1) Cavalier
2) Blowfish
3) Churchwarden
*Also full bent and table top pipes
2) Blowfish
3) Churchwarden
*Also full bent and table top pipes
Which are Your Least Favoured Shapes
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My (3) least favorite pipe shapes are:
Dublin
Lovat
Prince
Dublin
Lovat
Prince
Quite honestly for this and the "billiard" thread - any shape that's balanced in form and designed well is a nice pipe in my book. There are some stellar examples out there.
My least favorite pipe is a poorly designed one, regardless of shape.
That said, I'm not a huge fan of overly ornate stuff like some of the more crazy freehands or meers. It's for the same reason, it's too busy and confused in it's form/design.
My least favorite pipe is a poorly designed one, regardless of shape.
That said, I'm not a huge fan of overly ornate stuff like some of the more crazy freehands or meers. It's for the same reason, it's too busy and confused in it's form/design.
none really. I'd say bulldogs are there. But every single time I say I hate a shape someone comes out with one that I find wonderful. Yes it even happened recently with a bulldog. And the pipes I dislike the most are typically so far from the shape they're listed as too be labeled as collector traps. Basically I like the classics and usually find the fancier ones blah. But every once in a while even those get me.
1. Straight anything (Billiard, Pot, Egg......)
2. Full bent anything
3. Nosewarmer.
2. Full bent anything
3. Nosewarmer.
This is something I don't even waste time thinking about. 
To simply look at, I like them all. As far as smoking, I only smoke straight Billiards, 1/8 bent oval shank Brandies, and CLASSIC straight Dublins, you know, the ones with slight expansion of the bowls. Almost, but not quite, Billiards.
The way it's worded does not limit one to pipes one owns!
And he asked for three, not a laundry list, though I do like the shape of most ballerinas.
Blowfish
Volcano
Reverse Calabash
and what is with the hatred toward Bulldogs? After the billiard, perhaps one of the most recognized pipe shapes of all time.
Woof!
Volcano
Reverse Calabash
and what is with the hatred toward Bulldogs? After the billiard, perhaps one of the most recognized pipe shapes of all time.
Woof!
Freehands, both the 60s Danish models and progeny and Italian ones like the Sav Autos.
I don't really have any hangups related to the type of pipe. I'm more interested in flow and proportion, and I like short and fat pipes because I'm short and fat.
A skinny billiard typically doesn't really do anything for me, but an Al Pascia Curvy 02 hits the right notes. Weirdo stubby shapes like Briarworks chubby tomatoes and stubby apples, or the Moonshine Pot Still rendition of the classic billiard shape also tickle me in the right way. I especially love the Moonshine Cannonball's size and muscular, squat flow.
A lot of bulldogs also don't do anything for me, but the Al Pascia Curvy 03 and the Briarworks C111 Bullmoose press the right buttons for me.
I can take or leave most other shapes/types in a general sense, but the second Morgan Pipes comes out with a stubby/fat Bones version of whatever, it usually appeals to me even if I normally wouldn't be super excited about a particular shape. For example, I have a stubby Dublin, stubby Devil Anse, and stubby billiard from the Bones line--none of those shapes usually speak to me, but the proportions and flow of the Bones versions do.
A skinny billiard typically doesn't really do anything for me, but an Al Pascia Curvy 02 hits the right notes. Weirdo stubby shapes like Briarworks chubby tomatoes and stubby apples, or the Moonshine Pot Still rendition of the classic billiard shape also tickle me in the right way. I especially love the Moonshine Cannonball's size and muscular, squat flow.
A lot of bulldogs also don't do anything for me, but the Al Pascia Curvy 03 and the Briarworks C111 Bullmoose press the right buttons for me.
I can take or leave most other shapes/types in a general sense, but the second Morgan Pipes comes out with a stubby/fat Bones version of whatever, it usually appeals to me even if I normally wouldn't be super excited about a particular shape. For example, I have a stubby Dublin, stubby Devil Anse, and stubby billiard from the Bones line--none of those shapes usually speak to me, but the proportions and flow of the Bones versions do.
There is only one shape i do not have in my collection ; the prince.
It's not because of any dislike on my part I was just never drawn to it for whatever reason.
It's not because of any dislike on my part I was just never drawn to it for whatever reason.
I only like classic shapes like Billiards, Paneled Billiards, Dublins, Rhodesians, Bulldogs, Brandy's, I might be forgetting maybe one or 2 more. Any other shapes you can have. I don't do Blow fish, Pokers, Belge, Cherrywoods, Hungarians, and basically every other shapes. I like my pipes to be classic and boring.
