Quote Originally Posted by Branzig View Post
Always preferred a straight pipe. Never cared for bends and 99% of my collection are all straight stem....but recently I've been on a bit of a bend kick for some reason....they're all I want to smoke right now.

I guess the safe thing to do is make your collection a 50/50 split.
Funny you say that.
My collection is rather small. I have 13 briar pipes and only one is a bent.
However that one gets quite a bit of use. It's an unfinished Savinelli Series III and is a wonderful smoker.
The only thing that is a must is that it has to pass a pipe cleaner. No use for a pipe that won't.