Love for Lovats, Anyone?
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Yep, the long shank with shorter stem has become very appealing to me. Any of the derivatives all have a look that I like.
Lovats are my favorite shape. Here are a couple of my favorites: 
A Lovat (and Canadian) never fails to please the eye!
They are also my favorite shape. Got them all the way from Rossi, Sav, Pete, Stanwell and even a Don Carlos One Note XL. All are great but the Don Carlos has the most amazing grain!
Wow, I am not surprised to learn these are well loved.
Do you notice they smoke more cool?
Not really any cooler than any other shape, other than the “cool factor” that attracted me to them in the first place?
Love the shape, Canadian and Liverpool too. Have many.
I love my lovats. I missed buying one of the briarworks lovats when they were available for like a week, and I’ve regretted it ever since. Next time I see one, I’m going to have to jump on it
I have only one Lovat, and I'm not sure it qualifies. It is a Johs and has a short shank, hence is not really in the Canadian shape family, yet Mogen Johansen, the Johs carver/owner calls it a Lovat, so I follow suite. It has the billiard bowl and short saddle stem, but the shank is short too. It is a compact pipe and a good smoker, Lovat or not.
I call Canadian shape pipes the stateliest shape, but maybe that's just me.
I call Canadian shape pipes the stateliest shape, but maybe that's just me.
I’ve seen those and like them a lot
Love a lovat! The saddle stem is definitely a key factor in its functionality.
A lovat is a degradation of the holy straight, which has a long tapered stem and a short shank. The stem should be very finely tapered such as I've seen only twice, one on a George Dibos pipe and the others by Ingo Garbe, such that they could be said to outshine the stummel. The lovat's extended shank, a coarse rendering, makes for but a stub of a stem, the pipe looking like it was made by an untooled pigmy in the heart of the Amazon.
The wrong dimension's trash the shape.
The wrong dimension's trash the shape.
You’re lucky, the rest of us will now have more competition when we make a bid. ???
Also my favorite shape. The saddle stem is the scale tipper for me. I am a clencher.
I have a number of Lovats and to my eye they are just a long stemmed billiard with a short stem. Here are a few of my favorite in my collection. This first one is my first Rad Davis pipe I ever bought back in 2012.
These next 2 are both made by Rad Davis.
This last one is a Jack Howell Lovat.
These next 2 are both made by Rad Davis.
This last one is a Jack Howell Lovat.
I just have 1 - a Ron Fairfield natural. It’s a bit small, but good for VA flakes.
WOW!!!!I have a number of Lovats and to my eye they are just a long stemmed billiard with a short stem. Here are a few of my favorite in my collection. This first one is my first Rad Davis pipe I ever bought back in 2012.
These next 2 are both made by Rad Davis.
This last one is a Jack Howell Lovat.