Luciano Sandblasted Bulldog

[thesmokindragon]

Mighty fine looking....

http://smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/luciano/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=96437

 

[spartan]

It's a chimney TRYING to be a bulldog. lol
I no likey this pipe. The sandblast looks great though. Not the shape.

 

[thesmokindragon]

I think perhaps they had been trying to give us best of both worlds;

shape and depth on chamber , which they do....but the shape is off

now because of it (perhaps giving it a bigger bowl overall, then it would have kept

the more traditional bulldog shape
I agree on liking the blast more than the shape

 

[maineyachtie]

I love the shape through the stem and shank, the blast is incredible, but agree with you both that the bowl profile is less than attractive.

 

[tokerpipes]

if you want a big bulldog bowl just ask Briar Bird. Look at this monster.

 

[group4]

I don't really care if the shape is not an exact bulldog; I appreciate the extra room in the bowl and think pipe designers should take liberties with traditional shapes.

 

[bubblehead33]

im digging the bulldog shape. i bid on an old Peterson bulldog the other night but got beat. stupid question alert: does the top come off the bowl? kinda looks like it does but ive never seen one in person.

 

[bigvan]

No the top doesn't come off. And it wasn't a stupid question.
Actually it was... I'M KIDDING!

 

[irishsmoker]

Very nice pipe!!! I'm liking the sandblast!

 

[markw4mms]

Interesting concept, but I'm not crazy about the overall shape of the bowl either.

 

[ohin3]

I love everything about it but it's a bit on the large and heavy side for me. I really like their pipes and whoever does their sandblasting has a real talent. It's what attracted me to the one that I own.

 

[jchaplick]

I like that pipe dragon

 

[thesmokindragon]

Didn't get that one, my PAD beast was just "browsing" at the moment ;-)
I do like sandblasts, I have one; a Perry White Magnum-Dublin blast,

which is just an outstanding pipe...a monster at 4oz and and 1" diam bacci

chamber ;-)

 

[docwatson]

That's a pretty nice Stacked Bulldog, very much an Italian Design. Ser Jacopo has been making that shape for years, and Luciano Pipes are a very reasonably priced series of smokers IMHO. Love the blast also. They sell out very quickly from what I've seen.

 

[jchaplick]

That thing is gone already, I was just thinking about picking it up too

 

[bubblehead33]

lol @ bigvan thanks for straightening me out on that one.

 

[bigvan]

No worries, bubblehead. BTW, are you sub service?