Aerobilliard

[peckinpahhombre]

I like my Negoita reverse calabash so much that I took the leap and ordered a Radice Aerobilliard from neat pipes. Also grabbed a Radice ashtray while I was at it.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Here's the only bigger shot I could muster

 

[peckinpahhombre]

This might work for the ashtray

 

[peckinpahhombre]

The ashtray is made of briar - different for sure

 

[peckinpahhombre]

The neatpipes site doesn't allow you to capture images very easily in large format - except the main images.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

I like the visual of using a cowpatty as an ashtray

 

[kashmir]

Nice one peck. I almost went for that one too. Lovely field of bird's eye on it. And the ashtray is killer. I'd be afraid to use it. It's so nice. If you ever tire of it you can use it as a briar block to carve an Eskimo. Enjoy!

 

[fishnbanjo]

Nice Peck.... did you see the one Luca had made for me?
It's Morta! :D

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Hey fish - that is a gorgeous pipe. Ingenious idea to get a morta in that design.

 

[fishnbanjo]

It smokes grand too, I have found it cakes quicker than my 6 other Morta pipes do and just finished smoking Anniversary Kake in all 7 of them and will be doing a write up on my findings for another forum that asked me to do it. I know you'll enjoy yours, mine came with a Neatpipes pillow, a gorgeous tamper/cleaner with a Radice sack for it and drawstring bag for the pipe, Luca also has the care instruction on his Pipe in the Sky photo on the back. Got the pipe in 56 hours from Italy to a small town in Maine after paying for it.

 

[mirain]

Just jumping on the bandwagon here. This is a great smoker. Gotta hand it to Radice when it comes to quality and packaging. The pillow was an interesting find when opening the box. The cleaning tool adds to the experience.
Fish: that morta is a beauty.

 

[quincy]

Is that really the size of the ashtray?? It's like a coffee table!

 

[neverknowsbest]

The birdseye on your aerobilliard is spectacular! I love that smokey contrast finish.
The pipe pictured on top of the ashtray looks very small (like novelty small), which makes me think the ashtray is not as large as implied. How big is it actually?

 

[peckinpahhombre]

The pipe on top of the ashtray is just a carved handle or knob to lift the top off - ie the handle looks like a pipe. The dimeter of the ashtray is about 7 inches

 

[gray4lines]

Bump. You guys who have aerobilliards, how do you like them? I was looking at these and never noticed the "reverse calabash" design. I'm not exactly sure what a reverse calabash is, but I presume the chamber in the shank captures moisture...

 

[gray4lines]

I see some of the reverse calabash Radice's made it to Smoking Pipes too.

 

[gtclark]

You guys who have aerobilliards, how do you like them?

+1 I've been wondering about these as well...

 

[peckinpahhombre]

I have three different reverse calabash pipes, one of which is a Radice Aerobilliard, Do I think they smoke any cooler than any other high quality briar pipe? Not that I can detect. That is my personal view. I am sure others will vehemently disagree.

 

[gtclark]

Do I think they smoke any cooler than any other high quality briar pipe? Not that I can detect.

Thanks for the update, Peck. The design is very novel, and I'd like to own one eventually, but it seems like its not the last word in pipe engineering...
On a side note, I'm sure it smokes a great deal cooler than a conventional pipe of similar length, correct?

 

[peckinpahhombre]

On a side note, I'm sure it smokes a great deal cooler than a conventional pipe of similar length, correct?
I don't really know, as I don't own any other pipes that are that short