I call them a can. Then again I tell people the cutty bowl is a cant as in can't see what I am doing with it.
Shape Name for a Reverse-canted Bowl?
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I don't know. Shapes are endlessly fascinating. The traditional shapes all have recognized names, but the categories are often being mixed or made differently. Skater and streamliner aren't often seen or named, but it is interesting to see them trotted out.
I have a Johs pipe that I got as a gift and assumed it was a brandy shape because the bowl was shaped like a brandy snifter, but then I saw the invoice and the carver called it an apple, so I deferred to his artistic judgement and call it that.
I call the bowl of a Savinelli 404 yacht essentially a Dublin shape, but others see it differently.
I've seen some pipes for sale that are absolutely misnamed for shape. Some sites don't even attempt to identify shapes, even the most traditional and obvious, figuring that you'll buy what you like whatever it is called.
Learning shapes is a good exercise, even if it is not an exact art. I think it is usually fun to conjure up definitions, both for their useful aspect and for their variability.
I have a Johs pipe that I got as a gift and assumed it was a brandy shape because the bowl was shaped like a brandy snifter, but then I saw the invoice and the carver called it an apple, so I deferred to his artistic judgement and call it that.
I call the bowl of a Savinelli 404 yacht essentially a Dublin shape, but others see it differently.
I've seen some pipes for sale that are absolutely misnamed for shape. Some sites don't even attempt to identify shapes, even the most traditional and obvious, figuring that you'll buy what you like whatever it is called.
Learning shapes is a good exercise, even if it is not an exact art. I think it is usually fun to conjure up definitions, both for their useful aspect and for their variability.
I would absolutely buy a reverse canted pipe. It makes intuitive sense to me. It would minimize the charring on the bowl edge closest to my face.
@Pipeh Comet (train) - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(train)Oh, interesting, thank you. That's quite a chin on that thing. It's a good name - reminiscent of a streamlined locomotive.
But it's not quite what I was imagining - the opening on this looks parallel to the line of the stem, and I think I was picturing having the opening at an angle facing the smoker.
Now, if the bowl opening were headed straight down towards the floor you call it a c...
Wait, I can't say that out loud.
I don't get it. But you can say cantaloupe. Or if you're saying what you clearly wouldn't be saying slit or muff would workNow, if the bowl opening were headed straight down towards the floor you call it a c...
Wait, I can't say that out loud.
One of these days I want to see you take a cob to the band saw so the rim ends up looking like those early Dunhill windshield pipes.
Picked up a small Ropp Etudiant that was bent and straightened the stem. Trying it out now while standing up and looking at my work table. I like the way out looks, but yes it might be getting smoke in my eyes. I'll have to smoke it more and see how it goes.