Prince vs Apple

Bloodhound · Post by **Bloodhound** » 10 May 2022, 12:10

Isn't the Prince shape just a smallish Apple or Squashed Tomato?

Thoughts? Does anyone besides A. Morley really like the Prince shape?

GaryInVA · Post by **GaryInVA** » 10 May 2022, 12:11

I am a lover of the prince shape pipe. It's a bit more delicate than an apple shape.

Post by **Biff** » 10 May 2022, 12:11

I thought this was going to be about The Artist Formerly Known as... and a monolithic corporation. This is much more boring.

FredS · Post by **FredS** » 10 May 2022, 12:16

I think the Prince came along before we started naming pipes after food so those others are just variations on the Prince shape. I like them. The faint bend makes it a little more comfortable and the typically smallish size lends itself to my current smoking routine.

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 10 May 2022, 15:44

I lump them both together. I have a few Prince's, but only three that I enjoy. One, an Ashton, is one of those can't do anything wrong pipes. Every blend smokes and tastes better from this pipe.

joegoat · Post by **joegoat** » 10 May 2022, 18:58

A prince typically has a longer, usually curved stem does it not?

Bloodhound · Post by **Bloodhound** » 02 Jun 2022, 11:50

Well I packed up my Prince in my fishing kit and then forgot about it. I was pulling my waders out to get ready for fishing and the pipe in a pipe sock fell and hit the floor. Now it needs a stem repair...I don't know how I went 10+ years without breaking a pipe, and now it seems I break one every 6 months like clockwork.

DLJake · Post by **DLJake** » 02 Jun 2022, 15:25

GaryInVA wrote: ↑10 May 2022, 12:11 I am a lover of the prince shape pipe. It's a bit more delicate than an apple shape.

Indeed, squire.

I have a Dunhill Prince from the mid-1980s. Straight stem, which is not aligned with the traditional Prince stem of 1/4 or less of bend.

I also have a SlowToke Prince that some notable pipe makers have said it is the Plutonic Prince shape.

Is this bragging? Feels like bragging.

OK. So. Like.

I'm totally bragging.

Bloodhound · Post by **Bloodhound** » 02 Jun 2022, 15:33

DLJake wrote: ↑02 Jun 2022, 15:25
GaryInVA wrote: ↑10 May 2022, 12:11 I am a lover of the prince shape pipe. It's a bit more delicate than an apple shape.
Indeed, squire.

I have a Dunhill Prince from the mid-1980s. Straight stem, which is not aligned with the traditional Prince stem of 1/4 or less of bend.

I also have a SlowToke Prince that some notable pipe makers have said it is the Plutonic Prince shape.

Is this bragging? Feels like bragging.

OK. So. Like.

I'm totally bragging.

If you are going to brag about your Prince Pipes you need to post a pic of them...Dunhill and a Teipen...gotta see pic of those

FredS · Post by **FredS** » 02 Jun 2022, 16:23

Here's a pack of princes I made a while back. They still needed polished and stem bending. Uncle Bob's wife bought him one of the bottom two, I don't remember which. Those two are yuge for this shape. A couple others may have gone to CPS'ers too. The one second from bottom has a large band of swirly white bakelite that will turn to that creamy yellow color seen at the bottom of the picture. I have an set of old steak knives with what I thought was yellow handles, but when I cut into them I was surprised to find them white.