Help Identify This Pipe Shape

[pappymac]

I have an Ascorti Business KS that I picked up at a junktique shop a number of years ago. It's a great smoker for me and I've never really given the shape much thought before now. I've examined it under a bright light with a magnifying glass but I don't find a shape number.

I've looked at a number of different pipe shape charts and haven't found anything either.

Any ideas?

 

[jaingorenard]

I'd almost call it a full-bent Dutch billiard (saddle stem) with a 'chin' a la many Italian pipes (notably Castello 55s). Is it a sitter?

I know some people consider the Hungarian to be a 'full-bent'; I think there's a distinction.

 

[pappymac]

I'd almost call it a full-bent Dutch billiard (saddle stem) with a 'chin' a la many Italian pipes (notably Castello 55s). Is it a sitter?

I know some people consider the Hungarian to be a 'full-bent'; I think there's a distinction.

It's close to being a sitter. The bottom is just slightly rounded enough that it won't sit even though it looks like it should.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I'd almost call it a full-bent Dutch billiard (saddle stem) with a 'chin' a la many Italian pipes (notably Castello 55s). Is it a sitter?

I know some people consider the Hungarian to be a 'full-bent'; I think there's a distinction.

That’s an interesting take. I clicked on the thread, looked at the pipe, decided I wasn’t sure of the shape, and left the thread. When I saw someone had replied, I decided to see what was said.

After reading your thoughts, I would say the pipe is closer to a 3/4 Bent—it almost looks like a Peterson 4AB that has had its bottom sawn off and turned into a sitter—the jutting “chin” turns it into something else, though. Maybe this falls under Freehand?

 

[mpjetset]

I have an Ascorti Business KS that I picked up at a junktique shop a number of years ago. It's a great smoker for me and I've never really given the shape much thought before now. I've examined it under a bright light with a magnifying glass but I don't find a shape number.

I've looked at a number of different pipe shape charts and haven't found anything either.

Any ideas?

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Sitter kinda.

 

[Uguccione]

I'll try: bent poker?

 

[kcghost]

Probably just a rather nifty combo of a couple of designs. Carvers are always trying something new.

 

[Searock Fan]

I'll try: bent poker?

That was my first thought too.

 

[LotusEater]

Both of these Radice pipes are listed as bent pokers. Thats what I’d say your Ascorti is.

 

[johnnyflake]

I would also call it a full bent sitter, however your saying that there is a slight rounding of the bottom, so it does not sit like a true sitter. Can you provide a pic or two of the bottom of the bowl? I'd like to see what it's like.

 

[pappymac]

I would also call it a full bent sitter, however your saying that there is a slight rounding of the bottom, so it does not sit like a true sitter. Can you provide a pic or two of the bottom of the bowl? I'd like to see what it's like.

 

[mingc]

Smokingpipes.com called it a Cherrywood: https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/italy/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=598968

 

[verporchting]

Bent rocking poker thingy?

 

[LotusEater]

Smokingpipes.com called it a Cherrywood: https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/italy/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=598968

I guess it’s a Cherrywood but in my opinion a Cherrywood looks like this

 

[captainsousie]

Smokingpipes.com called it a Cherrywood: https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/italy/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=598968

This was my thought as well.

 

[Sig]

Hungarian Poker Sitter........duh.

 

[mpjetset]

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Well, then it's a rocker not a sitter.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Cherrysaddleoomswan

 

[Uguccione]

The asymmetric saddle stem that made me fall in love with Ascorti many many years ago

 

[johnnyflake]

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Thank you for the pic. Now I understand, I was having a hard time trying to picture the bottom as it was explained. It sure looks like a nice pipe!