I like the way straights look and stroke the ego - especially when clenched - sadly my mouth and head prefers bent pipes from a utilitarian perspective
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Some straight pipe-smokers can be a little bent on occasion. Let's be open minded!
I like all types of pipe shapes and I'm in awe of some of the craftsmanship out there but I have to admit that I enjoy smoking tobacco more in a straight billiard or bulldog than any other type of pipe. It just balances better in my hand and mouth and smokes more to my liking.
I’m a straight pipe smoker (not that there anything wrong with that) 
but have more bent pipes than straight ones.
but have more bent pipes than straight ones.
Straight dude, likes pipes with traditional shapes, many bents including a couple of Hungarians, but mostly straight stems. No frills, unless you consider spigots as such.
Although I much prefer the look of a bent pipe, they seem to collect more moisture than straight stem pipes.
Not ever had a straight stem pipe gurgle on me.
Which is why I now have more straight stems than bent.
Not ever had a straight stem pipe gurgle on me.
Which is why I now have more straight stems than bent.
99 % straight pipes I own, I'm not even a big fan of any decoration bands on shanks,although the use of those can be justified in pipes with fragile,thin walled shanks or with specific shapes like bulldog or armymounth /spigots
I like both straight and bent pipes equally. I am a bi-pipe smoker, I guess.
I have three full bents and a zulu out of fifteen pipes, they’re all in my rotation but I don’t like smoking them when I’m out doors, can’t exactly tell you why though. My fave is the Bulldog, I have a Donegal Rocky with a silver band but that’s the extent of decoration I can stand. These pipes with designs on the bowl look wrong to me.
I love them too. Lol. That’s a Matching 8 Day Set made by Ryan Alden. When they were new the staining matched perfectly. Smoking them has obviously changed them.
All of my pipes are straight. I have a couple that might have a 1/8 bend maybe, but that's it. Straight pipes just seem to smoke better for me for some reason. All of my briar pipes are sand blasted too, with the exception of one old Grabow. Odd thing is, as I've gotten older (in my late 50's now) I seem to have grown more appreciation for cobs. I reach for those more and more. I seem to get more complex flavors with those, and frankly more enjoyment. Not sure why or if it's all in my head. Sorry, I went a bit off topic there.
The practical dimensions of straight versus bent are that straight pipes exert more leverage against your teeth for their weight than bent pipes, and bent pipes stay a little closer to your body leaving your field of vision more clear and don't hit objects if you are maneuvering in closed and/or cluttered spaces. Straight pipes nearly always take a pipe cleaner through to the bowl. For driving or biking, bent pipes do not have the degree of hazard of getting thrust into your throat in a mishap. None of this concerns me in particular, so I enjoy all degrees of straight and bent pipes, but they are considerations in how you use your pipes.
I prefer straight traditional English shapes. No clue why, just do. Might have to try out a quarter bent pipe
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