My favorite pipe is a savinelli 320 KS. Its great, but the bowl is very big and takes a lot of time to smoke. I have looked at a Savinelli 321, but the bowl feels like medium size bowl? Anyone who knows a great pipe with a smaller bowl for a quicker smoke?
Pipe with Smaller Bowl?
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I guess chamber size is relative to the smoker, a 320 for me is too tiny. Have you tried SPC's Pipe Locator?
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Perhaps a Falcon? The bowls are smaller and their Bantam bowls are smaller yet. I find them particularly well suited for quick smokes.
Lots of other options but that’s my choice for smaller pipes.
Otherwise Dunhill group 1 or 2 bowl sizes are a good starting point although that designation is mostly a Dunhill thing. Other brands might refer to it though.
Lots of other options but that’s my choice for smaller pipes.
Otherwise Dunhill group 1 or 2 bowl sizes are a good starting point although that designation is mostly a Dunhill thing. Other brands might refer to it though.
I agree with @verporchting, Falcons with their small bowls would be my first choice followed by small bowl cobs.
Most of the Dr. Grabow's have smaller bowls at a cheap price
Check out the Ropp Etudiant line. They are pretty small pipes.
How small do you need? Corn cob pipes can be small. Prince shape can be small. Peterson 406 is very small for me.
You should learn what all the Dunhill group sizes are as they are an excellent way to learn how big or small a pipe is. The group sizes are guides, they are not exact but they are very useful. If you are on ebay looking for a good size pipe like a group 5 size, once you know the sizes you will just pass by all the pipes that don't fit what you are looking for.
The group sizes are for the bowl size, not the length or weight of a pipe.
A standard group 5 is around the following dimensions.
Bowl height- 1.86-2.15"
Bowl depth 1.35-1.75"
Inside bowl width .75 - 1.00"
You can get a large group 4 and one guy will call it a small group 5, and both guys can be right. As I said, they are a guide and not an exact thing.
Dunhill group sizes go from group 1-6 and the largest is called an ODA.
I hope this helps you.
The group sizes are for the bowl size, not the length or weight of a pipe.
A standard group 5 is around the following dimensions.
Bowl height- 1.86-2.15"
Bowl depth 1.35-1.75"
Inside bowl width .75 - 1.00"
You can get a large group 4 and one guy will call it a small group 5, and both guys can be right. As I said, they are a guide and not an exact thing.
Dunhill group sizes go from group 1-6 and the largest is called an ODA.
I hope this helps you.
MM sells some cobs with smaller bowls- may want to take one of those for a spin to get an idea of bowl size/smoke time.
Look at the bowl dimensions when you buy pipes. Compare them for your needs.
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+1 on Ropp Etudiant. Peterson Belgique. Rossi Piccolo. Old Dominion Chesapeake. Scott Klein.
Hard to find small bowls - but when you do they are great -
I love my Savinelli Autograph Mignons for a small chamber pipe. They're perfect for strong nic blends that would put me on the floor in a regular sized chamber pipe.
I also have a couple of Dunhill Group 1 pipes with similar sized chambers that are also quite nice.
I also have a couple of Dunhill Group 1 pipes with similar sized chambers that are also quite nice.
1+ on what Chasing posted. Selecting the desired size bowl on the pipe locator will bring up a selection of everything for you to browse. Ez peezee.
MM Huck Finn. Falcon Bantam(YES THEY HAVE GASKETS!), etc.
Could you not fill a regular bowl, stop when you've had enough and come back to it later?
That's what I do. ?
That's what I do. ?
You're probably looking for something smaller than .75" across, and shorter than 1.5".
As others have said, MM makes a number of cobs that would fit the bill. The 5th Ave Diplomat has exactly the bowl dimensions I suggest above.
Other ideas would be not smoking the whole bowl, but saving the second half for later, which is totally fine and likely wouldn't effect the flavor (sometimes it even improves the flavor), or filling half/three quarter bowls.
As others have said, MM makes a number of cobs that would fit the bill. The 5th Ave Diplomat has exactly the bowl dimensions I suggest above.
Other ideas would be not smoking the whole bowl, but saving the second half for later, which is totally fine and likely wouldn't effect the flavor (sometimes it even improves the flavor), or filling half/three quarter bowls.