Top 4 favorite pipe styles?

[crazyhog]

I'll go first. With so many great styles I had to go with four. Dublin, Canadian, Canted Billiard and Horn. Next?

 

[seacaptain]

Prince, Apple, Billiard, Dublin.

 

[jackswilling]

Zulu

Zulu

Zulu

Zulu

 

[gphenry]

Billiard
I like to keep things simple

 

[mso489]

I think you mean shapes, more exactly. Different finishes, places of national origin, or artisans might figure into styles. I'm a big appreciator of variety, but I end up going with the crowd on billiards, Dublins, zulus, and pots -- I also like panels, authors, diplomats, bulldogs, Rhodesians, apples, princes, churchwardens, brandies ...you see the problem.

 

[clickklick]

Squashed tomato

Hickory but

Danish scoop

Bulldog

 

[Chasing Embers]

1 volcano

2 fugu blowfish

3 Ivarsson blowfish

4 bent apple

 

[wyfbane]

Cavelier

Canadian

Dublin

Calabash

 

[davet]

Bent Billiards

Billiards

Bulldogs

Bent Bulldogs

I guess I like billiards and bulldogs

 

[maxx]

The only shapes I own in Briars are: Bent Bulldog, Billiard (3 of these), Poker, Dublin, and a Bent Dublin on the way. I plan on getting a Pot, a Bent Pot, another Dublin, possibly a Bulldog, possibly another Bent Bulldog, a Churchwarden, some other Bent types (including a Peterson Sherlock Holmes, which I think is a variation of a Bent Dublin), another Biliard or two (Radice); but no fancy shmansy Artisan shapes. My expectation is that I will favor Bent types because I like how my Bent Bulldog sits in the hand and how the bowl is lower than the lip.
So it seems my top 4 bowl shapes would be -

Billiard

Dublin

Pot

Poker or Rhodesian

 

[rigmedic1]

Danish Freehand, Bent Brandy, Dublin and Straight Billiard. I probably have one of everything else too, but the 4 mentioned shapes are the ones that I like most.

 

[zekest]

Blowfish
Volcano
Author
Um Paul

 

[derfatdutchman]

Bulldog
Dublin
Zulu
Billiard

 

[phil67]

Never really thought about it, but I guess when push comes to shove I'd have to say anything other than a churchwarden or a Freehand. Of course there are numerous oddities out there, but they don't count as standard pipe styles/shapes.

 

[agnosticpipe]

I'm with phil on this one... not a real fan of churchwardens, freehands or nosewarmers for that matter. Not too fussy after that, but I do have a fondness for the straight billiard!

 

[samcoffeeman]

I've become a stout billiard fan of late, although I have many shapes in my collection. My absolute favorites in my collection are a panel billiard, a lovat and a crazy freehand shape.

 

[uberam3rica]

In no specific order:

-Volcano

-Gourd Calabash

-Canadian

-Hawkbill

-Blowfish

 

[beastkhk]

Lumberman

Lovat

Zulu

Cob

 

[lochinvar]

Bulldog Family (straight, bent, Rhodesians, bullcaps....the whole lot)

Lovat

Dublin

Billiard (in particular, the diamond shank saddle bit, Sasieni's Perth)

 

[drennan]

Lovat,

straight billiard,

and lastly the pot but it must have a saddle stem.
I'd be happy with just a collection of those pipes