Favorite Pipe Brands And Shapes

[petes03]

My favorite overall brand has always been Peterson, and my favorite shape from them has always been the “03” and it’s big brother the “XL02”. (Hence “petes03”).


I also like straight billiards of all sizes and makes.


So what floats your boat where brand and shape are concerned?

 

[captainsousie]

Great thread. Personally I am a fan of both British and American brands. In no particular order I am fond of Comoy's, GBD, Sasieni, Loewe, BBB, Ryan Alden, Mark Tinsky, Kaywoodie, Arley Curtz, and Trypis (yeah, I threw in a random Canadian maker). I also love a good Pete and Dunhill now and then but am really picky about both.

While I like most shapes my 3 favorites are about as opposite as it can get. They are Rhodesians/bulldogs, Canadians, and Prince shapes. One of these days I'll get some pics of my favorites but for now that's what I've got.

 

[irishearl]

Yup, Peterson is my favorite too. My favorite Pete is their 2015 pipe of the year, the Founder's Edition, rusticated, followed by the smooth XL23 in their Kinsale line.

 

[petes03]

Great thread. Personally I am a fan of both British and American brands. In no particular order I am fond of Comoy's, GBD, Sasieni, Loewe, BBB, Ryan Alden, Mark Tinsky, Kaywoodie, Arley Curtz, and Trypis (yeah, I threw in a random Canadian maker). I also love a good Pete and Dunhill now and then but am really picky about both.

While I like most shapes my 3 favorites are about as opposite as it can get. They are Rhodesians/bulldogs, Canadians, and Prince shapes. One of these days I'll get some pics of my favorites but for now that's what I've got.

I love a good bulldog myself, as well as the occasional Rhodesian.

 

[ray47]

Savinelli straight billiards

 

[Old School 3319]

I am a fan of cobs but my new nordings are coming up fast

 

[anotherbob]

for shapes I've always been partial to Canadians, churchwardens, and bent billards. As far as brands not a favorite brand though I really like more classic pipe shapes with little if any flare.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Mostly smoke cobs, but I like pretty much most of the classic shapes, especially cherrywoods, pokers, and freehands.

 

[alaskanpiper]

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My favorite overall brand has always been Peterson, and my favorite shape from them has always been the “03” and it’s big brother the “XL02”. (Hence “petes03”).
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I also like straight billiards of all sizes and makes.
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So what floats your boat where brand and shape are concerned?

If you like the 03 and XLO2, have you tried any of the Savinelli 642? They are quite similar....

 

[Waning Embers]

Savinelli 904, 9004, 914, and 9005.

 

[mso489]

Two of my top favorites are a bent billiard Ferndown given to me by a Forums member, and a Ser Jacopo I bought with a windfall check on a project, a blast Dublin with a serpentine shank/stem (forms a subtle "S"). I've bought two each of two brands and shapes: Peterson B11 brandy sitters, one an ebony dress pipe I happen to be smoking, and the other a Shannon; and two Stanwell bulldog 32 shapes, one a Silke Brune finish and the other smooth, both straight with saddle stems. Pipes so nice I bought them twice.

 

[petes03]

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If you like the 03 and XLO2, have you tried any of the Savinelli 642? They are quite similar....

I’ve come close to buying one several times. I’ve owned several Savinelli pipes and really like them. I only have one as of now, a 614. I love it. If I buy another Sav, it’ll probably be another 614.

 

[petes03]

Two of my top favorites are a bent billiard Ferndown given to me by a Forums member, and a Ser Jacopo I bought with a windfall check on a project, a blast Dublin with a serpentine shank/stem (forms a subtle "S"). I've bought two each of two brands and shapes: Peterson B11 brandy sitters, one an ebony dress pipe I happen to be smoking, and the other a Shannon; and two Stanwell bulldog 32 shapes, one a Silke Brune finish and the other smooth, both straight with saddle stems. Pipes so nice I bought them twice.

I always wanted a Ferndown “Bark” Straight billiard myself. Maybe I’ll run across a deal on an estate one of these days....

 

[hauntedmyst]

Dunhill 6103 in all finishes

 

[rushx9]

Love Petes! Also enjoy Savinelli, Stanwell, Bjarne/Viking, Ben Wade, Comoy, GBD, La Rocca... and am fond of older KBB brands as well. I tend to prefer well built, reasonably priced, workhorse-style factory pipes to freehand works of art that I inevitably drop on the first smoke, or the cat knocks off the counter onto my '53 Gibson archtop...

 

[elasmo]

Pete for me. I just got a XL02 2019 Christmas...looks too gorgeous to smoke....maybe I'll do that tonight with my new favorite blend...4th Generation 1882

 

[Olkofri]

Brigham, it seems; not that I actively pursued them, they just seemed to find me.







I wanted to become a Vauen fan or a Savinellidiot, but I've only manged to buy one of the former and the latter has eluded me completely.

I've many MM cobs, but they're not my favourites.

 

[captainsousie]

Brigham, it seems; not that I actively pursued them, they just seemed to find me.

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I wanted to become a Vauen fan or a Savinellidiot, but I've only manged to buy one of the former and the latter has eluded me completely.

I've many MM cobs, but they're not my favourites.

I really want to get my hands on some of the older Canadian made ones but they just tend to be either beat to hell or expensive. I wish I could tell if they were worth it or smoked anywhere nearly as good as my Trypis or Blatter pipes with a lower price of admission. I'd pay what most people ask for them if they were as good or better than those. I guess I also got spoiled when a ton of unsmoked Trypis pipes came on the market for less than most basket pipes and I grabbed a few.

 

[trubka2]

I'm still trying to figure out what shapes and brands I don't like so that I can narrow things down a bit. So far, I know I really like small, old British Dublins, old Savs, and Danish volcanoes. I tend to prefer pipes that are at least 40 years old, and period is often more important to me than shapes or brand.

 

[Waning Embers]

Danish volcanoes

I've still yet to smoke this one.