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It looks like a slice of pineapple to me.

I am a very happy customer of Maksim's. I first came across his pipes about a year ago through Nick Miller's Quality Briar site and I now own six, including two of the ones Maksim showed earlier in this thread. I can say that all of mine are engineered and carved with extreme precision, and...

I agree, I really like that one. I only have one dublin - this old Le Nuvole. I think the straight grain suits the dublin shape really well...

I can recommend this one too if you don't need a knife. I own one as well as a Rogers Smokers' Knife and a Laguiole. They're all very good but the Dunhill is small, pocketable without smearing ash everywhere, and very nice quality. I use the Dunhill all the time and I have the same one pictured...

Sas, it was interesting to hear all of your thoughts about this and I'm glad if some of my comments resonated with you. For what it's worth, for me personally, the pipemakers in that bracket are the ones I tend to care about the most. I bet the pipes in this bracket are often the ones that are...

Rev, what are you a master craftsman at? Not arguing with you, just interested. Am curious too about what a master craftsman thinks about pipe making and the people we would think of as master pipemakers. What are the things you see in the work of master pipemakers that differentiates them, and...

Glad to see the tone of this discussion has been so constructive. It's a controversial area. :D I would define the "worth" of a pipemaker's work to be what the market will pay for them on average, and over time. At least I think that's the only definition of "worth" that is of practical use...

I agree. It's clearly very hard for a pipemaker to make a living from their trade, and few can do it full-time. Bo Nordh and Lars Ivarsson would have made a comfortable living once they were able to earn thousands per pipe and the pipe sellers were selling them for multiples of this, but they...

There is a large array of artisan pipemakers today so can't we be a bit more specific about what different pipes are worth? From my observations it goes something like this: - Pipemaker has a solid track record of making good-smoking and attractive pipes that sell reliably and have an...

Wonderful pipe. Thanks for posting the pics. I have a couple of Brad's pipes and they are both top notch. Would have loved to own this one. Edit - I just remembered my current avatar is one of my Pohlmann pipes, FYI.

I understand you are supposed to rotate the cigar while smoking to avoid burnouts. That's why the mouthpiece is circular. I tend to think it's an interesting design and a low cost way to get a reverse-calabash type of pipe, which will interest a lot of people. But ultimately it feels like too...