monbla256
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A little over a week ago I received an e-mail from brother Growley informing me that I was the recipient of his PHENOMINAL act of generousity, a custom made pipe made by one of the BEST custom pipe makers in the US, hell the WORLD !! This was a seriously eventfull thing in my life as I have NEVER "won" anything in all my life! Not any raffle tickets I've ever bought, not even have I gotten 3 numbers in the state Lotto drawings where you get $3.00 back ! 
And to top it all off, it happened on my birthday It still makes me shake when I think about it !
So I'll now get to the specifics of what's important, THE PIPE ! I've alway's felt that the true test of a craftsman is how they make a "classic" shape and my alltime fave is the traditional Pot so that's what i asked Brian to make for me After seeing the blast finish he did on the Billiard he presented the week before, and given that a blasted finish is truely my favorite finish, that's what I asked him for. And folks, his blast work EQUALS anything I've seen from Dunhill, or the Lane era Charatan's, even the blast finishes Taykor did on his Ashtons. It has a sort of two-toned "tanshell" look to it and the blast is continued over the top from the sides to the rim the way I like ! He does some of the NICEST cut ebonite bit work I have EVER seen on ANY pipe in all the years I've been smoking! he put a nice wide, thin fishtail saddle bit as I asked and it fits like he measuerd my dentures in person! It is a bit shorter than many of my other Pots with a similar sized bowl. the closest I have to a "nose warmer" !! The tenon and stem fit are PERFECT and it has a smooth. open "draw" empty which I'm sure will translate to some great smoking ! ( I will load it up with some McC FM 2000 tonight after dinner for it's "baptisim by fire" ) For the folks who require #s with their pics:
LOA - 5.1"
Outside Bowl Dia. - 1.8"
Outside Bowl Hgt. - 1.65"
Interior Bowl Dia. - 1"
Interior Bowl depth - 1.6"
Fishtail bit Width - .7"
The above dims were taken with my Mitutoyo machinists calipers
Now here's some pics Brian took of it for me:
I will continue to post the progress it's making with it's "break-in" as it progresses And I want to give a public "thank you, thank you" to Brian for this wonderfull pipe !! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
And to top it all off, it happened on my birthday It still makes me shake when I think about it !So I'll now get to the specifics of what's important, THE PIPE ! I've alway's felt that the true test of a craftsman is how they make a "classic" shape and my alltime fave is the traditional Pot so that's what i asked Brian to make for me
After seeing the blast finish he did on the Billiard he presented the week before, and given that a blasted finish is truely my favorite finish, that's what I asked him for. And folks, his blast work EQUALS anything I've seen from Dunhill, or the Lane era Charatan's, even the blast finishes Taykor did on his Ashtons. It has a sort of two-toned "tanshell" look to it and the blast is continued over the top from the sides to the rim the way I like ! He does some of the NICEST cut ebonite bit work I have EVER seen on ANY pipe in all the years I've been smoking! he put a nice wide, thin fishtail saddle bit as I asked and it fits like he measuerd my dentures in person! It is a bit shorter than many of my other Pots with a similar sized bowl. the closest I have to a "nose warmer" !! The tenon and stem fit are PERFECT and it has a smooth. open "draw" empty which I'm sure will translate to some great smoking ! ( I will load it up with some McC FM 2000 tonight after dinner for it's "baptisim by fire" ) For the folks who require #s with their pics:LOA - 5.1"
Outside Bowl Dia. - 1.8"
Outside Bowl Hgt. - 1.65"
Interior Bowl Dia. - 1"
Interior Bowl depth - 1.6"
Fishtail bit Width - .7"
The above dims were taken with my Mitutoyo machinists calipers
Now here's some pics Brian took of it for me:
I will continue to post the progress it's making with it's "break-in" as it progresses
And I want to give a public "thank you, thank you" to Brian for this wonderfull pipe !! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: 
