New Commission From Our Very Own Clickklick, #125

[ofafeather]

Insanely beautiful!

 

[danimalia]

What is that material that rings around the stem near the mount? It is a beautiful effect to go along with a killer Cumberland, swirl type stem, which are always my favorite.

It is a very cool pipe!

 

[elessar]

How lovely!

Is the bowl a bulldog shape? The shank and the transition of the stummel, look to my eyes to be an acorn shape (at least, from the top view and looking down).

Would these beautiful lines and shapes in this pipe have Danish pipe influences?

Whatever the shapes that make up this pipe, it's beautiful! Please check you PM when you have a moment, Clickckick.

Thank You,
Mike

To my eye the bowl is a more bulldog shape. I asked for a squat wide rhodesian. Initially we were looking at a partially blasted finish but turned out smooth due to the nature of the specific wood block. I feel pretty lucky to have a smooth version of one of Adams pipe as I know they are not the norm. He really outdid himself.

 

[elessar]

What is that material that rings around the stem near the mount? It is a beautiful effect to go along with a killer Cumberland, swirl type stem, which are always my favorite.

It is a very cool pipe!

I think it is faux horn, suggested by Adam. I agree a beautiful effect.

 

[Wuce Brayne]

That thing is a beauty!

 

[mso489]

I'd like to say I'd seen him grow as a carver, but he was pretty damned good when he started. That's quite a pipe.

 

[daveinlax]

A Great Looking Pipe and I really like the bag too!

 

[clickklick]

The stem inlay is faux horn.
Also the only difference between a rhodesian and a bulldog, to my knowledge is actually the shank. The shank of a rhodesian is round or oval and that of a bulldog is diamond or crescent.
There are MANY variants to the rhodesian/bulldog bowl shape including where and how many lines are made around the bowl's perimeter.