What are the names of the most common classic shapes?
To render the answer more readable and comprehensible, I’ll just give names of the most common classic shapes, without specifying which can be straight and/or bent (I’ll say it only when I think a shape comes in only or mainly one form). You may be already aware of the fact that with time, several shapes could (and do) stem from one basic shape. For this reason, I’ll list the basic models and in parentheses, I’ll list other shapes that I think are based on the basic one (the basic shapes are given in order of their popularity): Billiard (Lovat, Canadian, Liverpool, Chimney/Stack), Apple (Globe), Bulldog (Squat Bulldog), Rhodesian, Pot, Dublin, Zulu, Horn (and/or Woodstock), Brandy, Hungarian/Oom Paul (only fully bent), Bullcap (usually only straight), Prince (usually 1/4 bent), and Calabash (only fully bent). A very good reference booklet on the subject is “Briar Shapes and Styles-Pipe Line Guide No. 1″, by Jacques P. Cole” (1985). Note that examples of more than 90% of these shapes ca
