A Little Too Weird For Me

[mcitinner1]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1971-KERRY-S-WATHEN-UNIQUE-CARVED-PIPE-A-SITTER-/321621099758?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ae21c84ee
Opinions :?

 

[agnosticpipe]

That is wild looking pipe! Reminds me of coral, and possibly just as sharp. Might need to wear leather gloves to smoke it! :lol:

 

[mcitinner1]

Hey Orley you should make that photo with your new pipe your avatar. That's a handsome pic. 8)

 

[agnosticpipe]

@mcitinner1: The one I just posted with the old Italian pipe?

 

[mcitinner1]

That's the one, yes.

 

[snagstangl]

And some say Estella's are blasted to hell, its not a sitter or a clencher or holder then what is it?

 

[bulldogbriar89]

I agree with Orley it looks like a pice of Coral, or maybe a really rooted out pice of a log.

 

[papipeguy]

It's not my cup of tea but it does remind me of some of the work that Preban Holm did for the Harcourt line, owned by Dunhill, at the same period. I supposed that was considered avant garde at the time.

 

[boilermakerandy]

That's one weird looking pipe.

 

[jcsnaps]

Didn't Micoli do that sort of extreme rustication on pipes and have it well received at the time. Even now Micoli's pipes seem to command large dollars for what looks like a drunk with a dremmel got lose on a pipe.

 

[agnosticpipe]

@mcitinner1: sorry, but after talking it over with my wife, she decided she wanted in on the avatar too! Not gonna argue that, she's great and smokes a pipe too! ::
@jcsnaps: I agree with the Micoli reference. I had one in the 80s, and sold it as it was not comfortable to hold.

 

[adam12]

Looks painful!

 

[puffy]

I hate sharp edges on pipes.

 

[mcitinner1]

Ha Ha Ha...Welcome Mrs Orley! 8)

 

[darwin]

Geez. The thing looks like it's been assaulted by a million termites.

 

[darthcider]

The mouthpiece spoils it for me, it looks like cheap plastic.

Think it would sit on the shelf and never get smoked, but a different mouthpiece would improve its looks a lot.

 

[huntertrw]

mcitinner1:
I can think of only one word with which to describe this pipe: hideous!

 

[ssjones]

That finish is oddly appealing to me, but not $200 worth.

 

[elpfeife]

Ah, a mutant pipe! One can probably assume it is lightly smoked.

 

[desertpipe]

If you collect Mocoli's or similar pipes, the stranger examples seem to command the best resale prices. Three collectors seem to want that one for their collection. It would be fun to see the collection of the one who valued it to that level, as I expect this is not the only example of this style in his collection.