What is your best smoking pipe?

[jefff]

I too have no bad smoking pipes. I have gone through maybe 80? 100? To get to the 14 briars I have today. Each and everyone a superbly smoking pipe.
I wish I had the money I spent on the rest

 

[tschiraldi]

Castello "Castello" KKKK from 2012.

 

[pylorns]

One of my better is my Peterson Darwin B42 shape

 

[jpmcwjr]

I'd have to say they all smoke well, even ones with a greater or lesser draw. I have one estate —a Prince— where the draw is too restricted, but I just need to get out some tools and open 'er up a touch.

 

[tslex]

Tie for me.
Birth year Dunhill bulldog:

And D. Rhodes bulldog:

I wonder, looking at this thread and thinking about the mechanics of the thing, (and allowing for exceptions, of course) if straight or slightly bent pipes are more likely to give a somewhat superior smoke (assuming, when we say "a good smoker" that we mean easily smoked, easily kept alight, pleasing draw etc.)

 

[dcrguns]

Any MM cob I own, the rest are decoration.

 

[greshapa]

my Savinelli Elegance

 

[ahmadothman]

It's a draw - no pun intended - between a Peterson Dracula 999 and a Stanwell Deluxe 141

 

[pagan]

My Country Gentleman hands down.

 

[ashdigger]

H. Wiebe short bent. Metal pipe with briar bowl. Funky looking, but what an amazing pipe.

 

[jerwynn]

More than half of my 50 or so pipes are Design Berlin... ALL of them rate as my best smokers! (And I've had 3 Petersons that are all problematic in one way or another.) Vauen's come in a close second. The only pipe that is a mystery to me as a lousy smoker is a Karl Erik "Compact" that is in reality huge. It's a thing of beauty to look at... but doesn't smoke worth a darn.

 

[jefff]

Lagavulin is my best drinking malt whisky!

 

[cigrmaster]

I have too many pipes that smoke great so it would be impossible to pick one.

If someone held a gun to my head, I would have to pick the following Rad Davis.

 

[mso489]

Agree with cigrmaster. I have scores of pipes. I might be able to pick out a top ten, but that would leave out some jewels. Some with the biggest bowls are just right with some blends and at certain times. Some of the "best" pipes, in terms of makers and price, are certainly up there. Then some of the mid-grades are nearly perfect for particular blends and cuts. And specific cobs and inexpensive factory pipes are amazing. So it goes.

 

[jpmcwjr]

No, no one here with a brain gets ticked off just because someone is new.
I hope you enjoy your time here, and occasionally disregard a post or two.

 

[iamn8]

My feelings change week to week, but at the moment I'm loving on my Kent

 

[derfatdutchman]

My little Peterson Wicklow D6 is my best smoker, it's size and shape also make it a great clencher.