What do You See in this Pipe?

[lraisch]

My wife (who used to help me select pipes back when we had B&M tobacconists) saw the pipe on my computer screen and immediately said "that's a beautiful pipe, you should buy it!"

Whatever you say dear.

 

[stoutreader]

Looks well balanced and proportional to me. A good clencher I suspect.

 

[sardonicus87]

I am not too big on the shape personally, not my style, but I love that chamber size (whish I had a pipe with as big a chamber). Grain and staining reminds me of stone, like a marble or something.

 

[Madhatter-boi-]

Id presume it tapered. Id throw in some meer chips and go to town.

Meer chips?

 

[AroEnglish]

Meer chips?

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I’ve done a lot of looking at the pipes on Altinay’s site, but I never noticed these filters till now; https://www.altinaypipes.com/shop/universal-high-absorbent-natural-meerschaum-bowl-filters-10pcs/ Not sure I recall ever seeing a post here about them. These look interesting, what’s the...

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[Sigmund]

These little fellas. They take up space and give a cool dry smoke.

 

[milk]

It looks hideous to me................ the bend of the stem is atrocious, looks like it has a "kink" in it.
But if it trips your trigger, by all means buy it........

This is an odd detail. It’s something that obviously repels in your case and attracts in mine. Maybe I should start a thread for pipes with idiosyncratic details. I don’t own a pipe like this actually. I think maybe the early Stanwell/Ivarsson designs do unequivocally what this pipe does with equivocation (in some people’s eyes, I expect). I guess that’s Ivarsson’s genius.

 

[milk]

Some lucky bum bought this pipe

 

[Zero]

Some lucky bum bought this pipe

Sorry you missed it. My only Elliott Nachwalter. Maybe you could give me a reading, you seem to have a flare

 

[milk]

Sorry you missed it. My only Elliott Nachwalter. Maybe you could give me a reading, you seem to have a flareView attachment 291337

That’s also a real beauty! He does great with curves and stem-work.