Does Bamboo Color As It Ages?

[BROBS]

I have a Tsuge Tokyo series sandblast Bamboo, and I agree. Beautiful pipe, and great smoker as well! Picked it up pretty much unsmoked off the 'Bay for a great price. I feel like Tsuge doesn't get enough love from the forums. They make some really nice pipes, even outside the Ikebana series.

That’s pretty cool actually

 

[mso489]

This thread inspired me to look closely at my one bamboo shank pipe, a Bob Hayes rusticated Dublin with an especially deep bowl, and yes, I think it has darkened slightly in the approximately five years I've owned it, though I wouldn't have thought of it, nor noticed it, if I hadn't read this thread.