My new pipes. What are your opinion?

[thayan]

That are my three new pipes. What are your connoisseur opinion?
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[ejames]

Really like the first two. Stem on the third looks kinda funky to me.

 

[hauntedmyst]

Gorgeous! All of them!

 

[bentmike]

That sandblast is incredible. But yes all three of them are fine looking pipes.

 

[bigvan]

LOVE the sandblast on #3!
Nice haul.

 

[lestrout]

Nice - who are the makers?
hp

les

 

[weezell]

MEE LIKEY ALL 3..

 

[crpntr1]

Is the first one a cavichi? It's very nice.

 

[hobie1dog]

Nice....I too want to know what brand they are.

 

[adam12]

Cavicchi - very nice pipe and smokes wonderfully

Chheda - very nice stuff - not familiar with how they smoke but super craftsmanship there

Becker - wow you surely have good taste - I know only one owner and he says it's comparable to the best Danish -
Great purchases, I approve ::

 

[cajunguy]

I'm pining over the Becker. I love his work.
Very nice pipes indeed.

 

[puffy]

All Beautiful Pipes... I guess my favorite would #3..Really nice shape.

 

[mluyckx]

All gorgeous...love that cavil chi :drool: (we so need a drool smiley)

 

[maineyachtie]

amazing taste

 

[simnettpratt]

I'd die for the third Becker, but I'm in a short fat big bowl mode right now, and I wouldn't kick the first two out of bed!

 

[hanymamdouh]

Nice pipes, loved first one. Wish you cool smoke

 

[heraclitian]

I don't like the first one - the Cavicchi. It has nice grains but the shape is not optimal made for my eyes, let the details alone (craftsmanship, finish etc..). The [Cavicchi] bowl would be better to have a top similar to the second one - the Becker, and and and..
I have seen the Becker on that website. It is a great great pipe. The bowl is absolutely a crazy one! I have never seen a chamber that was drilled that off from center. But it makes perfect sense. Congrats! I think it's one of the best pipes Wolfgang has ever created, if not the Best.

(Update: for 2850$ it is definitely cheap, in comparison with many pipes for sale nowaday).
The third one is a nice pipe, but not great. Although I can not imagine how to improve the shape if it were my work, but my feeling tells me that it's not optimal shaped.

 

[shawn]

I like them all. Number 3 is my fav followed closely by numbe 1. This woould make me happy.

 

[bigvan]

Premal Chheda is the owner of Smoker's Haven in Columbus, OH. One of his employees is pipe carver Bill Shalosky. A few years ago Premal came out with a line of Chheda pipes and as far as I know he buys the wood and designs the shape, but it's Bill Shalosky who does the actual carving.
Bill also has a line of pipes under his own name.

 

[pipeinhand]

Good taste in the picks, enjoy! ::