Show Us Your Most Quintessential Billiard Pipe

[Waning Embers]

This is the billiard I would buy if I ever came across one similar to this one. To me the Big Ben 402 straight saddle billiard gets really close to the quintessential billiard.

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Three 402s on ebay right now.

 

[Servant King]

I only like bent stems, and I only have two pipes. I know, I'm peculiar, but being PAD-free clears the path for a fuller, more financially destructive TAD than that which might exist otherwise. For aromatics, my Savinelli Mattone 601 bent billiard:





I like simple.

 

[ashdigger]

Sophie’s Choice.

Closest to Bottom and then moving up photo is a 1905 AGE, then a 1900 Loewe Spigot, then a 1914 Peterson Patent, then a 1917 Loewe, then a 1922 Loewe (this would be the ultimate billiards all billiards dream of being), and finally a 1922 Civic.

 

[tfdickson]

Tough to choose one so I chose three.

1995 Ashton Old Church XXX:



Jesse Jones:




1969 Dunhill LBS:

 

[niblicck]

 

[Mr_houston]

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I am fortunate to have a number of billiards but this is one of my favorites - a Stanwell Rondo 03 that smokes beautifully, is perfectly constructed for its price point, and is very well balanced.

I have one as well, maybe a bit shorter. It’s one of my most smoked VA pipes.

 

[tobefrank]

Three 402s on ebay right now.

I know, but like a spoiled child, I want that one... ?

 

[Waning Embers]

I know, but like a spoiled child, I want that one... ?

I'll keep an eye out.?

 

[carolinasmokes]

Wow! You guys have some really nice billiards, thanks for sharing. Billiards are my preferred pipe shape.

 

[OzPiper]

What's not to love with billiards ? The 2nd most represented shape of my pipes - both straight and bent. So many interpretations of the shape - "quintessential" depends on my mood of the day.