It is reported that he often sold his own proprietary blend of pipe tobacco. Several United States presidents such as Gerald Ford, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were also avid pipe smokers. Other notables such as Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Hugh Hefner, Burl Ives, Albert King, Douglas MacArthur, Joseph Stalin and Mark Twain were often shown smoking pipes. These were are all men, however, there were a handful of females that smoked pipes in the past.
While his memory of his father’s pipe smoking was more than 40 years ago, he quickly identified Captain Black as one of his father’s favorite smoking tobaccos. Another friend’s memories of cigar smoking were also tied to the aroma of the tobacco. It was his view that females loved to be around men that smoked pipes because of the smell of the tobacco. Then there was the friend that considered himself to be a “spediock” someone that is cool, sophisticated and mannerly. He, too, spoke through a big smile about how he and his other spediok friends, all males, would go into his basement, each wearing his favorite smoking jacket and smoked their pipes as they passed the evening away. Along with the bowl’s unique shape and grooves, Bulldogs are typified by a diamond-shaped shank.
It is made up of a short round bowl, accompanied by a short straight round shank, and is fitted with a long tapered stem (about 3.5”) that usually has a 1/8 bend. Loewe’s original design is rarely deviated from, but Princes can be found in a variety of finishes. Light and dark stains, smooth and sandblasted finishes, and nickel or silver banding are commonly seen on the Prince. They make excellent Churchwardens as well, on account of their pint-sized proportions, and are exceedingly comfortable to hold in the teeth. After laying eyes on a Hawkbill, one will realize that every pipe they have seen before had at least one thing in common; if their shanks were bent at all, they were all bent in the same direction (up).
The design is functional, as unwanted moisture from the tobacco is drawn out of the bowl and into the base of the pipe, where it will not reach the mouth of the smoker. The “foot” is adorned with a removable cap that allows trapped moisture to be released, and the draught hole to be easily cleaned. Not a pipe to be clenched in the mouth, the Cavalier is best smoked at home, where one can fully appreciate the nature of its design. What differentiates the Canadian from other pipes in the family is that the Canadian has an oval shank with an oval tapered stem. The Canadian family of shapes includes the Canadian, the Lovat, the Lumberman, and the Liverpool. The Canadian is also sometimes referred to as the Canadian Billiard, because it and its entire family are sub-styles of the classic Billiard shape.
His words were, “I am an intellectual.” These are words describe the way most pipe smokers saw themselves, back in the day. Smoking pipe tobacco also jeopardizes the health of those around you. Secondhand smoke causes cancer and is especially harmful to pregnant women and children. Children face greater health risks than adults because the exposure is proportionally greater.
But it remains true that pipe-smoking, of all the vices and addictions I’ve explored, is my favourite. Though I’ve tried to kick it several times, it’s the bad habit that keeps dragging me back. Although the Rhodesian differs only slightly from the Bulldog, it is a very popular shape in its own right.
This probably won’t be news to you but what you may not have considered before is that your smoking style can make some pipes a bad buy and others a really good investment. Let’s take the fast smoker as an example, before moving on to some other common types of pipe smoker. There is no denying the resemblance that the Cutty bears to the clay tavern pipes of a bygone age. Delicately shaped, Cutty’s typically have not an ounce of excess briar left in place.
This delicacy of shaping necessitates the use of a special drill bit for the tobacco chamber, which tapers even more drastically than a Danish conical bit, and comes to a sharp point at its tip. A special honor is paid to this pipe, in that this type of conical bit is now called the “cutty bit”. Since Churchwardens are defined by the stem length rather than the bowl shape, their bowls can theoretically assume any shape.
Whether you’re risking it all at the poker table or knitting a new pair of baby booties, the Poker is a perfect companion for those of us who can’t be constrained to one activity. A Nosewarmer, like a Churchwarden, refers not to shape but to proportions and length. Nosewarmers, also sometimes referred to as “Stubby” pipes, are significantly shortened in overall length when compared with their standard counterparts. The bowl will often be shorter than if it were a standard pipe, but the shape of the bowl will not change. More often than not, Nosewarmers are only made as straight pipes, because it is difficult to form a graceful arc with so little length.