Chasing Grain

[georged]

 

[steveg11]

Old Peterson straight grain.

 

[agnosticpipe]

I've never felt grain meant more than anything other than visual effect. Honestly I like Birds Eye or flame grain more than straight grain. Just my preference, that's all. Here's two examples of grain I like: the first is a Don Carlos with a nice flame grain and then there's an old Comoy's second with a Birds Eye grain.

 

[bootlegpipes]

I've never felt grain meant more than anything other than visual effect. Honestly I like Birds Eye or flame grain more than straight grain. Just my preference, that's all. Here's two examples of grain I like: the first is a Don Carlos with a nice flame grain and then there's an old Comoy's second with a Birds Eye grain.

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That lovat is something...

 

[bayareabriar]

I was trying to buy pipes based on grain only at one point, but I lost interest in just doing that.

 

[OzPiper]

I bought this in the mid-70s - just so different to anything I’d seen before.


Not a fan of the style anymore

 

[OzPiper]

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WOW ! Angel’s hair

 

[dottlejockey]

I have an unmarked Danish i picked up years ago that was quite inexpensive, but smokes straight VA like a dream. It's survived the few culling events that brought fresh change to the stable every so often. Still love the grain, the size, the hand-feel, etc.



And a Karl Erik that i somehow had at one time bought 2 of, later realizing this, i kept the one i liked best and let the other go.