If You Were Going To Purchase A New Bulldog?

[saint007]

Some really beautiful Bulldogs makes me question if I made the correct decision. I bought the Stanwell 191, should arrive midweek. It was between the Stanwell and that Baki.
Thanks for all the input. :D

 

[ssjones]

A great choice. I have a feeling you will be adding more dogs!

 

[pipesmoker66]

Don't know much about them but I think Rattray's "Bulls & Dogs" pipes are some of the nicest I have seen. Also love the Peterson straight bulldog as well.

 

[lochinvar]

I really like Rinaldo bent bulldogs. Rinaldo a pipe equal to Ser Jacopo and Castello, and they can really execute a sharp bent bulldog, and do so with some frequency. The one I have smokes like a dream and balances great.

 

[huntertrw]

If I were going to purchase a new bulldog here's what I would get:
New bulldog

 

[tppytel]

Easy to answer, since I just bought this Ferndown and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. Like you, I've been acquiring briars for a long time, but had never acquired a decent quality bulldog. I recently browsed SP's estates on a lark, and this one just spoke to me. It's a bit out of your price range new, but as a 3* it's also quite large (0.90 chamber, 6.5"). So if you like the style, you might find a more reasonably sized 2* within your budget.
Bulldogs seem particularly interesting for this kind of question. Unlike most other shapes, they're defined primarily by a single feature (the bead) rather than a traditional set of proportions. With almost any other shape, I think you'd get a much more similar spread of examples than the wide variety of bulldogs everyone posted here. I've always admired the more fluid and graceful interpretations, and I think the Ferndown nails that. But I can see how others might prefer the flattened or extra-stout varieties instead.

 

[fishnbanjo]

I have never been a big bulldog lover but Michael Lindner's changed my mind as did Scottie Piersel's and Chris Askwith's version in Morta.

 

[tbradsim1]

II Duca bought new from Marty Pulvers, good little smoker at a decent price.

 

[voorhees]

I have a Ashton Squat Bulldog coming this week, I will share once I get pictures.

 

[captainsousie]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Mark Tinsky of American Pipe Co. IMO no American carver does a bulldog quite like he does and at your