Funny but not: You're probably right that's what the maker had in mind, but the guys who INVENTED the free-form Scandinavian breakaway movement in the 60's and 70's---up through to today's still-living masters like Teddy---would probably want to smack him upside the head (to use a Southernism) for such a thing.I don't think that you are actually supposed to smoke that pipe.
It can be yours for the low, low price of $1999 - Unsmoked Takeo Arita Smooth Birdseye Freehand PipeDo you really want to char the brim of a $700 pipe? Or $1,700, or whatever.
Match over the center of the bowl.How the **** would you light it without scorching the rim?
Yeah, it's not like I'd ever buy something like that - unless maybe I won the lottery. Hell, I'm still feeling guilty about the $150 I paid for my Moretti last month. Although, I have to confess that I fell a little less guilty every time I smoke it ::That ebay seller is one of the biggest jokes on there. I have seen his pipes sitting month after month, year after year. He is trying to sell Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne pipes that retail for 150.00 or so for 300.00.
I wouldn't let that get anywhere near my bowels. Workmanship, pretty good. Result as to a smoking pipe? D-.I'd be more concerned about how nasty that bowel coating would taste.
HA! I guess it was inevitable I would eventually do that on a pipe forum.I wouldn't let that get anywhere near my bowels.
I have that same coating on a Winslow I bought last month. It's basically just a carbon pre-coat. It didn't affect the taste and seems to have significantly shortened the break-in period.I'd be more concerned about how nasty that bowel coating would taste.
Harris, I was going to say the same thing if you hadn't. Some cool pieces but marking up pipes by carvers who still live and breath, and most of which would do a commission for less.That ebay seller is one of the biggest jokes on there. I have seen his pipes sitting month after month, year after year.