I'm Going To Call This School of Design...

georged

Lifer

Mar 7, 2013

5,535

14,207

• Jun 24, 2019

• #1

"Streamlined Baroque"
Chris is an absolute genius who has been busy re-inventing all sorts of stuff. This recent project involved putting the 17th century into a Vita-Mix blender with the 21st, running on high for a minute, and pouring the result through a "retain best of each" filter:
https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/chris-asteriou/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=328931

 

alaskanpiper

Enabler in Chief

May 23, 2019

9,368

42,475

Alaska

• Jun 24, 2019

• #2

An interesting looking pipe to be sure.

 

brian64

Lifer

Jan 31, 2011

9,629

14,733

• Jun 24, 2019

• #3

That is a magnificent specimen for sure.

 

olkofri

Lifer

Sep 9, 2017

8,048

14,666

The Arm of Orion

• Jun 24, 2019

• #4

I don't care for acorn shapes at all. But THAT one I'd actually buy.

 

georged

Lifer

Mar 7, 2013

5,535

14,207

• Jun 24, 2019

• #5

I don't care for acorn shapes at all. But THAT one I'd actually buy.

Click to expand...

That was exactly my reaction.
Which in turn set my brayne-analyzer-thingie to working, and the tastefulness of the "Baroque elements incorporation" is what I settled on as the reason. :D

 

jpmcwjr

Moderator

Staff member

May 12, 2015

24,708

27,310

Carmel Valley, CA

• Jun 24, 2019

• #6

Sounds good, the Baroque elements thing-a-ma-bob. Here's the first image.

 

dmcmtk

Lifer

Aug 23, 2013

3,672

1,685

• Jun 24, 2019

• #7

Call me crazy, but I'd rather see the plateau on the rim left "natural", not stained.

 

kcghost

Lifer

May 6, 2011

13,419

21,916

77

Olathe, Kansas

• Jun 25, 2019

• #8

I am afraid the dublinesque shape of the bowl would make it way to hot for me.

 

disinformatique

Lifer

Jun 10, 2014

1,763

42

44

Bangalore, India and St. Petersburg Florida

• Jun 25, 2019

• #9

Oh I saw this one before it went for sale. Reminded me of a mix between Sixten Pot and an Acorn.
Cheers,

Chris :puffpipe:

 

ron123

Part of the Furniture Now

Jan 28, 2015

541

984

Park Ridge, IL

• Jun 25, 2019

• #10

I liked this one, as well. He's done some other very original things with silver in the recent past as well. If you look at his Instagram feed...here's a few:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw2iDU4gMf-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw5XnYhHxSY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwz1-KQnRpE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwptUMPH5ht/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I haven't tried to copy and paste Instagram links before, so let's see if this works...

 

madox07

Lifer

Dec 12, 2016

1,823

1,690

• Jun 27, 2019

• #11

Gorgeous looking pipe. How much did it go for? When I click on the link it says "sold" next to the price ...

 

tobefrank

Lifer

Jun 22, 2015

1,367

5,005

Australia

• Jun 27, 2019

• #12

I have found that if you copy the listing description of a pipe on smokingpipes.com and put it into Google, the search listing often still has the list price of the pipe showing.
This one went for USD $600.

 

hawky454

Lifer

Feb 11, 2016

5,338

10,221

Austin, TX

• Jun 27, 2019

• #13

Man, the Vita-Mix is an amazing machine!