Which are Your Least Favoured Shapes

[Mr_houston]

Ok, I went looking for a nice hawksbill picture to make my case:



But a lot of homely ones out there too!

 

[tzinc]

I love Canadians.

I like most traditional shapes like Billiard, Prince, Lumberman, Bulldog etc.

Not a fan of the wilder freehand types or one of a kind shapes.

 

[FurCoat]

Ok, I went looking for a nice hawksbill picture to make my case:

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But a lot of homely ones out there too!

Dang right, that's a nice pipe. I like hawkbills myself. That said

Freehands
Horn
Prince

 

[canadianpuffer]

Prince - just can’t stand it.
Or anything that’s a classic shape with a flat spot shaved off to make a rounded pipe a sitter

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Take this with a grain of salt, because I’ve definitely seen exceptions to what I state below:

Straight billiard- always looked a little boring.
Princes- too delicate-looking.
Bulldogs/Rhodesians- if not done “right” they look like the end of a gentile’s cucuzza.

 

[OzPiper]

Thank you everyone for your responses so far, and please keep them coming.

When I started this thread my intention was not to create a list of most loathed shapes, but to highlight the fact that for every shape existing, there will be someone who will love it, even if there are a lot of nay-sayers.

For example, I love bulldogs, but not necessarily Rhodesians. I have fairly strict criteria which bulldogs I buy - I dislike tall bulldogs, or ones with elongated shanks/stems. Bulldogs (the canines) are meant to have over-sized heads, and short and squat, compact bodies. Anything else will not meet Cruft's standards. So I choose my bulldogs (the pipes) accordingly.

To my eye there is something inherently wrong with Castello's prognathistic Shape 55. But it has lots of fans and even a dedicated thread or two on these Forums.

Vive la difference !

 

[Chasing Embers]

To my eye there is something inherently wrong with Castello's prognathistic Shape 55.

 

[TheDesertPiper]

Aesthetically speaking these do nothing for me.

Oom Paul
Blow fish
Horn
Tomohawk

 

[bullet08]

OK. I actually spent time thinking about this. I mean, I actually like Oom Paul and all. But here are three.

1. Poker
2. Author
3. Freehand

 

[Ettrick puffer]

I like mostly traditional shapes. Not seen many freehands that I like and dislike bamboo shanks or adornments.
Viva le difference!
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer

 

[magicpiper]

Author

I love the looks of an Author but just don’t smoke them comfortably. Have several that I throw into my rotation occasionally. They don’t stay there long.