Bent vs. Straight

[TexasOutlaw]

Do y'all prefer a bent or straight pipe? If bent, full bent, 1/4, 3/4? Please explain why unless you really don't know why.


I have always preferred a bent pipe because they seem to hang better in my mouth. I could be off, but they seem to smoke cooler to me than straights. I admit they are a tad wetter, but I don't gurgle too much. And when I do, it doesn't bug me as much.

I don't believe I have a single straight in my better pipes. The only straights I have are from the economy Bjarnes that I experimented with as a younger adult; I don't remember what the ones I smoked as a kid were.

[Kayak_Rat]

Totally depends on what I am doing while smoking. If I am setting just to enjoy a smoke, its prolly a straight. If I am going to be working with my hands, its usually a 3/4 bent. Most often me Peterson that MrC gave me way back when.

[Alyks]

I like the bent ones. I've gotten some juice coming back on me with a couple of straight ones. Also the bent ones make me feel like I can solve a mystery or something.

[snkbyt]

1/2 bend.................hangs better and no juice back flow

[monsoon]

Originally Posted by snkbyt

1/2 bend.................hangs better and no juice back flow

1/4 & 1/2 bents here. I've a couple of straights ... a drug store grabow and a Pete silver spigot .. just can't seem to get the feel for them & if I look up ... well .... I'm doomed with a mouthfull of icki-poo. Yes ... the technical term for this is ... icki-poo.

[Mad Hatter]

I prefer the bent. Don't believe I have any full bent except maybe one. The others are all 1/2 - 1/4. Easier to light, more comfortable to hold, hang better and no (technically speaking) "icky-poo". I do have some straight clays but I can angle those well enough. Might get a straight someday......... but maybe not.

[TexasOutlaw]

I forgot about the poopy goo, wait what was the technical name again?
But yes you have to let it hand low. I was fixing to get me a (straight) Bulldog peterson.. maybe I should stick with my Rhodesian or bent squat bulls.

Has anyone noticed that in most pictures of people smoking straights, they hand straight out? They must be gargling with it.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by TexasOutlaw

I forgot about the poopy goo, wait what was the technical name again?
But yes you have to let it hand low. I was fixing to get me a (straight) Bulldog peterson.. maybe I should stick with my Rhodesian or bent squat bulls.

Has anyone noticed that in most pictures of people smoking straights, they hand straight out? They must be gargling with it.

Yep. Must be well-dried non-aros

[American Psycho-Analyst]

I prefer straight pipes. Why? Because they are easier to clean. Because they are easier to clean, they usually are more clean than my bent pipes. Because they are generally more clean than my bent pipes, they smoke better. Consequently, if I haven't already mentioned this, I prefer straight pipes. The vast preponderance of pipes that I own are straight pipes.

[IHT]

majority of my pipes are between 1/8 to 1/4 to 1/2 bent, only a couple that are straight.

some feel that straight pipes smoke better and are less apt to "gurgle".

[EvanS]

I have more slight bents to only a couple of straights, but i can't really say i have a huge preference. Mostly the bents have a styling that catches my eye, but the straights i have smoke just fine and I never clench a pipe anyway

[DubintheDam]

Bents are more comfortable, straights look super cool and dapper IMHO, and as I am more cool and dapper than comfortable, in general, I have more straights than bents. To me, my cool and stylish bents are my Larsen Zulu black sandblast and my Rattray's Rhodesian black sandblast, I guess you could say all my cool bents are African. As with music, as with pipes...LOL

[PaulMac]

Out of my pipes, I think I have about 15 or so bents, mostly 1/2, and only 1 or 2 straight. I wanna add some straights but I do prefer the bents for most things

[Arizona]

Mostly straight for me. I have a couple 1/4 bent, but prefer a straight pipe.

[Mister Moo]

Gurgle-schmurgle - I can get all of 'em to drool in my mouth if the tobak is wet enuff or the pipe isn't built right.

I like the look of a bent pipe but prefer a straight for easy cleaning; except I like the gentle bent CS/Tinsky pipe cause it smokes so well; except I like my full bent Tinsky dublin because it smokes so well; except I like my straight Pete bulldog cause it smokes so well; except...

I like pipes that smoke well; leaning to any bent when needing hands free.