Its briar. And im not the one thats making it I dont know what you mean about your teethts hurt, but i never had one pipe hurt my teeth. But I dont have it yet, its only in pictures. About the black ring, I dont know, I will ask or see when its in the post. Peace out100% rusticated. Your bit needs some work. My teeth hurt looking at it.
What is the wood? The inside of the tobacco chamber is discolored, either form smoking or from really dull tooling. I assume its briar but am at a complete loss on how that black ring got into the bowl if it is unsmoked
Its an affordable italian carver that made me a pipe, I wanted a dark brown sanblasted with cumberland stem. He did not have a santblaster so he did the sanblast (via) rustication, took him 3 hours. I do appreciat a mans hard work( and fingers). I think its nice, and the "sandblast" is very hard work for a carver.Very nice. Could you tell us a bit more on the commissioning?
Thank you!I think it is....... I dont have the actual pipe yet. But im fond of the "delicate" look.That's a great looking pipe. The colour of the stain and the stem really go well together. Is the inside of the bowl stained? It appears to be the same colour as the pipe's exterior.