Senatorov Self-Gift

[sergemoat]

Picked up a Sergey Senatorov pipe from ebay for a great price. His stem work is very unique. Here are some of the vendor's photos. Anyone else around here have one in their collection?

 

[cigrmaster]

serge, that is a fantastic looking pipe with some really nice grain. I have heard of this artisan but do not know anyone who owns one. I will be curious to hear your thoughts on how it smokes. I hope you love it after smoking it. Congrats on your latest acquisition.

 

[tbradsim1]

Beautiful pipe with fluid lines, like Harris said we want to know how it smokes.

 

[mrjerke]

Seen some of his work on Smokingpipes.com. That's a nice looking piece. Congrats!

 

[gwtwdbss]

I don't have any of his work but boy what a pipe. Please give us a smoking report when you can. Congratulations on a sharp looking piece!

 

[misterlowercase]

Sweet!
Congrats on the superfine pipe.
I agree that his stemwork is unique and very cool too.
He only uses ultra-grade briar as well, should be a great smoker for you!

 

[flmason]

Congratulations on your new pipe. An excellent early Christmas gift to yourself. I hope you enjoy it for many years.

 

[petes03]

Gorgeous pipe! If it smokes as good as it looks, it should produce an amazing smoke! Congrats!

 

[captainsousie]

Beautiful pipe, and do let us know how it smokes and the quality of the stem-work. I'll be moving to his home town in a few months so maybe I'll be able to get one of his from the source...if I'm lucky.

 

[kashmir]

Congratulations on an outstanding piece. Enjoy.

 

[sergemoat]

The stem is pretty interesting, it has a very wide and deep 'v' channel into the stem and the bit is rounded over. The bit also has a horizontal groove cut into it, here's a good view of one of his bits from the side.

The stuff coming out of the Eastern European area is pretty amazing. One day I hope to own a Yashtylov, or Grechukhin.
@CaptainSousie, What takes you to Latvia?

 

[tbradsim1]

Hey Cap you got that overseas job?

 

[captainsousie]

Bradley and serge. Yep, picked up a new job there starting next year. Looks to be a fun time and (hopefully) a good career move.

 

[sergemoat]

Just lit this guy up with some SG Best Brown Flake, pretty tasty for a first smoke. Even though the bowl had some sort of coating I would get hints of briar flavor from the shank. when I reached the bottom of the bowl wanting more all I got was a mouthful of ash.