Ryan Alden Restem of a 1910 Gourd Calabash

[ashdigger]

Here’s a Gourd Calabash I purchased without a stem.

I sent it to Ryan and he did his thing.

I had two stems made.

 

[JimInks]

Ryan does amazing work. Congrats, buddy.

 

[Davy Jones]

Good stuff!

 

[bluegrassbrian]

That gourd really purrs (gourds purr right?) with modern brindled vulcanite.

 

[DanWil84]

Im with @bluegrassbrian on this, I really like a contemporary look on a classic design, he did a great service to this classic pipe giving it a modern stem.

 

[mikethompson]

So Ryan Alden is basically a wizard right?

 

[TheWhale13]

They look fantastic