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Simple Smokers

Bacote Dublin 19-8

Bacote Dublin 19-8

Bacote Dublin 19-8

 Bocote extension on the shank of a contrast Dublin style with the plateau skin intact 

Paracutin 20-32

Bacote Dublin 19-8

Bacote Dublin 19-8

Lightweight straight grain volcano

(No Longer Available)

Quasimoto 20-9

Bacote Dublin 19-8

Quasimoto 20-9

An elaborite stem complements the simple bowl

Black Cap 18-4

Stretch Horn 20-4

Quasimoto 20-9

 Stylish curves and contrast stain define this graceful pipe 

Stretch Horn 20-4

Stretch Horn 20-4

Stretch Horn 20-4

 High contrast stain with a Roman Olive wood shank extension. (9mm) 

Gordo 20-3

Stretch Horn 20-4

Stretch Horn 20-4

 Black palm extends the shank on this full bent gourd-like beauty 

Gabe's Horn 20-2

Bacote Cutty 19-7

Bacote Cutty 19-7

 An ox horn shank extension enhances the high contrast stain 

Bacote Cutty 19-7

Bacote Cutty 19-7

Bacote Cutty 19-7

 Exotic Bocote forms a fitting extension to the flame grain bowl with plateau 

Tall Egg 19-5

Bacote Cutty 19-7

Little Sister 18-23

 Ivorite caps the shank on this large straight grain with plateau 

Little Sister 18-23

Little Sister 18-23

Little Sister 18-23

 Classic straight grain nose warmer with plateau 

(No Longer Available)

Danish Flame 18-6

Little Sister 18-23

Danish Flame 18-6

 

Danish Style freeform smoker with plateau on both ends

(No Longer Available)

Scoop 19-3

Little Sister 18-23

Danish Flame 18-6

 

Cute little nose warmer with plateau

(No Longer Available) 

Black Bulldog 22-20

Christmas Calabash 21-29

Black Bulldog 22-20

A classic shape in morta

Silverback 21-30

Christmas Calabash 21-29

Black Bulldog 22-20

Deep bent chimney for a long satisfying smoke.

Christmas Calabash 21-29

Christmas Calabash 21-29

Christmas Calabash 21-29

Screams to be smoked on Christmas Day!

(No Longer Available)

Salinas 21-25

Mendocino 21-18

Christmas Calabash 21-29

Special shank to bowl transition

Dischord 21-24

Mendocino 21-18

Mendocino 21-18

Danish style freeform with a twist

(No Longer Available)

Mendocino 21-18

Mendocino 21-18

Mendocino 21-18

Elegant and rustic as the town it is named after

(No Longer Available)

Miniras 21-16

Miniras 21-16

Miniras 21-16

My take on a Ken Rasmussen shape

( No Longer Available)

Slash 21-15

Red Sky At Dawn 21-14

Red Sky At Dawn 21-14

A substantial bowl with ivorite 

 (No Longer Available) 

Red Sky At Dawn 21-14

Red Sky At Dawn 21-14

Red Sky At Dawn 21-14

A very light but ruddy freeform cutty

(No Longer Available)

Rasmussen 19-6

Red Sky At Dawn 21-14

Rasmussen 19-6

Clean bent shape with Roman Olive wood extension

(No Longer Available) 

Stubby 17-117

Strawberry Horn 17-113

Rasmussen 19-6

Classic nose warmer in classic briar with a contrast stain and classic band.

(No Longer Available) 

Strawberry Horn 17-113

Strawberry Horn 17-113

Strawberry Horn 17-113

 Strawberry briar from Italy forms the bowl while exotic hardwoods and acrylic bands enhance the ebonite stem. 

(No Longer Available)

Golden Paradise 18-21

Strawberry Horn 17-113

Strawberry Horn 17-113

 Flying arches on a freeform pipe

(No Longer Available)

Sophisticated Ornamentation

Sea Song 20-6

Mirror Maids 20-5

Mirror Maids 20-5

 A modified "Bulldog" with a bead of dolphins and mermaids 

Mirror Maids 20-5

Mirror Maids 20-5

Mirror Maids 20-5

 a horn style pipe with facing mermaids at the top of the bowl 

Lizardog 19-1

Mirror Maids 20-5

Something Fishy 18-22

 Enhanced bulldog with a bead of lizards instead of a simple groove

Something Fishy 18-22

Jolly Roger and his Mates 18-14

Something Fishy 18-22

 Nose warmer with bead of fishes leaping around the rim of the bowl

Tied Up 18-13

Jolly Roger and his Mates 18-14

Jolly Roger and his Mates 18-14

 A modified Rhodesian leaves the plateau intact  and supplies a unique rope around the rim 

Jolly Roger and his Mates 18-14

Jolly Roger and his Mates 18-14

Jolly Roger and his Mates 18-14

A beadwork of 23 skulls adorn the rim of the bowl of this Danish style pipe

(No Longer Available)

Roped In 18-8

Serpentine 18-17

Apple Pie 18-18

A rusticated bowl with a rope bead on a Dublin styled pipe

Apple Pie 18-18

Serpentine 18-17

Apple Pie 18-18

 The lattice pattern reminds me of the lattice crust on Aunt Mary's apple pie. 

(No Longer Available)

Serpentine 18-17

Serpentine 18-17

Wrong Place to Hide 20-10

   Freeform with long shank acorn with a braid-work of serpents  

Wrong Place to Hide 20-10

Wrong Place to Hide 20-10

Wrong Place to Hide 20-10

  What happened here should not happen to anyone!

Ab Lizard 18-2

Wrong Place to Hide 20-10

Kokopele Acorn 18-3

   An Abalone lizard is embedded flushly into the bowl of a bent billiard 

Kokopele Acorn 18-3

Wrong Place to Hide 20-10

Kokopele Acorn 18-3

    A Mother-of-pearl Kokopeli smokes his pipe rather than playing his flute 

Lost Souls 23-04

Smoking Vines 22-01

Lost Souls 23-04

A sorrowful Danish theme

( No Longer Available)

Windward 22-05

Smoking Vines 22-01

Lost Souls 23-04

Flowing freeform with a winsome look.

Smoking Vines 22-01

Smoking Vines 22-01

Smoking Vines 22-01

A tribute to the winemaker or drinker

Elapidae 21-18

Tongue Biter 21-17

Smoking Vines 22-01

Neurotoxin snake to soothe the smoker

Tongue Biter 21-17

Tongue Biter 21-17

Tongue Biter 21-17

A cobra to help you enjoy your day

Floral #3 : 21-13

Tongue Biter 21-17

Tongue Biter 21-17

Classic billiard with a garland

Trumpet Vine : 21-12

Trumpet Vine : 21-12

Trumpet Vine : 21-12

A bulldog/apple ornamented with a trumpet vine wreath

(No Longer Available)

Floral #2 : 21-11

Trumpet Vine : 21-12

Trumpet Vine : 21-12

A bulldog pipe with a floral flourish

Seven Roses 21-10

Trumpet Vine : 21-12

Twist of Fate 21-05

Seven roses garland this bulldog shape 

(No Longer Available)  

Twist of Fate 21-05

Twist of Fate 21-05

Twist of Fate 21-05

A Canadian long shank sitter with a twist

Screwed Up 21-06

Twist of Fate 21-05

Screwed Up 21-06

A simple expanding helix and dark stain enhance this sitter.

(No Longer Available)

Creatures of Whimsy

Zombie 23-03

Swallow it Hole 23-01

Zombie 23-03

This zombie won't bite your tongue

Mingus 23-02

Swallow it Hole 23-01

Zombie 23-03

Smoke from a gargoyle

Swallow it Hole 23-01

Swallow it Hole 23-01

Follow The Leader 22-18

A shrunken head to smoke

Follow The Leader 22-18

Follow The Leader 22-18

Follow The Leader 22-18

Endless chasing lizards

HangTen 22-12

Follow The Leader 22-18

HangTen 22-12

A standing barefoot smoker

Raptor 22-11

Follow The Leader 22-18

HangTen 22-12

Oom Paul deep bent with feathers

Octopipe 22-08

Flame Face 22-04

Flame Face 22-04

Classic billiard with a hitchhiker

Flame Face 22-04

Flame Face 22-04

Flame Face 22-04

Will this fire breather let your pipe go out??

Hot Breath 22-03

Flame Face 22-04

Take a Drag 22-02

An angry looking dragon but a clean smoker.

Take a Drag 22-02

Take a Drag 22-02

Take a Drag 22-02

Chinese style dragon wrapped around the bowl.

Critter 21-01

Flipping the Shank 17-111

A Little Crabby 17-104

 A vicious clinging tobacco craving critter 

A Little Crabby 17-104

Flipping the Shank 17-111

A Little Crabby 17-104

 The crab is out of the crab-pot but looking very wary. 

Flipping the Shank 17-111

Flipping the Shank 17-111

Flipping the Shank 17-111

 This little dolphin accompanies every smoke with his static leap over the shank. 

Sea Turtle Volcano 17-112

Sea Turtle Volcano 17-112

Flipping the Shank 17-111

 Six sea turtles march eternally around the neck of this active volcano. 

Tenticles 17-107

Sea Turtle Volcano 17-112

Octopus Garden 17-105

 The Octopus is an elusive creature, but here he has found refuge on the shank of a briar. 

Octopus Garden 17-105

Sea Turtle Volcano 17-112

Octopus Garden 17-105

 This little eight legged critter has found solace under the arch of a freeform briar. 

(No Longer Available)

Sneering Smoker #22-19

Sneering Smoker #22-19

Sneering Smoker #22-19

A sneer from the heel of a morta chimney


Semiformal 22-17

Sneering Smoker #22-19

Sneering Smoker #22-19

Top hat and bare feet

(No Longer Available)

Squawk 22-16

Sneering Smoker #22-19

Caliphants 22-15

A little bird for a light smoke

(No Longer Available)

Caliphants 22-15

Frazzledrip 22-13

Caliphants 22-15

 Elephants grace the calabash bowl


Porky Pipa 22-14

Frazzledrip 22-13

Frazzledrip 22-13

 Do little pigs have curly tails?!

(No Longer Available)

Frazzledrip 22-13

Frazzledrip 22-13

Frazzledrip 22-13

 A huge deep bent for a long contemplative smoke

(No Longer Available)

Froggie 17-124

Quick and Hungry 18-12

Quick and Hungry 18-12

 An Itty-Bitty froggie is perched on the shank of this slightly bent apple 

Quick and Hungry 18-12

Quick and Hungry 18-12

Quick and Hungry 18-12

 This little lizard wrapped around the bowl is looking for a quick mouthful 

Little Lizard 17-122

Quick and Hungry 18-12

Little Lizard 17-122

Unique billiard fashioned with the burl edge on the opposite side of the bowl. This side hosts a tiny lizard.

(No Longer Available) 

China Dragon 18-7

Celtic Rattler 18-19

Little Lizard 17-122

A Chinese three-toed dragon protects the bowl

(No Longer Available)

Celtic Rattler 18-19

Celtic Rattler 18-19

Celtic Rattler 18-19

 All tied up into a Celtic knot this rattler graces the bowl and slithers along the shank

Black Mamba 18-16

Celtic Rattler 18-19

Celtic Rattler 18-19

 One of the world's most deadly snakes waits for you to take a puff on this beauty 

Warm Bowl 17-108

Hiding in Plain Sight 19-21

Hiding in Plain Sight 19-21

 A little lizard has crawled upon the bowl to share the warmth of the smoking experience. 

Hiding in Plain Sight 19-21

Hiding in Plain Sight 19-21

Hiding in Plain Sight 19-21

 Can you see the chameleon cleverly hiding on the shank of this Canadian?

 (No Longer Available) 

Emerging 19-20

Hiding in Plain Sight 19-21

Screwtail 19-10

Some kind of imp is emerging from the bowl of this bent billiard.

Screwtail 19-10

Shank Crawler 19-2

Screwtail 19-10

What could be more natural than smoking a pipe on which a grinning screwtail lizard is cling to the bowl?

Shank Crawler 19-2

Shank Crawler 19-2

Shank Crawler 19-2

 A critter crawled onto the shank to keep you company while you smoke. 

Flutter 20-13

Shank Crawler 19-2

Shank Crawler 19-2

A Little fairy stopped to rest her wings while you smoke your pipe.

The Captive 20-11

Angry Canadian 19-22

The Captive 20-11

Forgotten and brought to a tragic end

 (No Longer Available) 

My Attorney 18-11

Angry Canadian 19-22

The Captive 20-11

Caricature of a Legal Smoker

(No Longer Available)

Angry Canadian 19-22

Angry Canadian 19-22

Dreams of Flight 21-07

Blind and screaming long shank pipe.

(No Longer Available)

Dreams of Flight 21-07

Slithering Smoker 21-08

Dreams of Flight 21-07

Straight grain bent with personality

Slithering Smoker 21-08

Slithering Smoker 21-08

Slithering Smoker 21-08

Helix on the shank morphs into serpents

Parasitic Growth 21-09

Slithering Smoker 21-08

Slithering Smoker 21-08

Strange parasite with a hunger problem fixed to the pipe

Mermaids

Seablossom 21-28

Canadian Swimmer 20-30

Canadian Swimmer 20-30

 A tiny mermaid for a sensuous smoke.

Canadian Swimmer 20-30

Canadian Swimmer 20-30

Canadian Swimmer 20-30

 A Long shank pipe for a reclining beauty 

Lovat First Site 20-31

Canadian Swimmer 20-30

Lovat First Site 20-31

A twin finned mermaid is a sailor's dream

Sea Dream 20-19

Beguile me 20-27

Lovat First Site 20-31

 She rests supine along the bottom of the bowl and along the shank in a dreamlike state. 

Beguile me 20-27

Beguile me 20-27

Beguile me 20-27

 Posed serenely for your pleasure and her's. 

Black Fish 20-20

Beguile me 20-27

Beguile me 20-27

A dark little mermaid in a somber mood.

Wrapped Up 20-25

Wrapped Up 20-25

Wrapped Up 20-25

A little oceanic seductress wrapped tightly around the shank.

Creeping Danger 20-24

Not So Little Mermaid 20-23

Not So Little Mermaid 20-23

This little mermaid is being seized by a scavenger octopus on the other side of the bowl.

Not So Little Mermaid 20-23

Not So Little Mermaid 20-23

Not So Little Mermaid 20-23

This chunky little mermaid is quite confident of her seductive charms.

Reality Check 20-22

Not So Little Mermaid 20-23

Reality Check 20-22

Even Mermaids need to have a healthy awareness of the reality of a hungry shark.

Mirror Maids 20-5

Mirror Maids 20-5

Reality Check 20-22

 A horn style pipe with mermaids swiming toward each other in a band around the top of the bowl 

Sea Song 20-6

Mirror Maids 20-5

Sea Song 20-6

A low relief band with a mermaid swimming among dolphins.

Femish 19-4

Mirror Maids 20-5

Sea Song 20-6

The most fish-like of my mermaids clings tightly to the bowl as if being battered by waves.

Mermaid Figurehead 18-9

Mermaid Figurehead 18-9

Mermaid Figurehead 18-9

 She has been tossed by the waves to land supine upon the bowl of this straight grain briar

(No Longer Available)  

Siren of the Sea 17-116

Mermaid Figurehead 18-9

Mermaid Figurehead 18-9

  Is she the sailor's dream or greatest nightmare?  Beware the gift she offers.   

She of the Sea 92

Mermaid Figurehead 18-9

She of the Sea 92

   A lovely two finned mermaid caught sunning herself on the bowl of a standing pipe

 (No Longer Available) 

Theme Pipes

Pumpkin Tree 21-23

Jack-o-smoker 21-22

Jack-o-smoker 21-22

Jack held aloft by a haunted tree

Jack-o-smoker 21-22

Jack-o-smoker 21-22

Jack-o-smoker 21-22

Even a zombie can enjoy the smoke

Halloween Pipekin 21-21

Halloween Pipekin 21-21

Halloween Pipekin 21-21

Tobacco smoke should curl out of this pumpkin

Tete De Lion 21-04

Halloween Pipekin 21-21

Halloween Pipekin 21-21

The courage of a lion to smoke what you want when you want

Pumpkin Hand 21-03

Solar Volcano 20-33

Pumpkin Hand 21-03

A Halloween theme pipe for smoking every day of the year.

(No Longer Available)

Sharky 21-02

Solar Volcano 20-33

Pumpkin Hand 21-03

 A whimsical shark to bite your tongue.  

Solar Volcano 20-33

Solar Volcano 20-33

Solar Volcano 20-33

A sunny pipe for a cloudy day.

Dissonance 20-8R

Dissonance 20-8R

Solar Volcano 20-33

What has been seen cannot be unseen.

 (No Longer Available) 

Mob Rule 20-21

Dissonance 20-8R

Egg Snake 20-17

A sculptural comment on the dark side of human nature in the form of a pipe.

Egg Snake 20-17

Dissonance 20-8R

Egg Snake 20-17

A stylized serpent feasts on an egg making an elegant pipe.

Bad Day Fishing 18-10

Bad Day Fishing 18-10

Bad Day Fishing 18-10

A reverse-calabash with a fishy twist

 (No Longer Available)  

Ceremonial 20-7

Bad Day Fishing 18-10

Bad Day Fishing 18-10

 A large morta sculptured pipe in the form of an African ceremonial mask. 

(No Longer Available)

Serpent Hunger 20-16

Bad Day Fishing 18-10

Serpent Hunger 20-16

 A hungry snake is consuming the bowl of the pipe in a single swallow. 

Toking Croad 20-15

Plateau-O-Saur 20-12

Serpent Hunger 20-16

 Perched on the stummel this frog or toad is waiting to be fed.

(No Longer Available) 

Wuhan Egg 20-14

Plateau-O-Saur 20-12

Plateau-O-Saur 20-12

  Have you ever seen a dragon's egg? This is what I imagine it would look like when hatching.  

Plateau-O-Saur 20-12

Plateau-O-Saur 20-12

Plateau-O-Saur 20-12

   Creeping onto the shank through the skin of the plateau.

(No Longer Available) 

King Cobra 19-18

Great Uncle Jack 18-15

Frog Macabre 19-13

 

A  customized "Cavalier" style pipe with a deep bent bowl

(No Longer Available)

Frog Macabre 19-13

Great Uncle Jack 18-15

Frog Macabre 19-13

Inspired by an M C Escher rendering this mummified frog is frozen in time and space.

Great Uncle Jack 18-15

Great Uncle Jack 18-15

Emperor of the Deep 17-102

Great Uncle Jack was not especially nice, but in death he will make a great smoke!

(No Longer Available)

Emperor of the Deep 17-102

Emperor of the Deep 17-102

Emperor of the Deep 17-102

 This creature strikes fear into the most intrepid seaman while he makes a meal of a harbor seal. 

(No Longer Available)

Under the Sea 17-106

Emperor of the Deep 17-102

Under the Sea 17-106

 

Consider what goes on under the surface of the sea.  Here it is captured in briar.

(No Longer Available)

Loopy 17-101

Emperor of the Deep 17-102

Under the Sea 17-106

Does the draft hole really follow the shank of this exotic shape?

(No Longer Available) 

Ivy 20-28

Autumn Leaves 19-19

Autumn Leaves 19-19

Overgrown clump of ivy that is and air conditioned bowl

(No Longer Available)

Autumn Leaves 19-19

Autumn Leaves 19-19

Autumn Leaves 19-19

Tribute to the leaves of autumn in polychrome stain on briar

(No Longer Available)

Oak Smoke 18-20

Autumn Leaves 19-19

One Pipe to Rule Them All 17-120

Oak leaves and acorns adorn this straight billiard style pipe

(No Longer Available)

One Pipe to Rule Them All 17-120

One Pipe to Rule Them All 17-120

One Pipe to Rule Them All 17-120

 

 The Gollem scrambles up the shank with the ring of power 

(No Longer Available)

Rainbow's End 91

One Pipe to Rule Them All 17-120

Rainbow's End 91

 

 Did you catch the leprechaun to secure his pot of gold for yourself? 

Wormwood 96R

One Pipe to Rule Them All 17-120

Rainbow's End 91

 

 Up from the earth to tempt you again.

(No Longer Available)

Heel Art Gems

Wraith 22-10

Wraith 22-10

Wraith 22-10

Expression of the current global zeitgeist.

Reaper 22-09

Wraith 22-10

Wraith 22-10

Are you prepared to schedule an appointment?

Snarl 21-27

Wraith 22-10

Black Dog 21-26

A snarling feline critter to enhance the smoking experience.

Black Dog 21-26

Black Dog 21-26

Black Dog 21-26

Beware the pipe that bites the hand that holds it!

Piety 19-16

Black Dog 21-26

Sacajawea 20-1

A pious angelic creature captured in briar 

(The counterpart to 19-17)

(No Longer Available)

Sacajawea 20-1

Black Dog 21-26

Sacajawea 20-1

A tribute in briar to the American Indian princess who was instrumental to the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Forbidden Pleasure 21-20

Forbidden Pleasure 21-20

Forbidden Pleasure 21-20

Forbid me not to take my pipe

Reaper 20-29

Forbidden Pleasure 21-20

Forbidden Pleasure 21-20

Anyone anxious for a visit?

( No Longer Available)

Alley Oop 20-26

Forbidden Pleasure 21-20

Alley Oop 20-26

"There's a man in the funny papers we all know..."  Ever wonder what became of him?

Blasphemy 19-17

Dream State 19-14

Alley Oop 20-26

This is the demon Baphomet.

(counterpart to 19-16)

(No Longer Available)

Dream State 19-14

Dream State 19-14

Dream State 19-14


Elegant straight grain shank capped with ivorite and a dreamer on the bottom of the bowl.

(No Longer Available)

Lefty 19-15

Dream State 19-14

Dream State 19-14

A pipe with fine birds eye grain on the top of the bowl will sit on its left hand. 

Ceanothus

Detail your services

Detail your services

Detail your services

Simple elegant lines establish the shape of this bowl

(No Longer Available)

Dark Cloud 17-123

Detail your services

Detail your services

A huge sitter carved from elegant cealothus burl wood.

Flora 17-119

Detail your services

Scorched & Screamin' 17-115

A small and light freeform ceamothus charmer

Scorched & Screamin' 17-115

Scorched & Screamin' 17-115

Scorched & Screamin' 17-115

 A fine smoker sculpted from a Ceanothus burl.  His expression is claim to the fact that he was born of fire.

(No Longer Available) 

Ceanothus Stubby 17-118

Scorched & Screamin' 17-115

Ceanothus Stubby 17-118

A nose warmer of excellent smokability

(No Longer Available)

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