I'm going to use this pictured briar horn as an example:
I'm chit chatting with the lady at Pipe Maker's Emporium about their block sizes, and my next briar pipe will be with better briar, for sure, and it's going to be a horn.
Now this might be a bit of a tall order to get proper advice, not sure if anyone here has ever made a horn like this, or owns one.
Am I wrong in noticing that the chamber is also horn shaped on this pipe? Obviously shaping the chamber is a significant amount of extra work, but really I'm wondering how a pipe with such a shaped chamber will smoke.
It does add something to the "image" of the pipe, it's eye appeal, but is it really the best thing for smoking, or would a standard straight drilled chamber be a better choice?
I'm chit chatting with the lady at Pipe Maker's Emporium about their block sizes, and my next briar pipe will be with better briar, for sure, and it's going to be a horn.
Now this might be a bit of a tall order to get proper advice, not sure if anyone here has ever made a horn like this, or owns one.
Am I wrong in noticing that the chamber is also horn shaped on this pipe? Obviously shaping the chamber is a significant amount of extra work, but really I'm wondering how a pipe with such a shaped chamber will smoke.
It does add something to the "image" of the pipe, it's eye appeal, but is it really the best thing for smoking, or would a standard straight drilled chamber be a better choice?