How Short is a Nose Warmer

[pawpaw]

is there a norm for how long a pipe needs to be to be called a nosewarmer?

the reason i ask is because the poker Uncle made for me may be a nose poker not to be confused with a nose picker

 

[jchaplick]

Haha, I am not sure, I do know that they are short, ive seen some that are like 3 or 4 inches long, then there are chubby's (funny name) which I believe are the next size up from a nose warmer

 

[john]

What you might call nose-warmer depends on size of your nose

Someone will do 2inch someone not.

 

[pawpaw]

so a bigger pipe if ya got a bigger snoz?

 

[olderthandirt]

Opinion regarding the Brucianoso, or Nose-Warmer, an excerpt:

"What is, and is not, a nosewarmer? The most distinctive nosewarmer trait is its size. Nosewarmers are short pipes. Though there is no hard and fast length convention, most collectors agree that a nosewarmer is four and a half inches or less long. The distance from button to bowl is compressed, usually significantly. However, the abbreviated overall length of a pipe alone is insufficient to classify it as a nosewarmer. There is a difference between a small pipe and a nosewarmer.
The proportions of a nosewarmer are distorted. The diameter of the shank, the bowl diameter, and bowl capacity are similar, if not larger, than a standard size pipe. The dimensions are compressed on the longitudinal axis of the pipe. The effect of this compression results in somewhat cartoonish and caricaturistic proportions. One hears such words as “stubby, chubby, and hefty” applied to nosewarmers."
Neill Archer Roan, "The Nosewarmer Phenomenon"

 

[uberam3rica]

Heres a picture of mine. Its about 4 inches long

 

[pawpaw]

well here is my nose poker it is 4.5 inches

 

[uberam3rica]

Thats a nice pipe.I wanna get a UA pipe some day

 

[philip]

so a bigger pipe if ya got a bigger snoz?

Pinocchio had a churchwarden nose warmer!

 

[pentangle]

Must be short enough to burn your nose :lol:

 

[pentangle]

how much along is the shank better works the pipe, so i'm not really a fan of an orthodox nose warmer

 

[tab812]

I like it!!!

Nice pipe!!!

 

[seakayak]

As OCD reports, there's no hard and fast rule per length. The main attribute rests with the odd proportions of the pipe, eg. short shank with a large bowl. A frien showed me one earlier this week. I've never been a fan due, in part, to my odd sized nose.

 

[seakayak]

As OCD reports, there's no hard and fast rule per length. The main attribute rests with the odd proportions of the pipe, eg. short shank with a large bowl. A frien showed me one earlier this week. I've never been a fan due, in part, to my odd sized nose.

 

[winton]

My definition is 5" or less. I really enjoy nose warmers. I have made several.
Winton