Okay, thanks for the reply. I didn't think a bulldog would qualify for a full bend stem...just curious.LIPIPE":gopusst2 said:A full bend to me would be an oom paul. Don't think other pipes actually come in a full bend, certainly not a bulldog.
I'm trying to picture it myself, and I can't. I agree with you, Marty, but that helps to illustrate my point about changing the design until it should maybe be called something else. Friar Jay may be thinking of something specific when he says bulldog that you or I may consider insignificant. Actually, the example of the bulldog shape already starts arguments over what exactly defines it. My point is that eventually it becomes pointless to worry about what a pipe is called, especially if it deviates much from the norm. Yes, the overly-bent bulldog I'm halfway picturing right now would look pretty silly, and I wouldn't call it a bulldog either, but Fri may be thinking of something of something else entirely.LIPIPE":skw0a3hq said:George: A bulldog pipe is an "in your face" right out front styled pipe. Fully bent I don't think would work for a bulldog.
I like it! I've got an old squat-bowled corncob with a 1/4 bent diamond shank that I call my "Corn Dog".LIPIPE":ktigv9ff said:George: I guess we might name it a great dane/bulldog mutt.
friar_jay:friar_jay":qm5wzhwe said:...Can you get a full bend on any of the classic shapes? Like can you get a bulldog with a full bend?
Just wondering...thanks.
That I would love to see! Three of my favorite shapes there--something sea captain-y about all of'em, despite the obvious differences between a Dublin and the latter two...Sasquatch":kjw5gv9q said:The GKCPC pipe competition next year has specified "Dublin, Cutty, or Zulu" and I'm thinking "Hey, maybe I can enter a full bent Dublin"
Yeah, I know that's what some folks say, Brothah riff raff. That's precisely why I specified that I'm not going to argue over shape nomenclatures. It's useless. I just smile and light up another bowl o' weed.riff raff":v735rp8o said:Great examples Vito!
Upshall calls this a "bent Rhodesian" on their website, but they have the diamond shank, so I call them bulldogs. When I referred to them as Rhodesians, it was constantly pointed out to me that they were bulldogs...
Hey! That's a new one to me.friar_jay":25dzxuw9 said:Of course today I saw a rather interesting design on a pipe shape chart that I may seek out eventually...it was called a Dawes.
Here's a cartoon picture of what it looks like...What made the pipe unique was that it contained an inner bowl that screwed into an outer bowl. Smoke traveled through a hole in the bottom of the inner bowl and around the threads of the screw to the bit, which was located at the top of the outer bowl, giving the pipe a unique shape. The smoke was thus cooled before it reached the smoker's mouth.
Looks like there is one on eBay right now...though it has been thoroughly used."The Dawes pipe (more correctly named the Lyons, after its inventor, Charles Herbert Lyons) happened to be the favorite pipe of General Charles G. Dawes, Vice-President of the United States from 1925 to 1929. General Dawes smoked the curious pipe incessantly and it became popularly known as the Dawes Underslung, because the shank joined the bowl near its rim."
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