Countryman Shape

[sittingbear]

I've got my eye on a Northern Briars Countryman pipe. According to pipes2smoke, "The idea of this pipe was simply a sturdy pipe that could easily be smoked outdoors even when windy or drizzly, which it always is in Yorkshire."

Can anyone tell me why (or whether) this pipe shape is especially conducive to inclement weather?

 

[Green Hill piper]

It's not

 

[VDL_Piper]

It wont be. I live in a wet and windy climate and the only true solution is to move indoors. Wind caps help some times but when it's blowing over 50 you have to get indoors. From a drop/slip point of view that little rim may make it easier to hold with wet or gloved hands........ maybe!
I'd say it would be a good clenching pipe looking at the bit.

 

[Pipeoff]

The shape is close to my Caminetto but not a weather shield, buy a pipe cap for your part of the country.

 

[warren]

Wind caps, a wide brimmed hat and/or shielding your bowl properly, with your hand, in wet, blustry weather. Works for me! A bit of forethought will often lead to a workable solution. That pipe is just that, a smoking tool which, if allowed, will gather rain and burn hot if the wind is allowed to blow across the top.

 

[Sigmund]

I just love marketing

 

[simong]

A shape laced in testosterone the countryman but alas no. As open to the elements just the same.

Pipes2smoke?
That's the joker with a name like a war criminal, Maxim Engel?
Several years ago I bought 5 pouches of St. Bruno from his site. Falsely advertised as original Ogdens of Liverpool pouches. Upon receipt, one turned out to be an imperial pouch that had 'been disturbed' & soaked in what I deduced to be red wine! (I kid you not). The other 4 pouches were Spanish market Mac Barnes production. Lo
As I'm in the UK, returning or complaining wasn't worth it. I just put it down to experience & mark the seller down as either a crook or a clown.

 

[anotherbob]

love that the story is clever. It says it's an attempt basically not that it works. Also reads like b.s. pulled straight out of the cow.

 

[Piping Abe]

These help with wind

 

[Chasing Embers]

The idea of this pipe was simply a sturdy pipe that could easily be smoked outdoors even when windy or drizzly

That just defined every pipe I own.

 

[sittingbear]

Thanks for your replies, all. I thought is sounded dubious, too, but you don't know what you don't know.

 

[anotherbob]

Thanks for your replies, all. I thought is sounded dubious, too, but you don't know what you don't know.

worth having and open mind while still being a weary buyer.