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redleaderdave

Might Stick Around
Jan 19, 2022
68
955
Bridgewater Ma
I like the extreme bent. But I have no idea what they are called.
I’ve looked up “Bulldog” shape but there a many variations of it and nothing like these 2.
Who can help me so I know what I call them. Both are Savinelli.View attachment 330002
I likes these Savs. I almost pulled the trigger on one recently. Savinelli lists them as a bent billiard but some places like smokingpipes list them as a Oom Paul.
 

Sigmund

Lifer
Sep 17, 2023
2,670
24,913
France
I like bent pipes of all sorts but a bent brandy is really nice....or one of the many off shoots of the shape.

I really like dublins as well. I prefer when they have some meat on their bones so the bottom doesnt get hot.
 

khiddy

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jun 21, 2024
268
1,549
South Bend, Indiana
blog.hallenius.org
I wouldn't say I have a favorite shape (I do have more billiards than anything else), but I do know that I prefer army (military) mount stems over pipes with a custom mortise/tenon configuration. I like that they are usually metal reinforced and very easy to remove and replace without having to worry about being gentle as can be to avoid cracking the mortise/shank. This is the result of cracking several pipe shanks while replacing stems. No more if I can avoid it.
 

Hillcrest

Lifer
Dec 3, 2021
3,505
17,700
Bagshot Row, Hobbiton
My first real pipe was a Savinelli 614ks rusticated so I tend towards bent billiards and branch out to hungarians and bent apples or eggs. I never could smoke a straight pipe comfortably so i don't buy them.
 
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SSGT.

Might Stick Around
Jul 7, 2024
60
285
Sealy Texas
I like bent pipes of all sorts but a bent brandy is really nice....or one of the many off shoots of the shape.

I really like dublins as well. I prefer when they have some meat on their bones so the bottom doesnt get hot.
When I started out I leaned towards the bent apple, until I bought my first bent brandy and it just fit my hand so well, that's about all I look at when on the hunt for a knew pipe. Unless something exoctic catches my eye.
 
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telescopes

Pipe Dreamer and Star Gazer
I should add one more thing: Bulldogs generally are only smoked by people who are sure of themselves and embrace life in a style that ignores what "others" might think. I have heard so many times from others, "I would love to wear or own a shirt or jacket, etc, that exudes style or is a bit over the top, but I wouldn't feel comfortable - generally because of what others might think." The alternative for them is to conform for the sake of belonging. This is actually an important concept; however, when it comes to your own individuality and your own space, the freedom to express yourself is a wonderful luxury and is priceless - within reason of course. So, if you see a pipe shape that might be wildly different from what you might otherwise get, but you find yourself somehow strangely drawn to it - get it.

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I should add one more thing: Bulldogs generally are only smoked by people who are sure of themselves and embrace life in a style that ignores what "others" might think. I have heard so many times from others, "I would love to wear or own a shirt or jacket, etc, that exudes style or is a bit over the top, but I wouldn't feel comfortable - generally because of what others might think." The alternative for them is to conform for the sake of belonging. This is actually an important concept; however, when it comes to your own individuality and your own space, the freedom to express yourself is a wonderful luxury and is priceless - within reason of course. So, if you see a pipe shape that might be wildly different from what you might otherwise get, but you find yourself somehow strangely drawn to it - get it.

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Nice squash blossom necklace. The whole get up makes you look like you are looking to produce a movie and are asking where the leading lady's trailer is. You need some aviator sunglasses though.
 

thomasw

Lifer
Dec 5, 2016
1,041
3,036
No @telescopes I think you are rocking life with those badass sunshades… so much so i think you could be mistaken for having just walked off the set of The Sopranos 🤘🏻
 
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telescopes

Pipe Dreamer and Star Gazer
No @telescopes I think you are rocking life with those badass sunshades… so much so i think you could be mistaken for having just walked off the set of The Sopranos 🤘🏻
In the 1930s my grandfather was an enforcer on the St. Louis river front when they actually had a working waterfront on the Mississippi River. When he retired he turned down his Union pension because he didn’t want “anyone“ to know where he lived.
 
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