There are a few YouTube videos of him "holding court" in his shop. He seems a very generous man with his time, as people show up to watch him work.
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I got this set of a Bullmoose and Bullcap made by Weber back in 2017. Both my wife and I used to smoke them, but she quit smoking a few years ago. I just couldn't get into the shape for some reason, so I ended up selling them. They were nicely made pretty pipes, but I don't really miss them.
I'm not sure I could "define" bullcap either. Some have the double rings around the circumference and some don't. I like the wide squat look with a long semi-pencil stem. They remind me of the pipes you see in old black and white movies. It seems in the 1930's it was stylish to sport a small bowl with a long stem like the Bing Crosby pipes, and the implication was that the ladies found them elegant.
Here is one of my Bench Made pipes. I guess it fits fir a Bullcap. It's one of best smokers. I fit the shank with Yellowheart, a very hard tropical wood and naturally yellow.
The bullcap shape can be controversial and we'll need to have some flexiblity!
I think this Dunhill might quality (one of their freehand shapes, no number)
Peterson had a Bullcap shape, here's a few past ones from my collection (a little too small for me, so eventually sold). Here's the 407 and 411.
GBD also made the shape, the 11. This one a Restlite finish.
Comoys Bullcap shape was the 364, this one was a Tradition (now some member here owns it I think)
Thats my history with the shape.
I think this Dunhill might quality (one of their freehand shapes, no number)
Peterson had a Bullcap shape, here's a few past ones from my collection (a little too small for me, so eventually sold). Here's the 407 and 411.
GBD also made the shape, the 11. This one a Restlite finish.
Comoys Bullcap shape was the 364, this one was a Tradition (now some member here owns it I think)
Thats my history with the shape.
Love your pipes, especially the Dunhill. However, I always thought the Dunhill shape was an Author.
Sorry but too tech-impaired to post a pic. The Dublin and London line from which I got mine, of course, is the original D&L line not the brief re-issue in recent years. I can't be sure of its age but the stamping suggests pre-republic era.
OK, all of you with these adorable pipes, send them to me. Guaranteed they will be loved, especially yours, reinstated. Now if I was still smoking, which I'm not, and if when I smoked I had technique worth a good goddamn, which I didn't, I'd attempt constant daylight smoking. So many gorgeous pipes, and I'd have to smoke them all!
Those two Peterson are the only true Billups in this thread, they're actually called that in the catalog