Scary Pipe

[scotrob]

Came across this on ebay, being sold by a vendor in the Ukraine (item 170743117922); looks like a nice piece of carving, very unusual, although am uncertain about the quality....and I feel I would need to be Saruman or possibly Dracula to look good smoking it

 

[waznyf]

I have seen meers that look just like that. That particular pipe happens to be the first I have seen carved in wood.

herbinedave is right, it does look cool!

 

[barkar]

Oh wow...I'm not one for fancy pipes but that is a beauty. That would look great as a decoration even if its not really smokable.

 

[winton]

I have two pear wood pipes from the Ukraine. I am betting it is pear. Much better carving than most claw pipes.

 

[rigmedic1]

That is excellent workmanship, whatever it is made from. I'd have to smoke it!

 

[grafikchaos]

One could seriously goth-out with that pipe.

 

[zanthal]

Winton is right, nearly all of there pipes I've seen from Ukraine makers are pearwood, which in my experience is a good substitute for Briar, but there's nothing like the real thing I'll say ::
and yeah I'm not sure it would be possible to avoid looking sinister smoking that one.

 

[cortezattic]

Talbert makes some bizarre pipes.

 

[ohin3]

I would dig that even if it wasn't a functioning pipe...awesome wood carving skills.

 

[jchaplick]

I have actually seen one in that shape in briar, cant remember where but it was definitely briar, with out a doubt, you can tell when you hold it, it was sick.

 

[scotrob]

@cortezattic
yes, the first thing i thought when i saw the Talbert pipes was "HP Lovecraft" and it was no surprise to see that some of the pipes are named after Lovecraft stories...seriously weird but beautifully carved

 

[treeder13]

Looks pretty awesome :D But I've heard bad things about ukrainian pipes

 

[zanthal]

yeah, definitely collector-worthy.

 

[loki993]

Yanik makes some skull pipes that look pretty gnarly:
http://www.syanik.com/
Ill just give you all that because the actual pages on the site load weird sometimes.
ebay always has some demon meers on there too.
This one though, kinda takes the cake for me, creepy, I doubt I could smoke it, its pretty cool though:

http://www.downiepipes.com/zombie.html

 

[schmitzbitz]

I would dig that even if it wasn't a functioning pipe...awesome wood carving skills.

My sentiments exactly - that is simply amazing work.

 

[martiniman]

I see a lot of Ukrainian pipes on ebay, i'd like to see some more feedback from owners overall impressions.

 

[logandow]

It is now officially my goal in life to get a Talbert pipe.

 

[ejames]

Talbert and Downie both do some amazing work!!

 

[photoman13]

Pretty sure that zombie pipe is the coolest things I have ever seen.

 

[stephendownie]

Thanks! I had fun making it.