Pipe styles, shapes, and definitions

[Leanu]

Hello all,

I've been without a shop for about 20 months now, but have just recently started making pipes again (pictures to come).

I have kept up with reading the forum, and have noticed a lot of experienced pipe makers comment on the style of a pipe (i.e. billiard, Canadian, apple, etc.) and wondered if there is a resource available that defines styles through paragraph or picture.

If you know of such a resource I would love to know about it. Even though most of my pipes are freehand and probably lack definition, I think it is very important to know the traditional styles as well.

Thanks and good to be back!

[Sasquatch]

There's a few different resources and standards, but this goes some way:

http://www.aspipes.com/Shapes/Shapes%20Chart.htm

[jogilli]

although it is on our german/austrian sister site.. here is a great pictorial

james

http://www.daskunstportal.at/pipemaker/ ... =85&t=1390