Pipe shapes that produce a cooler smoke(pic heavy)

[cigrmaster]

Ever since I started pipe smoking I have collected pipes that had shapes which I consider to produce a cool smoke. It was a bit of trial and error in the beginning, but it did not take very long to figure out the shapes which provided me with a cool smoke. Luckily my first pipe was an apple shape which is a great smoker so I had something to compare future shapes to. I have found that Apples, Dublins, Tomatoes, some Billiards and certain free hands produce the coolest smoking pipes. I am a bit obsessed with how cool a pipe smokes and if I do get one( hasn't happened in a very long time) that does not perform as I like, I will get rid of it. To me having a pipe get really hot in my hand, detracts from my smoking experience. I like a pipe that can handle my penchant for not paying attention and smoking a bit too quickly.
Here are a few examples of pipes that I am talking about.
My first pipe I ever bought, Savinelli Linea Piu 5 with silver is a bent apple.

My second Winslow I bought is a 1/4 bent tomato

My first Mastro De Paja is a straight tomato which I am smoking as I type this thread.

Here is a Ferndown 3 bark paneled Dublin

Here is another Dublin, a Lane Era After Hours

Here is a Former Free Hand with very thick walls that smokes as cool as any pipe I have ever owned.

So do any of you collect pipes based on shapes and how cool a pipe may or may not smoke?

 

[bentmike]

Nice pipes! It's always a pleasure to see your collection cigrmaster. I agree about certain shapes smoke cooler than others. In the winter I don't mind my bowl getting a little warm but I think more important than that is a too hot pipe influences the taste of the tobacco and not in a good way.
Last night I smoked my Pete Darwin which is a huge pipe and I have to say it was nice and didn't get near as warm as smaller briars do.
But to answer your question, no I just buy the ones that catch my eye big or small.

 

[papipeguy]

Very nice. I like the Ferndown as I'm a great fan of paneled pipes. I have a 8 panel Ser Jacapo that's a regular in my rotation. Enjoy them.

 

[photoman13]

I'm pretty new to pipe smoking but I try and find pipes that will give a cool smoke. It is weird because some of them have thin walls that give me a cool smoke. Maybe higher quality briar?

 

[cortezattic]

Very informative and nicely illustrated post. I'm very much aware of how hot the bowl gets when I smoke;

and I go at an easy pace -- not allowing too many distractions. But I don't base my purchase on how thick

the walls are, or how long the stem is.
One of the more interesting posts on this subject was by Lawrence, who brought up the idea that straight grain

pipes smoke cooler by conducting the heat upward -- I better let him weigh-in on that in person as I don't

remember the details.
For me, rusticated and blasted pipes seem to remain pretty comfortable to hold, and some say the additional

surface area helps cooling. In my experience the coolest smoking pipe is a gourd calabash -- and a real workhorse

in the rotation.

 

[cigrmaster]

I have heard the theory about the straighter the grain the cooler a pipe will smoke. I honestly do not know if I believe it or not. I have had some very straight grain expensive pipes from the likes of Former, Balleby, Barbi and others and they did not smoke very cool so I got rid of them. I have some straight grains in my collection that do smoke incredibly cool, but I think it has more to do with the shape. I also feel rusticated pipes smoke cooler in general because of what cortezattic referred to.
Bentmike, my pleasure, thank you for the compliment.

 

[cigrmaster]

photoman, the quality of the briar is important for sure but even the best quality will smoke hot.

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

I think the most important thing is how you smoke and I find your post interesting because I have never found a correlation between the shape and the coolness of smoke. I have a pre-lane Ben Wade billiard with walls as thick as cake I have seen in estates and I never have had a problem with it heating up in my hands. All the pipes that you have posted have relatively thick walls (or so it seems to me, but I'm no expert) so I think that the only factor that would influence your choice in shapes would be the fact that some have to have thick walls to be done right (except the dublin, that could have very thin walls). But the shapes that you posted are in fact some of the nicest shapes and thanks for the pictures.

 

[numbersix]

Thanks for posting - love seeing the photos - a very nice collection.