After seeing Ryan's rustication method and loving his technique,
I had always wanted one.
I wrote him and asked and he kindly made one for me.
He knocked it out of the park,
I've been smoking this thing constantly.
It came with an uncoated bowl and built a cake quickly with no problems,
it is probably the most sweet smoking pipe I own.
I have only smoked Warrior Plug in it and it delivers the true taste without fail.
It's got a really cool olive greenish ebonite stem, I'd say the color is "avocado mist". :P
I really love it.
That pipe served me so well I decided to ask for another one and once again,
Ryan delivered the goods.
The sunburst stain is gloriously beautiful, as is the orangish cumberland,
I couldn't really capture the stain nuance,
but Ryan's pix are very good to see it:
http://www.aldenpipes.com/sold/56/stubby-chubby-billiard/
Upon request, he also added his Texas stamp,
too cool!
This pipe makes me smile wide with happiness!
I loved how he blasted all the way down the shank without any masking...
And the leather bags he uses are great too,
practical and actually very protective,
this last one was weathered looking and cut to perfect size!
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