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''Many thanks to Bill Burney for permission to use his fantastic [http://aspipes.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=41 A.S.P. Shapes Chart]''
'''Many thanks to Bill Burney for permission to use his fantastic Pipes shape chart, which he originally developed for Alt.Smokers.Pipes (A.S.P.)'''
 
 


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[[File:Zulu-button.gif|link=Zulu/Woodstock]]
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[[File:Pear-button.gif|link=Pear/Accorn]]
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[[File:Calabash-button.gif|link=Calabash]]
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* Curious about the origin of the names we use for various traditional pipe shapes? Some shape names, like the Brandy, or the Apple, for instance, are at least somewhat descriptive of the shape. Many others are not. [[Ben Rapaport]] recently (November 2023) did a deep dive on this subject: '''[[A Salmagundi of Briar Pipe Shapes and Names]]'''