Top 4 favorite pipe styles?

[newbroom]

1/4 bent shanks, such as authors, Rhodesian's and bulldogs right now are my favorite. These will also have a bend in the stem.

1/2 to 3/4 bent pipes next. Billiards, so far.

cobs of any shape or size.

 

[hierophant]

Rhodesian/Bulldog

Dublin

Zulu

All the others.

 

[voorhees]

Bulldogs/Rhodesians (bent or straight)

Billiards/Eggs (bent or straight)

Lovats

Dublins

 

[sdcowboy]

1. Straight Billiard

2. Straight Bulldog

3. Straight Poker

4. Canadian
I guess I'm not a fan of bent pipes!

 

[jarit]

Canadian, Circadian, Cork and Panam.

 

[phred]

Author, Hawkbill, Horn, Bent Egg/Billiard.
Although straight billiards are growing on me...

 

[ocpsdan]

Lovat

Bulldog

Edibles family (apple, tomato, egg)

Danish Scoop

 

[delkhouri]

Prince

Bent Bulldog/Rhodesian

Author

Saucer

 

[saint007]

Straight Billiards

Straight Rhodesians

Slightly bent Billiards

Slightly bent Rhodesians

 

[iamn8]

1. author

2. Diplomat

3. Squat bulldog

4. Fat billiard
delkhouri: very good taste!

 

[lostandfound]

Billiard

Lovat

Danish inspired bent shapes

Straight Bulldog maybe?

 

[tarak]

Apple

Billiard

Dublin

Rhodesian
All 1/4 bent, sandblasted

 

[warren]

For briars I prefer slightly bent, a wee bit more bent, really bent and fully bent. Pretty much any conservative bowl shape as long as the pipe is balanced and in a proportion I find agreeable.

 

[judcole]

I am a traditionalist.

Billiard

Canadian/Liverpool family

Dublin

Apple

 

[sparrowhawk]

Is there really a pipe that can compete with the classic Billiard? I prefer the straight, but own a few bent billiards. They are the classic everyone thinks of when you say "pipe."

 

[cigrmaster]

Here are my top 4, and most of my collection consists of these.

Dublin, Apple, Rhodesian and Billiards(Lovat).
I am real traditional when it comes to my pipe shapes. I just believe a pipe should look like a pipe and not some type of animal or fish. The only other shapes I own are Brandy(3), Calabash(1), Cherrywood(1), Poker(1) and Zulu(1). I go for straight and bent but only 1/8 to 1/4 bent. I would be willing to bet most people think I have a boring collection of pipes as I have no pipes that are not a traditional shape.

 

[irish]

Billiard

Apple

Dublin

Author/Rhodesian

 

[markus]

I mainly gravitate towards these 4 shapes (in various degrees of bent and straight-ness).
Rhodesian

Bulldog

Prince

Egg

 

[PlanxtyPipes]

Billiard

Dublin

Prince

Pot
Those are my top four. But there are too many great bulldogs, rhodesians, authors, eggs, diplomats, apples, zulus, churchwardens, freehands, etc. to just limit yourself to four!