Latest Commission- A Rad Davis Calabash

[cigrmaster]

My latest Rad is this Calabash I asked Rad to make for me. I have been thinking of another shape other than my usual classics to add to the collection and felt that a Calabash would look good and would also smoke my flakes very nicely. The dimensions are:
Length: 6 1/8

Bowl height: 1 7/8

Bowl depth: 1 5/8

Bowl width: 13/16

Weight: 50 grams
This is a nice sized group 5 pipe that should be good for a couple of hours or smoking bliss. I am totally psyched at how the pipe came out.

 

[pitchfork]

That is nice, Harris. Very elegant -- like the pink champagne you like to drink. :laughat:
Seriously, I really like that -- one of the nicest Rad shapes I've seen in a while. Congrats.

 

[kashmir]

Harris - Congrats, that's a lovely pipe. Especially like the ring grain blast, matched with the smooth bird's eye rim. The Cumberland stem tops it off. Very well done.

 

[sfsteves]

VERY nice, Harris ... as a rule, I'm not attracted to Calabash pipes, but that, sir is an absolute exception. I'd love to have a pipe such as that one.

 

[mso489]

Fabulous grain on a blast pipe, and a fine trim sinuous shape. I dote on that blast smooth

combination and the wooden band. Not every carver can put those elements together as if

they grew that way, but this is right on the crosshairs. Mighty fine.

 

[jgriff]

Nice, now I have to get a Rad Calabash too....my PAD list keeps getting longer.....

 

[yazamitaz]

I am also not a fan of they typical calabash style but that is very elegant. I hope you enjoy it

 

[flmason]

Congratulations Harris on your new pipe. I like the grain pattern on the smooth top. It goes along well with the rest of the pipe being blasted. I hope you enjoy it for many years.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Wow Harris, that is gorgeous. The cumberland stem coupled with the red stain on the top of the bowl is really extraordinarily elegant. You really don't deserve such a stunning pipe. I think you need Rad to carve a matching Champagne flute to go along with it.

 

[dragonslayer]

The classic Cumberland stem you love so much, and his awesome blasts. The man does that in 20 minutes, incredible. I've looked at so many of the "new" designs, he puts out fantastic pipes without getting into crazy shapes. No doubt these will be coveted collector pieces in the future from a great artisan. Cheers on yet another great pipe!
Craig

 

[peckinpahhombre]

How many Rads do you now own Harris?

 

[mrjerke]

Gorgeous. Rad sure has a way of taking a shape I'm not usually a fan of and making it attractive. She's a beauty!

 

[rigmedic1]

That is a beauty, alright.

 

[instymp]

Absolutely beautiful.

 

[rosney]

Nice! I really like that shape and how it all flows as well as the color combinations.

 

[cigrmaster]

Thanks for all the nice comments, it is appreciated.
As many of you know, the shapes I go for are pretty much the classics and I do not vary from them. After getting my last commission from Rad( Dublin) I decided to break form and go for something a little different. I went searching through his gallery and saw this pipe and fell in love instantly. My gut tells me that this should be an all world flake smoking machine. The thickness of the walls, the way the top is a bit closed like a Rhodesian, just called me. I love my Rad Rhodesians and Dublins and to my eye this pipe is like a combo of the two. I am really excited to see if my gut is right and it does smoke flakes as well as I think.
peck, that pipe will look perfect as I drink my Veuve Clicquot, Rose. The pink hues of the Champagne will look quite stunning with the stain on the pipe. I am now at 18 Rad Davis pipes in the collection with no end in site.

 

[rebornbriar]

Another beauty. He really brought out the ring grain from the original flame grain on the pipe, with the corresponding birdseye on the smooth rim. Very elegant. You can even see the birdseye through the stain at the end of the shank even though it is not polished.

 

[pipebow88]

What a beauty Harris, bet it's going to be a great flake pipe.

B

 

[zonomo]

Wow! I love the top bowl part.

 

[tennsmoker]

Gracious, Harris, what a beautiful pipe! That's as fine a calabash as I have ever seen. I even own a couple (no Rads, though) but nothing on the order of your pipe.
Congrats. I really want to know how the flakes go in that pipe. I'm with you. I think it is going to be one awesome flake smoking pipe!