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Maybe an odd/silly question - bowl shapes and tobacco
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<blockquote data-quote="DireWolf" data-source="post: 403636" data-attributes="member: 3732"><p>I have been *obsessively* looking at pipes. Big brands, shapes, small artisans, etc., etc.</p><p></p><p>In trying to get a feel for sizes of things that aesthetically are attractive, I am looking at sometimes "odd" shapes and sizes, and some of them have a wide variety of bowl proportions, or ratios of bowl heights to widths.</p><p></p><p>Some are narrow and deep, some are wider than deep, some are about equal.</p><p></p><p>I have been fiddling with some smaller pipes I recently picked up (Peterson Calabash and Belgique) and been thinking over flake pipes, and the like. Being that it seems to me that the rule of thumb that a rolled flake can do better in a smaller (relatively) bowl for several reasons.</p><p></p><p>Is there a inherent rhyme or reason to other bowl sizes, in that they are better or traditional with the burning qualities of different tobaccos?</p><p></p><p>For example, I have read that deep bowls can affect (in a good way) the flavors of some Va (VaPer?) blends as the lower ribbon is slightly stoved in the pipe? In that vein - is there a preferred/typical tobacco that might be smoked in, say, a prince tadpole (just saw one) that has a broader bowl than it is deep.</p><p></p><p>Or - is it all in the eye of the beholder in terms of what a person prefers? I hear (youtube) comments about a person smoking the same blend in 8 pipes, and that one or two really "work" well for one blend over others. Just wondering if this is some universal truth I have yet to discover.</p><p></p><p>I have no clue if that drivel makes sense or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DireWolf, post: 403636, member: 3732"] I have been *obsessively* looking at pipes. Big brands, shapes, small artisans, etc., etc. In trying to get a feel for sizes of things that aesthetically are attractive, I am looking at sometimes "odd" shapes and sizes, and some of them have a wide variety of bowl proportions, or ratios of bowl heights to widths. Some are narrow and deep, some are wider than deep, some are about equal. I have been fiddling with some smaller pipes I recently picked up (Peterson Calabash and Belgique) and been thinking over flake pipes, and the like. Being that it seems to me that the rule of thumb that a rolled flake can do better in a smaller (relatively) bowl for several reasons. Is there a inherent rhyme or reason to other bowl sizes, in that they are better or traditional with the burning qualities of different tobaccos? For example, I have read that deep bowls can affect (in a good way) the flavors of some Va (VaPer?) blends as the lower ribbon is slightly stoved in the pipe? In that vein - is there a preferred/typical tobacco that might be smoked in, say, a prince tadpole (just saw one) that has a broader bowl than it is deep. Or - is it all in the eye of the beholder in terms of what a person prefers? I hear (youtube) comments about a person smoking the same blend in 8 pipes, and that one or two really "work" well for one blend over others. Just wondering if this is some universal truth I have yet to discover. I have no clue if that drivel makes sense or not. [/QUOTE]
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