Just Finished- Morta Author With Hot Rod Stem...

[zack24]

This was fairly interesting- a small Author with some really unusual stem material from SEM in Germany- every year in Chicago, they have some limited run rod stock- I thought this was a very unusual color combination- kinda reminded me of a 1950s Mercury Hot Rod with a Flame Paint Job (but then again- I have been drinking wine and smoking ribs all afternoon, so what do I know... I wanted to come up with something smaller than I usually make on Authors- this one came in at 4.5" and 39 grams with a 1.25" deep bowl- .72" wide...

 

[lightmybriar]

Wow that is superb! I still have yet to try a morta pipe.

 

[saltedplug]

Very sportily beautiful!

 

[cynicismandsugar]

That morta is drool-inducing; just beautiful!

 

[johnbarleycorn]

What a beauty!!!

 

[beefeater33]

Love that stem! I have never seen that material before......... It does indeed look like flames- very cool!.....

 

[addamsruspipe]

That is very stylin pipe. The stem and stummel work perfectly together.

 

[cigrmaster]

Sweet looking pipe Zack, love that stem.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

There's a hair on the pipe in the fifth photo!
:mrgreen: Lovely pipe, Zack. And I really dig that stem!

 

[zack24]

There's a hair on the pipe in the fifth photo!

On blasts, I always rub it on my chest to put a shine on it...must have picked up a stray hair...

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

On blasts, I always rub it on my chest to put a shine on it...must have picked up a stray hair...

:rofl:

 

[danielplainview]

Another homerun. That’s a beaut.

 

[weedsnager]

Love the stem ! Very nice

 

[mso489]

Love the basket weave texture which answers that far-out stem to perfection. If I smoked that at a pipe show or club, I'd be way too cocky. The marriage made in heaven.

 

[pipestud]

Zack, your skills continue to to get better every time I see one of your pipes. That Morta is a beauty!

 

[zack24]

Glad you guys like it! I'll have some time over Christmas to get a couple finished that I've been thinking about... Always appreciate the feedback!

 

[alan73]

Excellent pipe, love the stem. Do you have a favorite shape to make? I’m a smooth operator, do you make many smooth pipes?

 

[lasttango]

Amazing work!

 

[zack24]

Do you have a favorite shape to make? I’m a smooth operator, do you make many smooth pipes?

It’s probably a tossup between an Author and a Bulldog...and I love smooths- tend to make more blasts because more folks prefer them...
I have an antique meer cutty coming in a couple of days- thinking about modeling a smooth cutty adapted from that design..

 

[wyfbane]

Zack,
Your pipe making is phenomenal. I love my morta author. Please explore the smooth cutty idea. I should be ready for one by spring. ::