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Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
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Embers, at the risk of giving you a swelled head (or some other part of the anatomy) that is a super cool pipe. I'd love to have one like that.
Many years past those days. I commissioned that one from Frank five years ago, but now it seems all of his contact information is gone. He made some really great pipes.

My Luxury Bullseye Flake pipe. I may take it out with me tomorrow for yard work.
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OzPiper

Lifer
Nov 30, 2020
7,609
42,226
72
Sydney, Australia
No pokers
The closest are these 2 somewhat related shapes
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Tastes change.

I suddenly took a liking to Lovats (after years of indifference) and found myself with a 7-day set within a matter of months 😁
Incidentally it was a Blakemar Sir Douglas that did it for me
 

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irishearl

Lifer
Aug 2, 2016
2,380
4,306
Kansas
I own but 1, a Peterson of course, which they describe as a tankard. It's a large spigot made for a FB pipe group in 2019.
 

Pipeski

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 14, 2017
287
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Southeast
The sitting aspect was something I never really considered or anppreciated early on but these days it’s a necessity to have for a new pipe to enter the rotation. One reason I love Todd Brugman artisans. Unique shapes, great engineering, and every single one I’ve seen is a nice sitter.
 
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Briarcutter

Lifer
Aug 17, 2023
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Completely agree with you on the traditional look. I only have a couple but they are some of my favorites. I'd add a third if I could get one like Embers showed us.
IMO, Dunhill makes a great classic poker,shape 20. However, I do not care for the version with the flat bottom and no step,shape22.
 
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SBC

Lifer
Oct 6, 2021
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Yoopsconsin
The poker is certainly a specimen of form following function, Your Holiness. It's utilitarian in origin as it's simply what cherrywoods and cobs look like when you do as little work as possible (and, I expect that it's simpler to turn out in briar, as well). If you just want a chamber to smoke tobacco in, well there you go. But in most human endeavors, we cultivate art on and in our useful artifacts.

Francis might smoke a poker. Pius XII never would have.

:) In all seriousness, if you like it, enjoy! I can sort of see appreciating it as rustic.
 
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Choatecav

Lifer
Dec 19, 2023
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Middle Tennessee
IMO, Dunhill makes a great classic poker,shape 20. However, I do not care for the version with the flat bottom and no step,shape22.
I have not had those two shapes from Dunhill pointed out before, Larry, but you are correct. I just pulled up comparisons and the #20 has much more character and flow to it than does the 22.

I'm starting to think that this entire thread was created for the sole reason of placing temptation in my pathway to buy another pipe. Don't you folks realize that I am a recovering addict of PAD?? Don't you care???? Oh, the humanity!!!! :ROFLMAO:
 

Briarcutter

Lifer
Aug 17, 2023
1,317
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I have not had those two shapes from Dunhill pointed out before, Larry, but you are correct. I just pulled up comparisons and the #20 has much more character and flow to it than does the 22.

I'm starting to think that this entire thread was created for the sole reason of placing temptation in my pathway to buy another pipe. Don't you folks realize that I am a recovering addict of PAD?? Don't you care???? Oh, the humanity!!!! :ROFLMAO:
Glad you like it. IMO, if it doesn't have an extended bottom, and doesn't sit on that bottom without leaning on the stem, it's not a poker. Just my opinion....
 
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