Choosing a Pipe to Suit Your Face?

[autumnfog]

I like the classic minimalist look in most things including pipes, so I prefer pipes that doesn't scream for attention.
Pipes to fit my face, I guess billiards and canadians suit my narrow face more than, say, authors and oom pauls.

 

[winton]

I have never considered how my pipe makes me look. Most of my smoking is in my garage / woodworking shop. The mouse that used to live there, never expressed an opinion on my pipes. I care what my wife thinks of me, but since she is asthmatic, I don't smoke near her. Thus, she doesn't care what pipe I smoke.

My criteria for a pipe starts with being a traditional shape. The majority are straight pipes, for ease of cleaning. I guess I pick my pipes like I pick my tools, for their utility. I will admit that when I bought my last hammer, I choose the one with the most interesting grain in the handle.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

For some guys, only a pipe big enough to cover their entire face can help.

If you only smoke setting in your garage or livingroom, what would it matter.

But, what I have noticed smoking at the Briary, is that seeing a big huge guy with a tiny little pipe is as ridiculous as seeing a small little guy with a huge honker of a pipe. And, it is even funnier if the two are setting side by side.

Me, if I am smoking on the tractor or alone in my studio, I don't care. But, I will grab pipes that my wife thinks look good on me if we are headed out together. I have no idea what qualities make a pipe "fit me" but I rely on her suggestions, as I am not the one who has to look at me.

All that said, I do prefer the image I project with a straight pipe to a semi-bent over a droop down my face flaccid bent pipe. Like ties, the things we adorn ourselves with give off subconscious Freudian cues.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Thank you for addressing the subconscious. I bet most of us let it guide us, however unknowingly, in the pipe acquisition game.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It's why I choose wide ties that drop just a few inches below the belt over skinny ties. I avoid bow ties when I can, except at debate tournaments, where it is apparently the debate coaches uniform. And, I would never be caught dead in a turtleneck.

 

[kurtbob]

I make my face fit the pipe, well sort of. The only time I pipe in public is at work or driving which means it’s cobs. Not going to take my decent briars on the road with my luck. So when you smoke cobs in public the only thing to do is grow a beard and make your face fit the pipe?
See what I mean???

 

[mso489]

Echoing my earlier post, and others, clothing and accessories if we include pipes, are governed by custom and trends, which require that people see pipe smokers to develop a sense of what looks good and what doesn't. No such customs and trends exist, so neither do these standards. What color parrot looks best sitting on your shoulder? Since most of us rarely see a parrot sitting on someone's shoulder (except aboard the Black Frigate) no standards exist.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

No such customs and trends exist,

Well, like choosing my belt and watchbands, I wouldn't take a tan blasted pipe along with me if I was wearing black leather shoes, nor would I take a black smooth with me wearing my tan leather shoes... but that is only if I am going to be going somewhere where attire matters.

 

[Bengel]

Well, like choosing my belt and watchbands, I wouldn't take a tan blasted pipe along with me if I was wearing black leather shoes, nor would I take a black smooth with me wearing my tan leather shoes... but that is only if I am going to be going somewhere where attire matters.

Ah, but does it match the murse?

 

[Bengel]

All that said, I do prefer the image I project with a straight pipe to a semi-bent over a droop down my face flaccid bent pipe. Like ties, the things we adorn ourselves with give off subconscious Freudian cues.

This, for sure!

 

[danimalia]

I don't mind standing out in general, but in terms of what I want to smoke in public, I generally prefer small-medium, more humble looking, classic pipes. I don't entirely understand why, but I just prefer it. It sounds almost puritanical, which is certainly not a reflection of my values. There are some exceptions, as I just bought a little Bluebird Rhodesian which is a bit out there for me, and I admire many Neerup pipes, but I'm generally a billiard bowl guy.

 

[Bengel]

What kind of face would this pipe go with?

Possibly?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

@Bengel What is the make on that silver pipe? Is that a factory made? That rocks!!!

 

[jpmcwjr]

cosmicfolklore said:
All that said, I do prefer the image I project with a straight pipe to a semi-bent over a droop down my face flaccid bent pipe. Like ties, the things we adorn ourselves with give off subconscious Freudian cues.

Is this cue a clue telling us that you're concerned with e.d.??

 

[anotherbob]

I tried to read through this thread, but I keep getting lost in all of the side conversations.

good to know the traps are working. Don't worry you're just a test subject, you're helping us develop the technique. Opps guess I shouldn't have told you why we started this forum, oh well time to close shop I guess.

 

[anotherbob]

What kind of face would this pipe go with?
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Possibly?
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Some pipes aren't made for faces but display cases.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Is this cue a clue telling us that you're concerned with e.d.??

No, as far as I know, no pipe shapes are correlated to causing ED. It's all a matter of perception.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

good to know the traps are working.

It's just interesting that some threads get the hammer for people derailing them just a little, and others are left to the wind. I don't mind either way. It was just hard to read what people were saying about the OP, which interested me.

 

[anotherbob]

It's just interesting that some threads get the hammer for people derailing them just a little, and others are left to the wind. I don't mind either way. It was just hard to read what people were saying about the OP, which interested me.

I suspect there is a secret ratio of on topic to off topic comments they use. And I am going to test that theory out.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Good God, not more damned Spinal Tapp pictures... sigh...