While I appreciate the skill set she has, the lines of many of her pipes are off-putting to me—although curved, they don’t feel graceful, but more awkward; they’re certainly distinctive and immediately recognizable. Maybe I just haven’t warmed to them yet (maybe I never will, but could).
I hear you. Her attempts at more pronounced curves, as in a swan neck, hint at an artificial awkwardness that I can't quite put my finger on.
I had in mind her most distinctive shape -- the long-shanked bulldog. Even here I have a criticism -- the furthest extremity of the underline sometimes juts out too far, almost like an underbite:
Still, there is something about her long shanks (often cut to capture grain just right) with bone and blue tapered stems that call to me:
One of the most compelling pipes I've seen from her--incorporating some of her distinctives and yet in different combination, and especially flawlessly--was this:
...which I
think I saw
@Ben.R.C snag -- is that right Ben?
