Burley Flake #2 in a Rossi Billiard this afternoon. 
***What Are You Smoking, October 2023?***
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2020 The Haunting in my new to me James Upshall Executive. 
Wilke Palmer in a Peterson Sherlock Holmes Baker Street Junior. 
Passing the quarter mark on this bowl of early 2000s Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching Mad Dog Russo.
Look at it!!That’s odd, I’ve looked at all of his pipes on Instagram, never noticed this one, or any others with the dot on the bowl.
It’s just for decoration? Show a shot please looking at it...
I've only ever seen one other carver do this (Nikolay Kozyrev):
Maybe a birth mark? I suppose it could be decorative, but I'd wager it's decorative in a way to conceal a flaw within the briar, rather than outrightly so.
About to light up some Salty Dogs in this little 1901 Charles Maas Best Make with orific amber bit white waiting for my Tandoori chicken to cook in the oven. 
It’s a clever idea, it’d be a shame to waste such a lovely piece of wood like that because of an inclusion in the briar.
Peterson University Flake in a Briarlee Illustrious
Y’all have seen it a bunch…
Y’all have seen it a bunch…
Stanwell Majestic with a local aromatic, coffee
Either way its a damn fine looking pipe and I’d be proud as hell to smoke it.
Best brown no.4 in a sea rock
Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am passing the quarter mark on this bowl of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Gold Star Maui Red Catuai, neat, is my drink. Watching a mediocre print of Santa Fe Trail starring Flynn, Reagan, and Alan Hale, Sr. on FMC. Getting ready to clean a few pipes.
C&D Old Joe Krantz in an Ashton LX
Brindle Dublin.
Brindle Dublin.
Granger in a Cob wrapping things up for the afternoon. Too damn nice to work!
Enjoying some 2009 Peter Stokkebye Balkan Suprreme in my Prince Of Darkness Poker by Sparkys Pipes.
Shag tobacco in a pipe is great when you are working because it stays lit. I smoke Three Sails when I walk for that reason. And for the citrus flavor, too.
Back to the Five Bothers! Something about it!
Wow! I've always wondered who got this pipe. It was part of my first batch for Smoking Pipes so I never knew who bought it. I'm happy to see it's been serving you well so far. Thanks for sharing!
Regarding the Ivorite "beauty mark", yes I chose it over sandblasting all that beautiful grain due to a small superficial flaw. I took the inspiration from Jeff Gracik who does this frequently.
Just recently I did it again on this Ballerina, this time with Ebonite as the customer didn't want to blast the front panel and lose those birdseyes.
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GLP Sixpence in the hard working Briarlee Illustrious.
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