I have not seen and heard about this pipe much. Except one of the forum members here own a piece (As read from an old thread). I have seen two examples sold in smoking pipes websites before.
The seller claims that this is unsmoked. There is a bowl coating and with my limited knowledge I cannot say if it is indeed unsmoked. The rest of the pipe is superb clean, so it is either really unsmoked or an excellent work of restoration. The Lucite stem is excellent but the six dots have faded / corroded.
There are two flaws with this pipe
I have mixed emotions about this pipe, but the happy thing is this is a weird piece of Sasieni history and it seems this is extremely rare
The box is authentic... the pipe sock does not seem authentic.
The seller claims that this is unsmoked. There is a bowl coating and with my limited knowledge I cannot say if it is indeed unsmoked. The rest of the pipe is superb clean, so it is either really unsmoked or an excellent work of restoration. The Lucite stem is excellent but the six dots have faded / corroded.
There are two flaws with this pipe
- The shape is a bit weird and not symmetrical. While it looks classic, with this asymmetry, it qualifies as a Freehand.
- While it is designed as a sitter, the bowl is heavy, so it really does not sit.
I have mixed emotions about this pipe, but the happy thing is this is a weird piece of Sasieni history and it seems this is extremely rare
The box is authentic... the pipe sock does not seem authentic.