Pipe shapes and styles

[anachronislad]

I'm fairly new to pipe smoking and don't know much about the buffering shapes of pipes or the differences between them. Looking through some of the forum post I was a bit overwhelmed by all the different lingo that was being thrown around. So any info you guys could give me would be great, I'm always looking to learn something new. Thanks guys

 

[bigvan]

Buffering shapes?

 

[anachronislad]

Oh sorry that's supposed to be different, autocorrect does some very interesting things with words sometimes

 

[judcole]

Well, here's a list of abbreviations: Terminology
And here's a pipe shape chart.

 

[anachronislad]

Hey thanks a lot jud, that helps out a great deal :D

 

[mkelaw]

You may want to go to pipedia.org and just surf around. There's a mountain of good information there.

 

[anachronislad]

Great suggestion mkelaw! Imninding a ton of great info on there

 

[austinxpipe]

I'm still struggling to understand the difference between the Rhodesian and the Bulldog. I've seen Bulldogs labeled as Rhodesians even though they have the diamond shank. Thoughts, anyone? An example:
http://www.pipesandcigars.com/baexbrpirh.html
I thought this was a Bulldog?

 

[batdemon]

I would say that's a bulldog also

 

[austinxpipe]

I figured! Thanks!

 

[cigrmaster]

That is definitely a Rhodesian. A bull dog is a much shorter bowl height. Here is a classic bull dog, notice the height of the bowl.

http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/dunhill/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=102236