Cutty Madness. Match 4.
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I prefer the lines running through the shank to the bit on number two, and the forward cant on the bowl. But for some reason I keep coming back to look at number one, I’m not sure why but it gets my vote.
It is, and it sits remarkably stable for how tiny those little walrus flippers are.
#2. I don’t remember there being a rule about how many nubs a cutty can have. #1 is a Devil Anse in my opinion, being a straight, thin shanked and canted egg.
While I love when mammoth gets used in smoking gear, the egg shape of the first pipe feels off putting—it doesn't feel enough like a cutty and deviates too much from the classic cutty shape—it's an egg and fails because of that. The two feet on the second one is a nice variation on the cutty form, still feels like a cutty, and gets my vote.
Another tough choice but gotta go with #2. Love the craggy blast and horn mount. I have mixed feelings about the "feet", but the other features win out overall.
I have always had mixed feelings about walrus feet. Aesthetically, I have always found them goofy as hell. However, on a more utilitarian shape such as this (rather than the usual danish sweeping egg type you see them on) they are impressively functional. I've come around a bit.
This is extremely tough.
Normally, the only colored stems I'm into are either old bakelite or white acrylic. Yet this color is a head-turner, and fits the natural briar well. I think I love it without wanting it in my collection. A pleasant piece to oggle on somebody else's shelf, but it would be out of place on my shelf.
I also love the long shank, and the canted egg bowl (even if it isn't a cutty).
But the dark blast, traditional shaping, and horn stem win me over to #2, despite the flippers which I actually sort of hate. It wins for my personal tastes even with the flippers, but it would win more solidly without them.
Normally, the only colored stems I'm into are either old bakelite or white acrylic. Yet this color is a head-turner, and fits the natural briar well. I think I love it without wanting it in my collection. A pleasant piece to oggle on somebody else's shelf, but it would be out of place on my shelf.
I also love the long shank, and the canted egg bowl (even if it isn't a cutty).
But the dark blast, traditional shaping, and horn stem win me over to #2, despite the flippers which I actually sort of hate. It wins for my personal tastes even with the flippers, but it would win more solidly without them.
No.1 looks like a Devil Anse to me, No.2 is like a walrus/Cutty, a Callrus? Maybe a Wutty? I’m gonna go with the Wutty on this one. No.2.
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