Since I recently purchased my first calabash shaped pipe (a Butz Choquin Maitre Pipier Deluxe hand made) I have become quite attached to the shape. I spied this 'Made In Holland' Big Ben 940 octagonal pipe on Ebay last week and decided it would sit nicely on my rack aside the BC so put in a bid. I won the auction and it arrived on Saturday. To say I am delighted with it would be an understatement, it really is a corker. The only let down is that it is a 9mm filter pipe. I have three such pipes now and they all have to share the adapter I made so perhaps I might splash out and invest in some proper adapters :wink:
Despite having roughly the same external dimensions as the BC, the inner bowl is considerably smaller being steeply conical. The BC will smoke for almost two hours, this Big Ben for a good hour which suits me fine.
A quick buff up of the brass rings on the stem and a couple of coats of Carnauba wax applied to the bowl via the wheel is all that was required to bring this beauty to life. I hunted around the internet looking for another pipe of this design but came up with zilch so possibly only a short run? I shouldn't imagine it was an easy pipe to create.
The black spot on the bowl in the third picture is a singe mark from a cigarette or cigar and is not a burn through.
Regards,
Jay.
Despite having roughly the same external dimensions as the BC, the inner bowl is considerably smaller being steeply conical. The BC will smoke for almost two hours, this Big Ben for a good hour which suits me fine.
A quick buff up of the brass rings on the stem and a couple of coats of Carnauba wax applied to the bowl via the wheel is all that was required to bring this beauty to life. I hunted around the internet looking for another pipe of this design but came up with zilch so possibly only a short run? I shouldn't imagine it was an easy pipe to create.
The black spot on the bowl in the third picture is a singe mark from a cigarette or cigar and is not a burn through.
Regards,
Jay.
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