Straight Pipe Smokers

[puff_not_snuff]

Who else here prefer straight stems and less frilly bowl shapes for that matter?

 

[alaskanpiper]

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[mikefu]

I'm straight, and I smoke pipes. I also prefer straight pipes over bent ones. But I'll smoke bent ones too. Frilly pipes are bad, for the most part.

 

[mso489]

I'm a variety pipe smoker, but sometimes only a straight billiard will do. Sometimes that simplicity, especially if it is carried off with balance and a sense of style, is just what I need. And sometimes other pipes that don't stray far from that path, like unadorned straight bulldog or a zulu with no bands, carries a lot of that same authority.

 

[jvnshr]

When I started smoking pipes for the first time in 2015, I used to prefer straight pipes. Then somehow I started leaning towards slightly bent pipes. Although I am not a clencher, they are way easier to hold I think.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I per 1/8 to 1/4 bent and I like a little frill.

 

[burleybreath]

I much prefer plain, straight billiards without any stem or shank ornamentation, extensions, washers, etc.--the main reason I like Dunhill Shells, in spite of their not smoking any better than any other quality pipe. (Better yet, a smooth straight classic English billiard that is so patinized that the wood seems to ooze some kind of oil.)

 

[Pit&Pipes]

I’ve tried bents in the past but still gravitate back to straight pipes. The only partial bent I have in my rotation is a MM Pot of Gold. For some reason it just fits right and has the right balance.

 

[cigrmaster]

Off the top of my head I would guess that I am around 50/50 straight to bent. I only have maybe 3 or 4 full bents with the rest being around 1/8-1/4. I don't really think about it when I am looking at a pipe. If I like the pipe and it feels right clenching it I grab it straight or bent.

 

[ray47]

I have both straight & bent but prefer straight pipes with either billiard or Dublin bowls. I'm kinda nostalgic in that way (stuck in the 50's).

 

[dcicero]

I have a straight grabow that's great. The rest have a slight bend. Full bent, though I like how they look, are not comfortable to clench for me somehow.

 

[bullet08]

I prefer straight paper tube, but I think that's not good for me.

Straight, bent.. I like 'em all.

 

[PipeIT]

I don’t know if it’s just me, but with Eltang, Sebastian, and Suhr, while they certainly have some varied shapes, I really feel like there’s this Danish trend in a Black Straight pipe style coming from them, and I’m really into these Black Elegant pipe styles they are creating.

Like Eltang’s Pokers and Bay Sebastian’s Rusticated Apple with Bamboo.

On a side note, from Jonas Altery in Sweden of Alteryd Pipes, he has made in the past a Rusticated Bent Bamboo, you can see here;

Rusticated bent bamboo – Alteryd Pipes

www.alterydpipes.se

Of course this isn’t 100% straight, but it’s not that bent, and I contacted him to see about making me one. So this is about as Bent as I’m going now... LOL

My psychological state of bent might be further though... LOL...

 

[spicy_boiii]

Me!

Although I can deviate, generally I'm attracted to straight Canadians, billiards and Dublins, and lovats.

 

[ChuckMijo]

Count me in. 100% ! Only like straight pot and some billiards. Dont own a single bent pipe.

 

[STP]

I have several straight pipes, but I gravitate toward the bent billiard shape.

 

[tschiraldi]

I prefer straight to 1/8 bent pipes in classic shapes, or a little Italian flare.

 

[username]

My first pipe was a bent but I own more straight pipes and smoke them more often.

 

[Mr.Pink]

I own nothing but....

 

[hawky454]

I’m all over the place. Started only liking bent pipes and then my tastes slowly shifted towards straight pipes but I still love my bent pipes too. I like frilly to a certain extent but I guess that all depends on what you consider to be “frilly”. Oh, I also like drinking from silly straws.