Smoking an old Vesz bent...

[craig61a]

Nice pipe, the bottom is well below the draft hole though. I'll mud it up some...

 

[Chasing Embers]

That high draft is to prevent gurgle common to bents.

 

[jpmcwjr]

None of my bents gurgle as a rule. The high draft can be a result of angle needed to get to the bowl and not go through the heel.
In any event, I'd smoke it quite a bit before deciding to add mud. Within reason of height, no one has shown that it needs to be- or is even good- that the draft hole be at the very bottom of the chamber.

 

[craig61a]

Well this goes well beyond the normal depth for a bent... A victim of overzealous reaming.

 

[tbradsim1]

Dab of Fireplace Mortar Repair will fix it like new.

 

[craig61a]

Got everything I need...

 

[coldsmoke]

Nice.

Vesz is missing from my Canadian pipe maker collection. The only times I ever come across one for sale that speaks to me, it's always way too rich for my blood.

 

[craig61a]

Got this one on the sell/trade board for $ 60 a few weeks ago. I don't think it was all that expensive new. I noticed on his website that it seems you just add 2 0's the number in the circle and that's the price...