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Congrats. I've admired their Hungarians for quite some time.
Beautiful.Mine, made by Todd Bannard aka Sasquatch of BST Pipes, who did an incredible job. It smokes beautifully dry and passes a pipe cleaner. I didn't think to ask him for a flat bottom so it doesn't sit.
That is a great looking sandblast and their stem fit looks first class. How does it smoke so far?
Me, too. I've seen few Hungarians I like as well as the Peterson D18. I have this one as well as the 2015 Founder's Edition. My favorite Pete shape.
Is this what you mean when you spoke of "flat sides from bowl to stummel"?I believe, based on my reading (could be wrong) that Hungarian shape pipes were originally Tyrolean Hunting pipes but with shorter stems so they could be smoked while working. Their main characteristic is flats sides from the bowl to stummel. They became popular with soldiers after the Boar War because Paul Kruger smoked one and his friends had one made for him by Peterson. Unfortunately, the slang name was OOM Paul for Uncle Paul. Eventually people with no sense of history or accuracy began calling everything with a bend an Oom Paul. A Bent billiard and a bent dutch are not Hungarians. To distinguish themselves from the east western pipemakers began to round out the bowl to a more cylindrical shape distinguishing the bowl from the stummel. I personally call these 'western hungarians'. They are actually full bent Dutch shapes. A true Hungarian has flat sides and bowl and stummel share the side with little or no differentiation. The Sav 604 and 620 would be in the more westernized group. Some French companies still make true Hungarian shapes. The current Peterson Pub pipe is a true Hungarian shape per Mark irwin at Peterson Pipe Notes.
Bent Dutch:
309. “Like the 309”: An Appreciation of the Dutch Billiard, Shape 4
For the 309th post, what more appropriate than an appreciation of the 309, one of the most quintessential Peterson shapes? Known from the beginning as bowl shape 4 in the catalog from 1896 to 2013,…petersonpipenotes.org
Hungarian Pub Pipe:
138. The Pub Pipe: A New System Shape
Peterson and the oom paul go all the way back to Charles Peterson’s Patent System designs in the 1890s. But it was the friends of South Africa’s President Kruger who, in wanting to find him an appr…
Beautiful pipe! I was recently between this shape, a 12L, and a 91…ended up with the 91. Love it. Question, probably a silly one: can you pass a pipe cleaner with the stem on? I’m a wet smoker and value that feature.
Yes ! That's what I meant. I am certainly far from an expert but I was interested and did alot of reading and looking at pictures. The modern versions make the bowl more cylindrical and accentuate the separation from the stummel and I personally call these 'western hungarians'. Originals or traditional are closer to the BBK Swiss pipes which is where I suspect they got the shape from:
Mine can. You need to do that half twist but it’s not an issue. I find it super easy with a stiff pipe cleaner like white elephant but even a standard BJ Longs works great once you know what you’re doing. I’ve been impressed how BriarWorks’ deep bends like this and the Moonshine Cannonball can pass pipe cleaners.
