I like bamboo shanks. This is a beautiful pipe, sir. And what I find visually interesting is the look and texture of the birdseye blast. Really, really, really smart.
That's a beaut. I love bamboo shanks. They look cool. They are incredible light, yet also strong. And a bamboo shank really does make a pipe smoke cool.
There is a Strawberry Tree out there, Arbutus unedo , which is related more to cranberries and blueberries but it has nothing to do with strawberry fruit to my knowledge (Fragaria ananassa). It does has red fruit with the seeds on the outside though.....and beautiful uses for pipes.
Yes, it is the bowl shape, I was tired after a day in the deer woods that I typed wood rather than bowl, the interior shows the grain it is not blasted, thanks all.