The "Squat" Bulldog

[stanlaurel]

I favor the squat bulldog over the tall bulldog. It is one of my absolute favorite shapes.

I just don't seem to like the tall bulldog all that much. Maybe I'll change my mind someday.

What do you think?

 

[voorhees]

Definitely. I have several squats bulls. Only 2 regular, that smoke well, just prefer the look of the squat.

 

[cortezattic]

I have always felt that the squat bulldog was among the most comfortable shapes around. I probably have 10 or 12 in my rack.

 

[bigpond]

#1 is the winner in the looks department but I have a suspicion that #4 makes for a tastier smoke. Send all 4 this way for a taste test.

 

[stickframer]

Squat bulls are easy on the eyes. They have a balanced look. They're probably my favorite shape that I have yet to aquire.

 

[aldecaker]

The two squat bulls I smoke regularly (Dr. Grabow Royal Duke and a Leonessa sandblast) are my dedicated Star of the East pipes. Two of the best pipe/blend pairings I have ever run across.

 

[gloucesterman]

I would have to agree. For some reason tall bulldogs look out of proportion. But of course that's a matter of taste not fact.

 

[fishnbanjo]

Mine is kind of a cross between a Bulldog with a bit of Rhodesian. It is the 2nd Anniversary pipe by Sabina Santos, made from Morta with a plateau briar accent, smokes wonderfully!

banjo

 

[gambit88]

I have a few bulldogs(and need more) and this is one of my favorites.

 

[maxx]

Yeah. A canine Bulldog isn't tall and thin. I like the looks of Bulldog pipes where the bowl is wider than it is tall.

 

[weezell]

Squat Bulldog panel...Beautiful to the eye...

 

[mso489]

Since the bulldog shape is pretty defined, the variations seem especially creative -- squat or tall, bead line or none, straight or bent. My Peterson bulldog (Around the World/Ireland) and my Dr. Grabow Royalton are essentially squat, but very different pipes. Then I have a little Stanwell 32 and a rather tall and ample-bowled Johs bulldog, which is a whole different look. Great dogs in photos! That morta's a knockout, fish'.

 

[johnnyreb]

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[misterlowercase]

I love the squat stuff!

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/the-lovely-squash-of-low-slung-squatters

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[captainprophesy]

I only own one and she's a very comfortable pipe and a very fine smoker
http://pipesmagazine.com/members/captainprophesy/album/picture/5851

 

[beerandbaccy]

I have been doing some research on Bulldog/Rhodesian pipes and although recent thinking is that Rhodesian is round shanked and Bulldogs are Square shanked, I have been going through many old catalogues online from the 30s to 70s to see what different pipe manufacturers called these designs.
The ones named 'Bulldog' tend to have square shanks but certainly not exclusively.Ones labelled 'Rhodesian' have both square and round shanks without one being more common than the other, but....
I have found that the older catalogues seem to have Bulldogs as the taller shaped bowl, as in the last pic on the original post and the more squat shaped bowl was called either Rhodesian or a squat Bulldog - sometimes with the square stem sometimes round, sometimes saddle stemmed, some tapered.
It seem to me that it is rather an imprecise 'science' and there was no real rules as such. The only thing I have found so far is that the taller bowl shaped pipe is never called Rhodesian whether bent or straight and is always called a Bulldog.
I know this is a bit of a tangent and discussed before but being a bit OCD I thought I would do a bit of research as I am after a Bulldog/Rhodesian as my next pipe...

 

[jkrug]

I prefer the look of the squat Bulldog as well. The taller Bulldogs just aren't as pleasing to the eye. ::

 

[sjfine]

I also like squat, but not too squat. Those look squished, not squat to me.

 

[johnnyreb]

One of my favorites: