This is a noteworthy pipe...

[lasttango]

What do you think of this Boswell?

http://www.boswellpipes.com/magnumxx21116.html

 

[bigtex]

It's a little small for me...

 

[texmexpipe]

I'd try and smoke it when I had a free afternoon and a Buffett of food to keep me from getting the gitters.

 

[bcharles123]

Anyone know how rare are the blocks of briar that would be big enough for such a beast?

 

[rfernand]

I'm going to quote Henry Jones Jr: "That belongs in a museum!"

 

[buroak]

Noteworthy indeed. By that I mean after buying it you will need a note to remind you to get the fireplace matches relights will require.

 

[sablebrush52]

If it proves to be a lousy smoker you can certainly use it to cudgel someone to death.

 

[philobeddoe]

That's just what I need for a nice month or so at home in my favorite comfy chair...just me and my new pipe, two or three tins of tobacco, an I.V. drip for fluids, a nice catheter and I'm set!

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

Anyone know how rare are the blocks of briar that would be big enough for such a beast?

No cutter would normally make anything like that. Boswell either knows a cutter or buys whole roots, it probably takes almost an entire root to make one of those.

 

[ejames]

I'd say it's a waste of good briar.

 

[radio807]

I'd say it's a waste of good briar.

What he said. You could buy a rack full of actually smokable pipes for that kind of money.

 

[ericusrex]

Ridiculous

 

[pitchfork]

Do the Boswells realize or not realize that there's a certain, um, niche market for their big pipes?

 

[sjfine]

ericusrex beat me to it.

Ridiculous

 

[disinformatique]

Waste of briar. I am actually crying here. Might as well burn $2000.

 

[lifesizehobbit]

I have 3 Boswell pipes; I love them and they're great smokers. But whenever I see their pipes page containing something like this, I cringe. Obviously each carver makes their own choices, but this to me is nothing more than a show piece for someone with money to throw away.

 

[jaygreen55]

It's a clencher for Jaws from the James Bond Movies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(James_Bond)

 

[fishingandpipes]

Do the Boswells realize or not realize that there's a certain, um, niche market for their big pipes?

I suspect they do.
"Masculine pipe..."

 

[pitchfork]

I suspect they do.
"Masculine pipe..."

:rofl:

 

[jakegoodman]

John Holmes of pipes. No Thanks, I like my "little" ones.