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[[File:bill.gif|thumb|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts, by Bill Burney, Copyright 2003-2011 (used by permission; all rights reserved)]] | |||
[[File:Billiard-var.gif|thumb|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts, by Bill Burney, Copyright 2003-2011 (used by permission; all rights reserved)]] | |||
[[ | Group: [[Billiard]], [[Bent Billiard]], [[Pot]]. | ||
[ | The following is Bill Burney's excellent essay on on the Billiard shape, which he wrote for A.S.P.[http://aspipes.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31:the-billiard&catid=21:essays&Itemid=147] and is used here by permission: | ||
The | == The Billiard == | ||
[[File:Bill2.jpg|thumb|left|225px]] | |||
[[File:Billiard.gif|thumb|275px|The Billiard]] | |||
'''''by Bill Burney'''' | |||
'''February 2010''' | '''February 2010''' | ||
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Many other shapes are based on the classic Billiard. For example, make the bowl a bit rounder and you have an Apple. Make the shank longer and the stem shorter and you have a Liverpool. Make the bowl taller and it's a Stack, shorter and it's a Pot. Make the bottom of the bowl flat and you have a Poker. | Many other shapes are based on the classic Billiard. For example, make the bowl a bit rounder and you have an Apple. Make the shank longer and the stem shorter and you have a Liverpool. Make the bowl taller and it's a Stack, shorter and it's a Pot. Make the bottom of the bowl flat and you have a Poker. | ||
There are also variations that are like subcategories. If you put a saddle stem on a billiard, you have a Saddle Billiard. You can also have an oval shank or a diamond shank or a thin "pencil" shank. The bowl and/or shank can have flat panels resulting in a Panel Billiard. A box-shaped bowl with a square shank is a "Four-Square" Billiard. | |||
Billiards are made straight, 1/8 bent, 1/4 bent, 1/2 bent, 3/4 bent and full bent. There may be a way to accurately measure which is which, but I haven't seen much precision applied to this feature. Particularly between 3/4 bend and full bent, the naming seems very approximate in practice. The full bent, a good choice if you're a clencher, is sometimes called a Hungarian or an Oom Paul. | Billiards are made straight, 1/8 bent, 1/4 bent, 1/2 bent, 3/4 bent and full bent. There may be a way to accurately measure which is which, but I haven't seen much precision applied to this feature. Particularly between 3/4 bend and full bent, the naming seems very approximate in practice. The full bent, a good choice if you're a clencher, is sometimes called a Hungarian or an Oom Paul. | ||
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Saddle Stem Billiards are marked with (s), Pots are marked with (p), Stacks with (c), Bents with (b) and Military or Army mounts with (a). | Saddle Stem Billiards are marked with (s), Pots are marked with (p), Stacks with (c), Bents with (b) and Military or Army mounts with (a). | ||
*'''Barling''': 1100, 1195, 1265(p), 2105 | * '''Barling''': 1100, 1195, 1265(p), 2105 | ||
*'''BBB''': 606, 636, 667, 638, 304(b) | * '''BBB''': 606, 636, 667, 638, 304(b) | ||
*'''Charatan''': 12x, 420, 148x(p), 48x(p), 211(b) | * '''Charatan''': 12x, 420, 148x(p), 48x(p), 211(b) | ||
*'''Dunhill''': 114, LB, 710, 59, 577(s), 39(s), 57(a), 120(b), 501(p) | * '''Dunhill''': 114, LB, 710, 59, 577(s), 39(s), 57(a), 120(b), 501(p) | ||
*'''GBD''': 9457, 135T, 2515T, 122, 124, 133, 9435(s), 9442(s), 9447(s), 347s(s), 392(s), 508T(b), 867(b), 508(b), 107(p), 116(p), 117(p) | * '''GBD''': 9457, 135T, 2515T, 122, 124, 133, 9435(s), 9442(s), 9447(s), 347s(s), 392(s), 508T(b), 867(b), 508(b), 107(p), 116(p), 117(p) | ||
*'''Comoy's''': 105, 6, 74, 131, 431, 341, 106, 112, 245, 405, 206, 47, 340, 189, 97, 64, 292, 98, 28, 270, 110, 291, 185, 332, 186, 27(s), 6(s), 484(s), 182(s), 437(s), 554(s) | * '''Comoy's''': 105, 6, 74, 131, 431, 341, 106, 112, 245, 405, 206, 47, 340, 189, 97, 64, 292, 98, 28, 270, 110, 291, 185, 332, 186, 27(s), 6(s), 484(s), 182(s), 437(s), 554(s) | ||
*'''Peterson''': 957, 951, 3024, 902(a), 953, 934(c), 3214(c), 914(c), 689(p), 686(p), 2001(b), 968(b), 936(b) | * '''Peterson''': 957, 951, 3024, 902(a), 953, 934(c), 3214(c), 914(c), 689(p), 686(p), 2001(b), 968(b), 936(b) | ||
*'''Sasieni''': 16 Regent(b), 17 Rutland(b), 19 Pembroke, 39A Felsted, 55 Buckingham | * '''Sasieni''': 16 Regent(b), 17 Rutland(b), 19 Pembroke, 39A Felsted, 55 Buckingham | ||
*'''Stanwell''': 03, 12, 14, 29, 41(a), 42(a), 45(p), 51, 53, 58, 60(c), 57, 61, 66(c), 72, 80(s), 81(c), 95(c), 98(p), 80R(b), 89R(p), 82R, 81R | * '''Stanwell''': 03, 12, 14, 29, 41(a), 42(a), 45(p), 51, 53, 58, 60(c), 57, 61, 66(c), 72, 80(s), 81(c), 95(c), 98(p), 80R(b), 89R(p), 82R, 81R | ||
*'''Savinelli''': 1011, 1014(s), 1002, 4006, 1025(p), 1024(p), 505(s), 3006(p), 1018(p), 1015(p), 6007(b), 1026(s), 4014(s), 6002(b) | * '''Savinelli''': 1011, 1014(s), 1002, 4006, 1025(p), 1024(p), 505(s), 3006(p), 1018(p), 1015(p), 6007(b), 1026(s), 4014(s), 6002(b) | ||
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