Let's See All of the Commissions You Had Made

[cigrmaster]

All of my commissions have been made by either Rad Davis or Jack Howell. I have had plenty of artisan pipes in my collection over the years but my commissions have a special place in my collection.
This Rad Davis Dublin was the first commission I had ever had made. It came out perfect for my eye and for how the pipe smoked.


Here are all the rest of my Rad commissions. In my last culling I did move a few of my Rad commissions so I could make room for my Jack Howell commissions. I won't be showing any commissions I moved out.
Rad's








I didn't realize I had sold off as many Rad commissions as I did. I kept the absolute best smokers.

 

[cigrmaster]

Here are all my Jack Howell commissions.

All of the following Jack Howells are all commissions.

 

[canucklehead]

What I'm getting from this is that you like deep sandblasts, thick shanks, and saddle stems. Nice pipes.

 

[hugodrax]

Jack Howell was a regular at the local pipe club years ago and I've always regretted that law student discretionary spending wouldn't run to one of his pieces. Total gentleman, accomplished at every task he took up. Those pipes are awfully nice.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Here are all my Jack Howell commissions.

All of the following Jack Howells are all commissions.

I've wanted to see a post like this from you for some time now. Very nice!

 

[Briar Lee]

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[hoosierpipeguy]

Jack Howell.








Jose Rubio doesn't exactly do commissions but when you develop a relationship with him, you can propose some specifics that he will accommodate.




Larrysson



Ryan Alden

 

[isaac]

Envious of all the Jack Howells. He is retired, right?

 

[gamzultovah]

This is the only commission that I’ve kept.

So far…

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Envious of all the Jack Howells. He is retired, right?

Not clear. I thought he was retired before. I hope he makes a comeback, I'd commission a few more. His pipes look great and smoke even better.

 

[kcghost]

I've got a number of artisan pipes but only two commissions: One be Andy Petersen and the other by Alex Florov.

 

[OzPiper]

A couple from Domagoj Telisman of Dotter Pipes.

The first is a morta with black bamboo shank extension.

The second is a bent canted egg with a variegated ebony shank extension which I requested.

 

[OzPiper]

A deep sandblasted morta with horn shank extension by Reiner Thilo

 

[OzPiper]

I requested a Bulldog in a light coloured morta with a horn stem.
Marco Biagini of Moretti Pipes very kindly made this

 

[Briar Lee]

They aren’t commissions, but I own a Tim West apple, a pipe that says Jack’s Pipes, and I suppose my seventies Nording #3 and my Ben Wade Matte Special made by Preben Holm were all completely turned out by master craftsmen artisans. That 2% of my pipes sees at least 5% of my smoking. My Ben Wade is my best pipe, period.

Then I own a few Lorenzo’s, all stained orange. Those are semi custom pipes, I suppose. They smoke well, but I seldom smoke them.

It seems to me the first mission of a commissioned, custom pipe is to give pride of ownership. In that regard they are the same as commissioned oil portraits, or the collection of commissioned photographic portraits my great grandfather had of his family. The customer must be pleased.

The second mission is they have to smoke as well as they look. I own four custom made pipes that achieve that.

I also own a Jack H Weinberger I keep in the back of my Yamaha Rhino to smoke English tobacco on my farm. It’s a rather ugly but large pipe, that smokes wet with aromatics.

If JHW were alive I’d send it back and demand a refund.

Jack should a put a reservoir in it.

The hard part of a custom pipe, seems to me to get it to smoke on a level of what it cost.

 

[OzPiper]

Attorney, will you address the question please

 

[ssjones]

Royal Oaks Comoy's 499 homage.

Royal Oak Briars​

James Kelly Aydlott is the man behind Royal Oak Briars. James, or "Jim," has studied extensively with American pipe maker Michael Lindner and is currently a member of the growing talent at BriarLab in Nashville, TN. While this influence is apparent in Jim's work, his pipes definitely have a style all their own. Producing mostly classic shapes, Royal Oak Briars' pipes come in three grades: Huntsman, Nobleman, and Monarch.

 

[paulfg]

My 2 Michail Kyriazanos pipes are my only commissions


but I do have 2 more on the way from Michail,a bent billiard similar to this sandblast I own but smooth

and a Prince both spigot pipes and smooth finish

 

[Rpink53]

Both pipes below are from BST Pipes. The dark one is my favorite pipe. Also,I am on Michael Parks Commission list for a smooth billiard. Some time in early 2023:

 

[simong]

I've only got one, a copy of an old Peterson Kaffir shape. Made for me by Mike Billington / Blakemar Briars.