Now That’s a Dublin Baby!

[fishnbanjo]

This 5 knuckle bamboo shank with a straight Grain Dublin that has fields of plateau around the top and it sports a black ebonite stem, comes from the bench of Pipemaker Walt Cannoy, keeping it smokey with more of the Virginia no.1 from Mac Baren.banjo

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[mothernaturewilleatusallforbreakfast]

Finally, a pipe you can hold with two hands. He got that grain alignment just right too. ::

 

[peckinpahhombre]

That's a beauty

 

[mikethompson]

You've posted a lot of pipes recently with bamboo shanks. Is there a benefit to having a bamboo shank or is it purely aesthetic?

 

[skeeter456]

what a pipe!

 

[viesturs]

wow, that's a pipe

 

[fishnbanjo]

mikethompson, when I have the chance I’ll do a separate post on that very subject, thanks for raising the question.

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