Pipe shapes

[Konrad_von_Marburg]

Hi all

Can someone point me to a webpage that discusses the difference in pipe shapes? I'm curious to learn more about them. When I go to look at new pipes for sale I read things like "billiard" and "apple" and I just want to learn more.

By the way if anyone finds a Nording Burgundy Oversize for sale somewhere lemme know. I always wanted one.

 

[Ozark Wizard]

http://www.gqtobaccos.com/resource-centre/pipes/pipe-shapes/

This should help..

 

[Blackhorse]

Just use google and the search term “smoking Pipe shapes” and you should get multiple options to look at.

 

[daveinlax]

The old ASP shape chart is on Pipepdia these days. It's my goto and the very best. :shock:

https://pipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_Shapes
Click on a shape to open the shape study.

 

[huffelpuff]

Smokingpipes.com has 2 Nording Burgundy pipes for sale right now.

Jim

 

[KevinM]

Search “Pipe Shape Charts.” You’ll find more info than you can shake a stick of briar at. Each manufacturer has its own chart, but the basic shapes are recognizable across manufacturers. You can have chunky billiards or svelte billiards, but they’ll all be recognizable as billiards. Sometimes you’ll see a pipe that is a mix of classic features. I have a sweet smoking Aldo Velani that combines a tall billiard bowl with a diamond shank that is the length of a Canadian. Size is another variable across styles and manufacturers. Part of the appeal of artisan pipes is they move away from classic shapes. Bear in mind that the classic shapes evolved, because carvers believed the variations conferred some benefit to the smoker. I wouldn’t say that’s so wth artisan pipes, which might be carved with an eye to branding ... or self expression ... or mastering a new and popular shape ...