Zitat. "Err, "tolerable" grain on this one ;) I mentioned in a previous Facebook update that I was working with a new style of spoon bit designed by Ken Lamb, one meant to improve on a few performance issues of previous spoon bits, and this is the first pipe made from it. The entire pipe was shaped by hand first, then drilled using Ken's bit (again by hand), and then finished. It worked out pretty well, really, and helped to produce this very grain-specific shape. It is gleefully, purposefully asymmetrical in design detailing while functionally proper - passes a cleaner easily. I used my custom tenon tip design to guide the smoke evenly from bowl to bit. It's a big bowl, roughly the standard group 5-ish size that I seem to always unconsciously make, but with more compact dimensions than usual. A close look at the styling will show how the flat panel sides split away as they near the stem, to curl outwards and become the flares of the stem decor. So, with perfect grain like this, why is it not a grade 5? A couple of tiny pinprick spots. That little difference will save somebody $250 off the cost of a grade 5. I do think this is some of the most extraordinary grain one is likely to find in a pipe of this price range, though.
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Arno
, 21.06.2010 16:04
