I've always thought of this pipe as "attractively ugly." Like a Boston Terrier, maybe, or a Ford Taurus.
My best guess is it started out to be a vanilla quarter-bent Dublin, a flaw appeared near the rim so a bulldog-ish bevel was done, then either another flaw was uncovered that made the shaper flatten the sides, or he just wanted to slenderize it because it looked too much like a mushroom after the bevel.
In any event, the final result was a FlatSidedDubDog. 8)
Charatan's policy of only hand shaping, and always chasing grain, could lead anywhere. :lol: Sometimes it bordered on comic relief the same way GBD Uniques did.
That's a good thing, though. The non-pipe-smoking public thinks we're a stodgy, pontificating lot with over-represented facial hair and no sense of humor. (Which is wrong, of course, we're a stodgy, pontificating lot with over-represented facial hair and an offbeat sense of humor.)
Nice wood, unusual grain orientation, and beautiful color (imo).
56.0 grams, 6.5" long
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My best guess is it started out to be a vanilla quarter-bent Dublin, a flaw appeared near the rim so a bulldog-ish bevel was done, then either another flaw was uncovered that made the shaper flatten the sides, or he just wanted to slenderize it because it looked too much like a mushroom after the bevel.
In any event, the final result was a FlatSidedDubDog. 8)
Charatan's policy of only hand shaping, and always chasing grain, could lead anywhere. :lol: Sometimes it bordered on comic relief the same way GBD Uniques did.
That's a good thing, though. The non-pipe-smoking public thinks we're a stodgy, pontificating lot with over-represented facial hair and no sense of humor. (Which is wrong, of course, we're a stodgy, pontificating lot with over-represented facial hair and an offbeat sense of humor.)
Nice wood, unusual grain orientation, and beautiful color (imo).
56.0 grams, 6.5" long
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