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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2017 11:26:27 GMT -5
Thinking about what your everyday activities are. What would you consider being the ideal weight and shape for you.
For me if I am driving I want a nosewarmer. If I am working in my shop then a bent. If I am out lunting or with the wife then it is what ever catches my eye at the moment.
So what about you.
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Post by jitterbugdude on Apr 28, 2017 12:10:23 GMT -5
Thinking about what your everyday activities are. What would you consider being the ideal weight and shape for you. I say, a skinny blonde about 5ft 6, heavy in the chest. |
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Post by bonanzadriver on Apr 28, 2017 12:34:04 GMT -5
Thinking about what your everyday activities are. What would you consider being the ideal weight and shape for you. I say, a skinny blonde about 5ft 6, heavy in the chest. I've had the shorter model, 5'4", on a test drive for the last 29 years. Guess I'll keep her.  As for the pipe, with the exception of a larger heavier Nording freehand or the Luciano I recently acquired, it's more about the shape and the bit. If it's a light enough pipe, then an thin straigt bit is just fine. If it's a bent pipe with a reasonably thin bit, then the weight really isn't as big of a deal by matter of the ease in which it hangs. Hope that made sense. |
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Post by stvalentine on Apr 28, 2017 12:42:19 GMT -5
I am not too keen on nosewarmers so I have to go for the longer lightweights. Falcons are what I prefer to smoke in the car where I have to clench a lot. The lighter cobs are an alternative too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2017 13:26:36 GMT -5
75% of my current remaining briar collection is bent, better clenchers for free hands. My straights are all from the same family tree (Canadian, Lumberman, Lovat, Liverpool). Not sure about the exact weight but my James Upshall straight pipes are pretty light, good quality and didn't break my wallet.
Peterson 312 is my preferred fishing pipe, something I plan to do a lot more of starting next year after I get all the retirement heavy lifting completed. By chance I'm sure, the original vulcanite stems in my pre-1964s will accept a 6mm balsa filter which only adds to the excellence of the pipe and smoke.
I prefer bent cobs, for lawn, auto or home improvement.
All my meers are bent and normally reserved for either first smoke of the morning or last of the evening in my easy chair or at my desk where I'm least likely to break them.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 28, 2017 14:08:11 GMT -5
Sage advice...I try to keep mine in a room with carpeted floors except for pipe club meetings...I learned the hard way.  I like all different shapes, mine run the gamut...I have found that in smaller pipes, like a bulldog, Rhodesian, Prince, I like it at about 32 grams. For out and about I have a 26 gram Prince style pipe "'Algerian Briar Hand finished Made in England" and smokes like a dream, and is a great pipe to take a profile pic with. My Savinelli Bing while being 7 inches long weighs in at 34 grams! I do the soft clench while driving 12 hours a day, and find that the lighter pipes are waaay more comfortable on the move. Sitting at home the weight isn't a factor, I have a briar Edwards pipe that weighs 106 grams and my Meers are anywhere from 124 to 200 grams, certainly not clenchers! I doo have a couple Meerschaum billiards that fall into the 30-32 gram range. Since most of my smoking is done in the truck, most of what I am looking to buy is in the lighter weight...bouncing down the road even with airbags and air ride seat, with aging gums and teeth, trying to limit the fulcrum efect.  |
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Post by simnettpratt on Apr 28, 2017 14:10:28 GMT -5
I'm with Dino; the bit's more important than the weight, though a bent can weigh more and be comfortable. I choose a pipe based on it's looks, and have to deal with whatever bit I get, because I'm usually not allowed to test it or am buying online.
My every day activity is working on computers, so any style or weight goes with that. I used to like the smallest and lightest pipes, but am beginning to appreciate the larger bowls.
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Post by puffy on Apr 28, 2017 14:44:19 GMT -5
My pipes run between straight and half bent.I like a pipe with thick walls.I don't clench so weight doesn't take priority,as long as the pipe isn't heavy for it's size.
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Post by jitterbugdude on Apr 28, 2017 14:56:34 GMT -5
Oh.. We're talking about "pipes"
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Post by simnettpratt on Apr 28, 2017 19:10:55 GMT -5
Shouldn't you be more concerned with the airbag effect? Well, at least he was smoking his Dunhill Canadian...
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Post by Baboo on Apr 28, 2017 19:27:43 GMT -5
Light weighted bents w/tip bits, briars, apples, olives... Churchwardens now n then.
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Apr 28, 2017 20:17:23 GMT -5
...while I have a variety of shapes, sizes, and lengths...I prefer a longer stem pipe over most anything else...around the 45 to 70 gram weight range...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2017 20:40:44 GMT -5
Light weighted bents w/tip bits, briars, apples, olives... Churchwardens now n then. Light weight? Didn't you purchase a pipe from me? LOL! |
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Post by Baboo on Apr 29, 2017 8:57:26 GMT -5
Light weighted bents w/tip bits, briars, apples, olives... Churchwardens now n then. Light weight? Didn't you purchase a pipe from me? LOL! The beauty I got from you is lightweight and so well balanced for it's size. Fits my grasp so comfortably! Even unlit, just holding my RDP bent chubby Rhodesian soothes the soul... It is quite a looker too!!! |
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Post by Baboo on Apr 29, 2017 9:11:04 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2017 9:18:26 GMT -5
Light weight? Didn't you purchase a pipe from me? LOL! The beauty I got from you is lightweight and so well balanced for it's size. Fits my grasp so comfortably! Even unlit, just holding my RDP bent chubby Rhodesian soothes the soul... It is quite a looker too!!! I can second that. Ron made a Canadian for me which has a manly man's bowl but is extremely light and as well balanced as any of my briars. |
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Post by Baboo on Apr 29, 2017 9:25:23 GMT -5
I will most surely have me another RDP (RhodesianDreamPipe)!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2017 10:03:49 GMT -5
You guys are way too kind.
And to answer the OP, it doesn't matter much to me what weight a pipe is because I hardly ever clench and I too am attacked to pipes for there esthetics and not necessarily brand or maker although it does happen.
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Post by Baboo on Apr 29, 2017 12:38:42 GMT -5
I like to clench so use rubber tip bits... much more secure and comfortable.
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