Ooms are good for clenching -- weight goes mostly down, not out & down to excess leverage.Are oom Paul's typically heavy? I've never tried one. I think I would like the shape, but I tend to clench.
Coincidentally, I was smoking with my friend, Fred Hanna last evening and this very topic came up. Fred said he had written an article* several years ago advocating following Dunhill's lead and calling the shape "Hungarian" rather than "Oom Paul" because Paul Kruger was a prominent symbol of white Calvinist South African racism. He confirmed his research with his South African friend, Dr. Robert Schrire.Welcome to the forum! Would love to see photos.
I hate Oom Pauls, but love Hungarians.
"Uncle Paul" Kruger was a complete shit and doesn't deserve to have a pipe shape named after him, especially since no one has shown he even smoked Hungarians.
Rant over. You may now return to your regular programming.
Not disagreeing but you always see pipe-makers refer to the shape as Oom-Paul.Coincidentally, I was smoking with my friend, Fred Hanna last evening and this very topic came up. Fred said he had written an article* several years ago advocating following Dunhill's lead and calling the shape "Hungarian" rather than "Oom Paul" because Paul Kruger was a prominent symbol of white Calvinist South African racism. He confirmed his research with his South African friend, Dr. Robert Schrire.
*The Pipe Collector, Volume 14, Number 1, February, 2006.
The article also appears in Fred's book, The Perfect Smoke.