Ratio and Proportion

[ernest]

Do bigger people tend to buy bigger pipes or at least be more drawn toward the ratio and proportion aspect of the pipe and themselves?

 

[bubbadreier]

At 6 foot 5 inches and 300 hundred pounds... I like smaller pipes.

 

[ernest]

That is interesting.I was taken a-back bubbadreier.Way to go.

 

[mlaug]

I admire the flow of the grain and bird's eye patterns on large pipes. Its more dramatic, to my eye, than on smaller pipes. A lot of my old Danish freehands are 7+ inches long with huge bowls.
I like big things in general. Dogs, cars, drinks, steaks...everything big except women.
Those I like small.

 

[lordnoble]

I'll take them any way they come as long as they are beautiful to look at, are good at what they do, and don't complain too much. I guess I like my women the same way...
-Jason

 

[hobie1dog]

I want to eventually get a Boswell Grizzly...I'm just a regular guy build, and my wife can attest that I'm not trying to compensate for any small appendages.

 

[wallbright]

That pipe made me and my girlfriend laugh. She said "I think he is over compensating for something". Anyways, I am a bigger guy, 6'3 195, and I prefer bigger pipes. I am really drawn to the Nording pipes that are similar to Erik Nording Group 4 Series Freehand. I don't know the technical name of that style but the more "modern" looking pipes.

 

[bubbadreier]

Wow, I really want that pipe. Imagine trying to clench that thing!

 

[ernest]

Tell the truth hobie1dog,are you drinking a beer out of that?I want to see some smoke come out of that-big thing before I call it a pipe.

 

[igloo]

At 6.2 and 400 lbs to me the pipe has to match the blend . I do like my Nording freehands but more for the feel in my hand . Iam purfectly content to smoke a size three billard or even my tiny Bent Bob .

 

[pstlpkr]

Bump.

 

[wallbright]

Haha the more I look at that picture the more I start to think that it is just a 22oz painted with a tree branch connected to it with a mouth piece for easy chugging.

 

[chuckw]

At 6' and 240, I prefer medium large pipes.

 

[ernest]

yeh chuckw-I would say that that is a perfect ratio and proportion if you look at it math wise.But who would ever do that?

 

[flanative]

Im 6ft and 250lbs.
I have alot of different sized pipes but Ive noticed that the pipes that i pick up most often are LARGE Bulldogs, and most of those are bent.

 

[bytor]

I'm a somewhat smaller guy @ 5'9" and 135lbs.
My preference is for smaller pipes (dunhill group 3-ish), but not because I feel out of proportion. Smaller pipes are easier to clench and I prefer shorter smokes. Even with smaller pipes, I almost never smoke a bowl start to finish in one sitting.

 

[ernest]

Yeh,I hear ya bytor,but my goodness-now that thing you have there is way out of ratio and proportion.If that thing were two hundred pounds then that pipe would make a good coffee table.I can't say much for that things lungs though.

 

[admin]

I like medium size pipes. I'm 5'11" 200-ish pounds.

 

[unclearthur]

At five eight and 150 (soaking wet ) I have grown to like larger pipes.

 

[whitebriar]

6'5" @ 245#---i like medium large pipes and tend toward bents--