The Odyssey of the Oom Paul Pipe: A Hungarian … Really?

 

(Smoking Jacket) Rummaging around the Internet in spring 2014, I discovered the OomPaul Society of Non Typicals (http://www.oompaul.com/), and noticed that it had been an active organization for some six years. I scrolled through the online commentaries looking for a post or two either about the person (Oom Paul Kruger) to whom (allegedly) this unique pipe shape is attributed, or for something about a recent Internet online discussion as to whether the Oom Paul is more accurately called “Hungarian.” At times the Oom Paul has been known by another name, “Hungarian Bent” and, just as frequently, “Bent Unter.” Continued