A Dunhill LC and a Former Stacked Bulldog had a Baby

[georged]

What's with my recent love for large pipes? Because of the fizziks. They're a de facto reverse calabash with the dead air chamber filled with unburned tobacco. Meaning the next puff gets to marinate in a matrix of unburned tobacco AND cool down a bit before being snorfed. The flavor enhancement is eye opening.

So. Anyway. Apparently (unarguably, really), some collection's 1920's Dunhill LC sneaked off and did the deed with the Former stacked doggie shown in the photo (how pipes know where each other are located, or how they travel, I have no idea), and the following resulted.

The recurve shank and size gene was is all LC. (The offspring isn't a giant, but definitely a handful---halfway between a regular pipe and a true giant. Chamber size .92" x 2.55" The Lovat in the size comparison shot is a Group 4 shape 40).

The bowl design, finish, and blade-style stem came from the Former.

The wabi-sabi patch of burl on the rim is a recessive trait, I figure. A reminder that some pipe up the line (great grandma, maybe?) was a non-conformist smartass.

Boy howdy, do I love this pipe. Comfortable in hand, comfortable to clench (the stem is so good it nullifies the weight), and tobacco has never tasted better (I wish I'd discovered the big chamber thing years ago).










Mommy pipe:






Daddy pipe:

 

[OzPiper]

I usually don't like stack Bulldogs,
But this, I like.
Very much.

 

[beefeater33]

That's a true beauty! I keep all my pipes together in hopes they produce some offspring, but so far............. NOTHING! What's the secret?
Also curious what that baby weighs........... I'll guess around 75 grams?

 

[ssjones]

I can see that fitting the hand quite nicely. Well done.
I love the patch of burl, rather like Cindy Crawfords beauty mark.

 

[georged]

Also curious what that baby weighs........... I'll guess around 75 grams?

Just now tossed in on le scale --- 89.8 grams

 

[didimauw]

Who made it? Did I miss something?

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

That's a fine looking pipe sir. It does look comfy indeed, albeit it large.
Congrats

 

[georged]

Who made it? Did I miss something?

Whoops.

In my excitement I forgot to say.

Doug Finlay is the human who had his mind controlled in a combinatorial way by the LC and StackDog shown. (Such mind control is how pipes makes babies)

 

[didimauw]

Whoops.

In my excitement I forgot to say.

Doug Finlay is the human who had his mind controlled in a combinatorial way by the LC and StackDog shown. (Such mind control is how pipes makes babies)

Very nice! Beautiful pipe. Too large for my wimpy jaw tho! Haha

 

[verporchting]

Snorfed. A most excellent term!

The pipe is wicked cool too.

 

[jguss]

I keep all my pipes together in hopes they produce some offspring, but so far............. NOTHING! What's the secret?

My pipe unions are sterile too. Each pipe blames the other but between us I think dad’s shooting blanks. Maybe the stem fits too tightly into the shank.

 

[OzPiper]

My pipe unions are sterile too. Each pipe blames the other but between us I think dad’s shooting blanks. Maybe the stem fits too tightly into the shank.

It's the bit of rubber at the end of the pipe

 

[didimauw]

Was this a commission you had made?

 

[jguss]

It's the bit of rubber at the end of the pipe

Is that why it's called a softie?

 

[beefeater33]

My pipe unions are sterile too. Each pipe blames the other but between us I think dad’s shooting blanks. Maybe the stem fits too tightly into the shank.

I've been playing some Barry White............ Hoping for the best!...........

 

[georged]

Was this a commission you had made?

No.

I'm actually just test driving it.

Here's the story: Doug is super-serious about making things The Best They Can Be whatever they are, and doubly so when his name is on it.

He developed a high-end Danish-y look and feel finish (fingerprint-repellent, not too satin-y and not too glossy, but just right), but didn't want to "release it to the public" until its durability was known.

Since I smoke pipes at about 20 times his rate (seriously), and live in the same city + belong to the same club, he wondered if I'd make the enormous sacrifice of smoking the crap out of it and report along the way. And if the pipe didn't burn up or explode, be willing to keep it forever after the test period ended.

He's a demanding man, that Doug, but in the spirit of sparing someone else the labor of the Great Finish Test Task of 2022, I agreed to his conditions.

 

[jguss]

I've been playing some Barry White............ Hoping for the best!...........

I tried Barry White too; and Sinatra; Sousa marches; Bolero; even some of Yoko’s more melodic work (I mean you really never know). Nothing. Maybe pipe porn?

 

[georged]

Maybe pipe porn?

Bingo

Greg Pease's calendars should fit the bill nicely.

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