are drilled to take these removable stringers and when smoking it without inserted stringer the draw is wide open
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mso489

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My bulldogs are by Johs, Dr. Grabow, and Stanwell, but I like my several Nording pipes very much, well-made and good smokers. That's a handsome pipe. I don't have a Valhalla, but I like the line.
 
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Ethan

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My bulldogs are by Johs, Dr. Grabow, and Stanwell, but I like my several Nording pipes very much, well-made and good smokers. That's a handsome pipe. I don't have a Valhalla, but I like the line.
Sounds like a nice collection there. The Valhalla line had more than 1 pipe that caught my eye, but ultimately this was my favorite