Imma big bulldog fan, which I guess is why I was tagged in a post, and called here.
No one has mentioned it's beginnings. So, here is a my reader's digest version. On the old slot and peg fraising machines, this pipe shape was the easiest to crank out, as it left very little clean up to make the shape. Faster production. The double cone lent itself to being capped in the earliest versions. Some of the caps even lending it to look closer to a billiard. But, here is a picture of one that is just ornately capped.
Most of these making the online trades have had their caps removed, probably because the thin brass is easily dented and damaged.
The name baffles me though, and only two reasons for it come to mind. One being the Englishman's love of this shape and the reference it makes to Churchill. And, the second being the way it looks all chocked up on a workingman's maw, chucked up tight like a bulldog carrying a bone.
I just like them because of their uniqueness in pipeshapes and because of the way the enhance the smoking experience, as mentioned in previous posts here. Thickness for cooling the pipe, tight and chocked up when clenching, the ease of carrying and holding the diamond stem, and durability when tucked into a pocket. Then add in their history in pipemaking production.
I am very finicky about the angles of the double cone and the curl from bowl to stem in the stummel, which makes me not very fond of any of Savinelli's bulldogs nor Peterson's bent in particular. There are a few other pipe companies that disappoint me ion their designs also, but the French and English in particular seem to hit the nail on the head for me. Also, when some of the Danes make one, they really, really appeal to me.
If you don't like the bulldog, then great. Less people getting in my way when I see one that I really want. I have exactly 62 bulldogs of different sizes and proportions. They never cease to amaze me.
No one has mentioned it's beginnings. So, here is a my reader's digest version. On the old slot and peg fraising machines, this pipe shape was the easiest to crank out, as it left very little clean up to make the shape. Faster production. The double cone lent itself to being capped in the earliest versions. Some of the caps even lending it to look closer to a billiard. But, here is a picture of one that is just ornately capped.
Most of these making the online trades have had their caps removed, probably because the thin brass is easily dented and damaged.
The name baffles me though, and only two reasons for it come to mind. One being the Englishman's love of this shape and the reference it makes to Churchill. And, the second being the way it looks all chocked up on a workingman's maw, chucked up tight like a bulldog carrying a bone.
I just like them because of their uniqueness in pipeshapes and because of the way the enhance the smoking experience, as mentioned in previous posts here. Thickness for cooling the pipe, tight and chocked up when clenching, the ease of carrying and holding the diamond stem, and durability when tucked into a pocket. Then add in their history in pipemaking production.
I am very finicky about the angles of the double cone and the curl from bowl to stem in the stummel, which makes me not very fond of any of Savinelli's bulldogs nor Peterson's bent in particular. There are a few other pipe companies that disappoint me ion their designs also, but the French and English in particular seem to hit the nail on the head for me. Also, when some of the Danes make one, they really, really appeal to me.
If you don't like the bulldog, then great. Less people getting in my way when I see one that I really want. I have exactly 62 bulldogs of different sizes and proportions. They never cease to amaze me.
But, I acquaint the ire of Mark probably came more from Skip than me., as he was the one doing the inbetween negotiations. But, it has led up for years now, and I still love the design. It is almost a daily driver for me. 
