Looks like a dog or possibly a cat. Nice job by Yanik. It'll have on the Yanikophiles drooling!!
Only Yanik Would Carve Something Like This
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I'm suprised this thread kept being bumped, and is actually on pg 3.
All you Yanik haters inspired me to change my avatar to my favorite meer LOL.
Actually I'd been meaning to do it for a while, but the unexpected response to this thread gave me the added motivation.
As far as the faces go, my impression is that he does much better on the larger scale carvings...it's the small ones that don't look as good.
But the faces aren't what I particularly like about him...it's more the stuff like this:
All you Yanik haters inspired me to change my avatar to my favorite meer LOL.
Actually I'd been meaning to do it for a while, but the unexpected response to this thread gave me the added motivation.
As far as the faces go, my impression is that he does much better on the larger scale carvings...it's the small ones that don't look as good.
But the faces aren't what I particularly like about him...it's more the stuff like this:
I'm by no means a Yanik hater, I think he's one of the best carvers still doing this. However, I think that in itself also shows that meer carving is a dying art form, and we'll likely never see someone churning out pipes like the carvers of yesteryear. At least not commercially.
My first non-antique meer was a Yanik that went under the radar for $35 shipped. Smokes very well, no drilling issues at all which I have read he struggles with
My first non-antique meer was a Yanik that went under the radar for $35 shipped. Smokes very well, no drilling issues at all which I have read he struggles with
Indeed you do have to beware of drilling issues when considering one of his pipes. Fortunately my avatar pipe is drilled perfectly and smokes great...it was my first Yanik.
Sadly this buffalo has horrendously bad drilling, but I'm still glad I have it only because I love the carving so much. It smokes ok by shoving a small piece of a falcon filter down inside the giant gaping hole where the airway comes in beneath the chamber...but I only smoke it very occasionally.
That pipe is spectacular! I've had to put my big Yanik up for sale, same price I paid (I never smoked it and only handled it lightly) because I need money for other items I want to put in my collections, but I feel bad about it. I'd feel just as bad about selling that bison if I had it.
Mine:
Surely, you know why Yanik's pipes are similar to those in my book? Yanik uses the images in my book as models to copy. Unfortunately, he fails to give credit to my intellectual property, as he should. Do not think that he has many original ideas.
And why is this so? Yanik does copy the images in my book, but fails to acknowledge the intellectual property of it. There's not much I can do, as the book's author, to force him to identify the source. But so had Bekler and who knows how many others. Ben Rapaport
Yes, that's exactly what I was implying...that the designs are recycled from antique pipes and taken from your book.
If I was talented enough to carving, I can think of 100 pieces of historical art I would take inspiration from rather than something that has been done, but that's me.