Indeed, Fikri Baki's pipes are excellent and have been available only from Deniz Ural
for years. I have 26 of them. I will add that others also employ the same style of mortise/tenon connectors with large drafts, such as IMP, Tekin, Cevher and Sami. Sinan Altinok has also switched to this style of connector and large draft as a requirement for many of the carvers he employs. I've also heard reports that SMS does this as well with their new pipes. Things are changing as the preferences of the meerschaum community of pipe smokers are being taken into account with an increasing number of carvers.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
for years. I have 26 of them. I will add that others also employ the same style of mortise/tenon connectors with large drafts, such as IMP, Tekin, Cevher and Sami. Sinan Altinok has also switched to this style of connector and large draft as a requirement for many of the carvers he employs. I've also heard reports that SMS does this as well with their new pipes. Things are changing as the preferences of the meerschaum community of pipe smokers are being taken into account with an increasing number of carvers.