Yanik Buffalo Meer

[brian64]

This one's been haunting me for a week or two now. I love just about all of his carvings, but like the Celtc Knot I acquired earlier this year, this Buffalo just kept calling to me...so I surrendered to the inevitable...it's on the way.


I have plenty of clenchers at this point, so I'm finding myself drawn more to these types of exquisite carvings now...Yanik's in particular.

 

[warren]

It looks very nicely detailed. It appears to be a bison as opposed to an African or Asian buffalo though.

 

[bullet08]

Amazing!

 

[Chasing Embers]

It looks very nicely detailed. It appears to be a bison as opposed to an African or Asian buffalo though.

Tatanka

 

[Winnipeger]

Incredible! I love that Celtic Knot of yours as well. Do you have any other Yaniks?

 

[olkofri]

Looks like the perfect latakia pipe.

 

[brian64]

Incredible! I love that Celtic Knot of yours as well. Do you have any other Yaniks?

No, these are the only two so far.

 

[kcghost]

That's a lovely pipe!

 

[trouttimes]

One of the few meers I like.

 

[geopiper]

Where's the tobacco chamber? I can't tell from these photos.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Where's the tobacco chamber? I can't tell from these photos.

 

[shanez]

Beautiful! Yanik did a really nice job with that one.

 

[ashdigger]

Hell yeah.

 

[Briar Tuck]

That's a really nice one.

 

[brian64]

Beautiful! Yanik did a really nice job with that one.

He is a true artist. I can't really imagine carving an image like that with such impressive detail out of a block of meerschaum. If I attempted any such thing it would look like a 5 year old did it.

I also really like the shape and length of the stem here...it appears to be just right to achieve a good balance.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Bison! Thanks for the memory of a Black Hills trip!

 

[timt]

Brian, that’s a figural meer I could see myself owning. I’ve always admired your taste in pipes, as you well know and that one seems to be coloring nicely as well .

 

[brian64]

Brian, that’s a figural meer I could see myself owning. I’ve always admired your taste in pipes, as you well know and that one seems to be coloring nicely as well .

It's coloring dynamically!

I agree about figural meers. I'm just not interested in the run-of-the-mill type that are a dime a dozen. I've settled on the view that I either want classic shapes or really unique works of art such as this one.

 

[timt]

It's coloring dynamically!

I agree about figural meers. I'm just not interested in the run-of-the-mill type that are a dime a dozen. I've settled on the view that I either want classic shapes or really unique works of art such as this one.

Have you decided when you’re going to cut it up?

 

[brian64]

Have you decided when you’re going to cut it up?

Only perhaps when this thread reaches a fevered 20 pages or so. But should it exceed 10, I'll just launch a political diatribe to prevent it from ever happening.