Shield – Buddha Belly

29th Apr
2017

Status – Sold Out

Details : 

Bruyère smoking  pipe (Mimmo Romeo- Italy/Ligurian),mouthpiece hand cut German Lucite with Teflon tenon,pipe cleaner passes easily, draft holes are bored to 4.2mm, stem  forms towards the button a Y slot providing  a light air draw circulation.

The grain opend up as a negative an positive counterpart divided at the middle line of the shape and accented by the contrast staining.

This shape was a bit inspired by the belly of Buddha – “Budai in folklore is admired for his happiness, plenitude, and wisdom of contentment. One belief popular in folklore maintains that rubbing his belly brings wealth, good luck, and prosperity.”

Tabak Pfeife aus  extra trockenen reich gemaserten straight grain Bruyère  (Mimmo Romeo-Italien),Mundstück handgeschnitten Acryl, Pfeifenreiniger geht glatt durch.Weit geöffnete Y Fächerung am Biss,eine ausgewogene fein balanzierte Pfeife die sehr angenehm in der Hand liegt,kommt mit schwarzem Plüsch Säckchen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The History of Olivetrees in Bar-Montenegro

22nd Apr
2017

Here you can learn something more about the 2000 year old local tradition of tending to the Olive trees,Olive fruits and oil.It is also the same ancient wood used for the production of my olive-pipes :

http://oliveoilmontenegro.me/

Canadian Long-ta-gon – The mountain path

10th Apr
2017

Status : Sold

Details:Canadian II

Bruyère smoking  pipe carved from 25 year old Corsican root. The longest panelled  Canadian pipe from my workshop as a custom order .

It features a disassemble shank in order to achieve a pipe with two faces.

The shafts of the shank are  in such a manner composed that the transition between them is very hard to distinguish .The longer size is at  280 mm and the shorter version at 202mm. The mouthpiece is from hand cut German Lucite, the stem channel has been  polished from the inside, pipe cleaner passes easily.

Stem forms towards the button a Y slot providing a minimal airflow resistance while ensuring an easy draw,comes with black plush clove.

Tabak Pfeife aus  extra trockenen reich gemaserten cross grain Bruyère  (Korsika),Mundstück handgeschnitten Acryl, Pfeifenreiniger geht glatt durch .Weit geöffnete Y Fächerung am Biss,eine ausgewogene fein balanzierte Pfeife die sehr angenehm in der Hand liegt,kommt mit schwarzem Plüsch Säckchen.

Canadian XII

Canadian XVII

 

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Ramses I Hiệp

2nd Apr
2017

Status : Sold

Details:Ramses

Bruyère smoking  pipe,carved from an aged Bruyère block (Mimmo Romeo-Tuscan/Liguria),

The mouthpiece is from hand cut German Lucite ,teflon tenon  with precious gem stone inlay, Blue crystal Lapis ,Kiyanite, and Moonstone  each fragment was handpicked and polished, pipe cleaner passes easily, draft holes are bored to 4.2mm, stem forms towards the button a Y slot providing a minimal airflow resistance while ensuring an easy draw ,comes with black plush clove.

Inspired by the red Deshret crown of lower Egypt : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshret

 

Tabak Pfeife aus  extra trockenem  Bruyère  (Mimmo Romeo-Italien),Mundstück Handgeschnitten Acryl mit Teflon Zapfen, Pfeifenreiniger geht glatt durch.Weit geöffnete Y Fächerung am Biss,kommt mit schwarzem Plüsch Säckchen.

 

Ramses VIII

Ramses XI

 

 

 

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