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Post by cigrmaster on May 30, 2022 11:52:33 GMT -5
I admit that my tastes in pipes are all classics. I have no desire to own pipes that look like a pile of sht. Here are my favorites.
Billiard
Dublin
Apple
Rhodesian
Lovat
Bulldog
Almost all of my pipes are from one of these categories.
Call me boring or old mans shapes but well executed classics in my opinion can't be beat. I may be forgetting another classic style but off the top of my head these are my favorites.
Stuff like Tadpoles, Axe's, Free hands and the like do nothing for me. I want my pipes to look like a pipe and not a fish or a dolphin, or any other weird shapes.
Is anyone like me and stick with the classics or do you enjoy more artistic shapes? I can appreciate different styles and the work that went into them, but they aren't for my collection.
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Post by trailboss on May 30, 2022 12:22:49 GMT -5
I am not into any of the wild shapes, especially by some of the Japanese artisans, I do like the Tsuge freehands I have, well executed and not wild.
90% of my pipes are the classic shapes that you mentioned, they are “classic” after all, I like a pipe that I can set on a pipe stand without getting ash everywhere and free up my hands when needed.
My Austrian lap pipes are fun to smoke during the holidays, my calabash pipes for a leisure smoke at home, and the same with my figural meerschaums.
I have some large bowled classic shaped briars that are great smokers that really do the trick with English blends, but I do not smoke English blends very often.
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msokeefe
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Post by msokeefe on May 30, 2022 16:35:22 GMT -5
I like apples, bent apples, bulldogs, pokers, billiards, bent pots and brandy shapes as smokers and their aesthetics. These are the pipesI smoke. I like a lot of freehands, I hope to get a few in the future..the only thing I don’t personally care for are meerschaum pipes that deviate from standard shapes. I don’t like gaudy carvings. But then again before I smoked I liked smooth pipes, I thought some of my grandfather’s pipes that were rusticate or blasted were ugly. As an adult, I prefer the look and feel of rustication or blasts..
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Post by Ronv69 on May 30, 2022 18:03:48 GMT -5
I like the ones with the big hole in the front an a little hole in the back, made from wood, morta, or corn cob.
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Post by Silver on May 30, 2022 18:39:36 GMT -5
Variety is the spice of life.
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Post by CrustyCat on May 31, 2022 1:26:45 GMT -5
I mostly like lovats or something similar. I do have others though.
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Post by chasingembers on May 31, 2022 4:07:07 GMT -5
Dublin
Apple
Volcano
Blowfish
Egg
Acorn
Skull
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Post by cigrmaster on May 31, 2022 8:47:37 GMT -5
I forgot about the Brandy shape as I do like that one.
Years ago I had all kinds of shapes and didn't even recognize a well made classic.
I used to hand out tat the Common Sewers over at pipesmokers.uk and I learned a ton from those guys. I miss that place.
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Post by Rattlesnake Daddy on May 31, 2022 9:30:17 GMT -5
Traditionally, my favorites have been the classic Lovat and apple. I am also a fan of Danish freehand pipes. Especially if they do a good job of accentuating the grain. I tend to prefer a military mount, although I find that the visual transition from stummel to stem can be hard to get right.
Lately, I find myself more interested in bulldogs and other pipes with angular shanks. I just picked up an older Grabow Westbrook that has a really nice triangular shank.
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Post by msokeefe on May 31, 2022 13:31:50 GMT -5
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Post by cigrmaster on May 31, 2022 15:02:20 GMT -5
If that doesn't look like a pile of shite I don't know what does. That is so fucking ugly. The funny thing is that someone will fall in love with it and buy it. There is no accounting for taste.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2022 16:06:00 GMT -5
I have had various preferences in the past but have always returned to the classic shapes. I particularly have a thing for the following shapes: Lovat, Apple and Bent Apple, Pot and Bent Pot, Billiard and Bent Billiard.
I would like, eventually, to add a Straight Dublin and a Straight Brandy.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 31, 2022 16:08:17 GMT -5
I wouldn’t puff on this for a million dollars There are a lot of things that they make in Japan that I wouldn't want near my mouth, starting with sushi. I'll bet that pipe smokes fantastic though. |
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Post by msokeefe on May 31, 2022 17:04:26 GMT -5
Nice if you want nuts resting on your chin.
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Post by trailboss on May 31, 2022 21:27:58 GMT -5
I wouldn’t puff on this for a million dollars Looks like Youshirou is missing the mark. A Chinese speculator will snatch it up though.😉 |
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Post by Gandalf on May 31, 2022 22:24:08 GMT -5
Anything bent - probably sounds odd, but of ~70 pipes, I only have a couple that are straight.
I like "freehands". My Soren freehands smoke great.
Many of mine seem to be billiards, but I do like apples. They usually have smaller chambers - so they are great for a "shorter" smoke.
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rastewart
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Favorite Pipe: Freehands, bent bulldogs, and the incomparable Peterson 303
Favorite Tobacco: Mac Baren's Scottish Blend (Mixture), C&D Mountain Camp, C&D Bayou Morning
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Post by rastewart on Jun 1, 2022 16:02:04 GMT -5
We have some similar tastes, Gandalf; I too prefer bent pipes, though somewhere in the 1/8- to half-bent range rather than full bent.
I've always liked freehands. Maybe that's the influence of coming to piping at the beginning of the seventies, or just a reflection of my own peculiar taste, or both. But I can appreciate classic shapes as well, and they include two other favorites, the bent bulldog and the prince. (My first three yard-sale pipes were one of each of those plus a bent billiard.) And then, as I've noted in my profile, Peterson pipes in general appeal to me and especially the 303 shape.
We've had a couple of mentions of finishes here as well. Like msokeefe, though later in my smoking life, I've experienced a change in my tastes. For years I only appreciated smooth finishes, but in recent years I've come to appreciate and even prefer sandblasts.
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Post by johnlawitzke on Jun 1, 2022 20:48:37 GMT -5
Group 1 to 4 Billiards, Canadians, Liverpools, Apples, and Bulldogs. Small, clenchable Freehands. And anything made by Tom Eltang except Poker, Tubos, and Devil Anse.
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Post by exbenedict on Jun 1, 2022 21:14:11 GMT -5
Bulldogs, Rhodesians, Bings, Churchwardens
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Post by bonanzadriver on Jun 1, 2022 22:05:35 GMT -5
Wait. What!?
You mean there's more than one shape?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2022 16:03:06 GMT -5
Wait. What!?
You mean there's more than one shape?
Apparently, so. I also believe, like you, that it's just some urban legend, though.  |
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Post by username on Jun 2, 2022 16:44:57 GMT -5
Pokers and billiards for briar and claws for meers.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 2, 2022 21:19:29 GMT -5
Taste in pipes seems to run in parallel with taste in tobacco. The only right answer, is what works for you. |
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Post by rastewart on Jun 3, 2022 11:09:23 GMT -5
Taste in pipes seems to run in parallel with taste in tobacco. The only right answer, is what works for you.  (Smoke what you like and like what you smoke.)  |
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Post by rastewart on Jun 3, 2022 11:10:42 GMT -5
Wait. What!?
You mean there's more than one shape?
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Post by Goldbrick on Jul 10, 2022 17:01:38 GMT -5
I like the ones with the big hole in the front an a little hole in the back, made from wood, morta, or corn cob. Most of mine look like that. I'll never own a reverse calabash, or a chinrester nor a churchwarden, or acorn...unless they work their way in here with another pipe. |
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Post by booknpipe on Jul 10, 2022 19:52:32 GMT -5
These are the ones I smoke so I guess their my favorites  |
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Post by Plainsman on Jul 11, 2022 8:00:13 GMT -5
All bent stems. Oom Paul favorite.
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Post by Zach on Jul 11, 2022 14:39:56 GMT -5
billiard/lovat/Canadian/Liverpool - with straight and bent billiards, and straight lovats being my favorite general shape of the group.
apple
bulldog
pot
Those being my favorites, I also like the majority of shapes including the rarer eskimo, scoop, skater, tubos, etc. even though I don't have any of these shapes, yet. I like the Dublin alright but only have a couple in briar. I mostly smoke the Mark Twain cob though, which is a Dublin bowl and my favorite Missouri Meerschaum cob shape. Qiuckly followed by all the variations of billiard and chimney cob bowls for the most part.
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Post by just ol ed on Jul 11, 2022 14:54:06 GMT -5
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(Smoke what you like and like what you smoke.) 
