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[zanthal]

Have a gander:

A Most Unusual Pipe
Recently I came upon this pipe on a site called Neat Pipes. This is a Radice creation that has two large bowls and one very large stem. One can just imagine the many various ways that this pipe would be able to be smoked. One could smoke one bowl then start another one immediately afterwards, both bowls could be smoked at once with two different blends providing all sorts of variables for experimentation purposes. More than likely, this pipe will end up in the collection of someone who will keep it as something to look at and perhaps sell at some later time. Personally, I would like to see the double-bowl concept deeply researched and deployed into the mainstream pipe culture. We could be on the verge of a whole new era in smoking!
(copied from the article at the above link)

 

[uberam3rica]

I'v seen pipes like that before. They're definitely interesting. It would be a good pipe for aro blends. You could but Vanilla in one and cherry in another. The possibilities are endless really. I saw a meer one that was a womans lower body. It had two stems though. Each stem was her leg.It was quite nifty.

 

[uberam3rica]

I just noticed that it looks as though there is another stem on it. Look between the stem and the bow closest to the stem

 

[zanthal]

you're right, I missed that entirely. Odd position for an extra stem.
Maybe it's to allow some other airflow while smoking both bowls?

 

[ichbinmuede]

Well it looks like this to me...it is not a pipe with two bowls. It is two pipes and they just happen to be connected. That little bit there is a plug to fit while you are smoking one of the two and you just fit the stem to the pipe you want to smoke.

I wish we had a good angle but I'm pretty sure that I'm right.

 

[batdemon]

That is different. Nicely done though, I really like the finish on that. Somehow I doubt that it would be a good clencher. :rofl:

 

[logandow]

Oh the possibilities

 

[unclearthur]

That is a beautifully made godawful UGLY idea.

 

[pawpaw]

i dont think they were smoking just tobacco when they thought up that pipe

 

[ohin3]

I agree with Unc. Great craftsmanship but a butt ugly pipe. Still, I do like the concept of a 2 bowled pipe that can be smoked in any combination or arrangement.

 

[igloo]

Let me think , Ahhh No .

 

[olderthandirt]

Beautiful bit of art. Prolly impractical as a daily or goto pipe but lovely form all the same.

 

[mluyckx]

That is a beautifully made godawful UGLY idea.

+1
You want to taste two tobacco's ? Mix em load em in one bowl.

 

[ejames]

There is an Italian pipe maker,can't remember his name. who has made several two and three bowled pipes. IIRC,only one bowl could actually be smoked. Gotta agree with Uncle A. on this one!

 

[zanthal]

These kind of pipes I always find somewhat ugly too.

I just can't imagine smoking the thing. It's a very pretty functional shelf piece that probably costs $250 at least.

 

[briarbird]

Zanthal, that is another style that I find ugly myself as well. I just look at it and think that someone was a bit lazy that day when it came to carving...

 

[batdemon]

Looks very much like a Jack-In-The-Box taco. ::

 

[markw4mms]

They don't have a website, but Google Mauro Armellini, and look at some of the pics, he has done more than a few pipes like this. His daughter, Vilma is on FB and has a lot of pics there as well.

 

[hnryclay]

I smoke almost all classic English, and French shapes, but I am fascinated by the plateau briar pipes... I cannot afford them but they have to smoke very cool, I would think.

 

[jchaplick]

That is a beautifully made godawful UGLY idea.

Pretty much sums it up