Adam Davidson Pipe & Comoy Pipe

[admin]

Now that I have my Comoy pipe back from Ken Davis, here's a comparison shot.
Below: Adam Davidson 2013 Military Mount Billiard with Silver Band.
Above: 1965 Comoy Sandblast Sterling Silver HC hallmark that inspired the AD pipe.
(Click on the photo for a larger version.)

 

[gwtwdbss]

Wow, great commission Kevin. Congrats!

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Sweet pipes. Adam Davidson is a skilled carver and very underrated in my view. I am always on the hunt for his pipes.

 

[pipebow88]

Those are beautiful, I love the graceful lines they have.

B

 

[romeowood]

I was there for the tracing session in Chicago, and I'm duly amazed at how great Adam's interpretation came out. Bravo :clap:

 

[cigrmaster]

Both are great looking pipes. Nice to see an artisan who has the chops to do the classics correctly. Kevin, which one smokes better or do they smoke equally as well?

 

[captainsousie]

Quite nice. Inspired but not copied is hard to do well.

 

[ssjones]

I agree with BB, Adams classic shapes are really well done. (as are Lindners & Jack Howell)

 

[bentmike]

Nice! A little silver work really classes up a pipe. I like them.

 

[bigriggers01]

Two very nice pipes there. That new one shows some serious craftsmanship!

 

[adamgt]

Like Sykes Wilford said, I love this little asymmetrical piece that seems simultaneously influenced by Danish designs from Sixten Ivarsson and Jorn Micke from the 1960s and recent work from Hiroyuki Tokutomi. The bowl seems to be lurching forward and to the right, an impression subtly offset by the bamboo which bends ever so slightly to the left as it progresses towards the bowl. The blast, while light, is very good, with excellent definition of the tight ring grain, terminating into dense, super-spiky plateau on the rim. I love Adam's use of color in this pipe, with the jet black stained sandblasting, the jet black, hand-cut vulcanite stem, and the soft cream colored four-knuckle length of bamboo in between. The contrast is stark, but the radical juxtaposition fits the rest of the pipe with its clean hard edges, sharp points and clear delineation.

 

[ssjones]

adamgt, I think you have the wrong pipe pictured.