The Bulldog is a classic, sturdy shape, considered masculine by many, perhaps because of its rigid, geometric form enforced by the diamond shank and angles of the bowl above and below the beadline. This Ropp Bulldog, has a bowl that lifts a bit higher than the traditional form, with a slightly more slender bowl. Crisp and sharp ridgelines define the shank and travel into the stem to maintain the geometry, while cheeking at the transition maintains the bowl shape beautifully. The beadlines are set centrally around the bowl's waist and display the briar's natural, lighter hue to contrast the stain's ruby overtones.

Ropp's Ruby line presents a more colorful palette than the French marque's other series, dressing each pipe in a crimson sandblast. Such a stain hearkens back to old-school French and English pipes, and the retro style is furthered by the inclusion of new old-stock stems of genuine horn