Following on from my earlier purchases this week of two Blakemar Briars pipes I have made a third purchase. This is a rusticated large Calabash which in smooth form was to be one of the first two I purchased earlier in the week, however they had run out of smooth and only had the rustic version left hence me buying the Hungarian to go with my bent Bulldog.
Really rather wanting the large Calabash shape I bit my lip and ordered the rustic version despite not being a huge rusticated pipe fan. Well it arrived this morning and I have to say I am rather chuffed. This pipe is a whopper! With bowl internals of 22mm X 45mm and a huge capacity of 13 cubic cm and weighing in at 70g this is one heck of a pipe. I'm even impressed with the rustic finish which is two tone and having a smooth bowl top (sadly with scratch) and a smooth panel at the heel for the stampings. The perfectly fitting Vulcanite stem is slightly concave right at the bit end which is my preference.
One thing, having removed the stem I can see that there is plenty of 'meat' left inside the pipe for me to drill it to make it into a 'system' pipe which is precisely what I shall be doing if it turns out to be a gurgler...as large bent pipes tend to be. Only time will tell.
I shall be filling it up with Marlin Flake later in the day for the inaugural smoke ::
Regards,
Jay.
Really rather wanting the large Calabash shape I bit my lip and ordered the rustic version despite not being a huge rusticated pipe fan. Well it arrived this morning and I have to say I am rather chuffed. This pipe is a whopper! With bowl internals of 22mm X 45mm and a huge capacity of 13 cubic cm and weighing in at 70g this is one heck of a pipe. I'm even impressed with the rustic finish which is two tone and having a smooth bowl top (sadly with scratch) and a smooth panel at the heel for the stampings. The perfectly fitting Vulcanite stem is slightly concave right at the bit end which is my preference.
One thing, having removed the stem I can see that there is plenty of 'meat' left inside the pipe for me to drill it to make it into a 'system' pipe which is precisely what I shall be doing if it turns out to be a gurgler...as large bent pipes tend to be. Only time will tell.
I shall be filling it up with Marlin Flake later in the day for the inaugural smoke ::
Regards,
Jay.