I've been a fan of Nate's work for awhile and I finally got to meet him face to face at the NASPC show this past August. He and his fellow Hoosier Wayne Teipen shared a table behind mine, so we were able to talk pipes for most of the day. Since I recently posted some photos of the pipe I got from Wayne, I figured it was only fair to post the pipe I got from Nate.
He calls it "Rouge et Noir" ("Red and Black"), but I call it the Starship Enterprise because its sleek lines and sense of forward motion. Though the first thing you notice is the saucer-shaped bowl, I think the stemwork is what makes this a truly great pipe. It's thin and comfortable but not flimsy. Everything balances so well, which is not an easy thing to do with a pipe of this shape.
It's probably a group 4 bowl size, the tenon and mortice fit flush and it smokes as well as one would expect of a hand made artisan pipe; which is to say perfectly.
Check out his other work at natekingpipes.com
He calls it "Rouge et Noir" ("Red and Black"), but I call it the Starship Enterprise because its sleek lines and sense of forward motion. Though the first thing you notice is the saucer-shaped bowl, I think the stemwork is what makes this a truly great pipe. It's thin and comfortable but not flimsy. Everything balances so well, which is not an easy thing to do with a pipe of this shape.
It's probably a group 4 bowl size, the tenon and mortice fit flush and it smokes as well as one would expect of a hand made artisan pipe; which is to say perfectly.
Check out his other work at natekingpipes.com
