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If you're new and want more pipes, then one of your needs is to try some that are different from each other to find out what you like. You have a bent. Get a straight. Steve

I'd probably be interested in a few of those Vipratis were I in a buying mood. Did L'Anatra stop putting 3-D duck heads on their new pipes? Steve

Very cool. Put those in a machine instead of on the internet and it could be a great way to relieve people of their nickels. Steve

I've been told that's one of the more difficult shapes to make well, especially an 8-panel like that. Maybe that's why we don't see so many of them. Steve

. What a Great pipe! The shank and stem remind me of a Savinelli I once owned, only rotated 90 deg. .

Such beautiful motorcycles - they've done a great job of capturing the old look - that's my first impression. Sadly, the second impression that popped into my twisted brain is the image of one of those going down on Mulholland Drive (ouch!). After they reach the US its only a matter of time...

Very impressive panel you have there. Would love to see more pics if you're up to it. Steve

It could be new old stock (NOS), and it would not be unusual for a NOS pipe that had been out of its box for display in a store for a long time, to get separated from its original box, depending on how organized the store is. The same scenario could explain the stem oxidation, and that will...

Most of them in the upper half of the collection make me feel uncomfortable about contrast that seems in excess, or in some cases they remind me of how photos look when too much sharpening has been applied. The photos in the lower half of the collection seem less like that to me; they capture...

Hey! I have a BST sitting around that's like that! (just kidding) Steve

. I'd feel confident buying a L'Anatra. I've only owned one, but it was a fine smoker having a comfortable bit. Steve .

Those Blakemar pipes have me salivating like a dog at dinner time. I love traditionals. Steve

In the late 50's and early 60's I remember attending dirt-track jalopy races in the small town of Ord Nebraska where I lived. Back then it wasn't any kind of a vintage thing, or using purpose-built "new" jalopys, they were the real deal built from old cars nobody would dream of risking on a...

Reminds me of the time I decided to make a martini out of olive juice, because I like olives. That was a FAIL. Steve

That is the nicest meer patina I've ever seen, and on that carve especially it looks great. Steve

That's the scenario I imagined the OP was proposing - all males shooting blanks for a year or females dropping infertile eggs, no warning, no rational reason known. Lots of reasons imagined by rational types and kooks alike - along with their proposed action agendas. The second coming of...

It would cause expansion of religious cults and doomsday hysteria, eco-freaks, enemies of the chemicals industry and other utopians would leverage it to advance their political agendas, and sales of pickles and ice cream would plummet. Steve

The patent statutes recently changed in the US. It is now "first to file", not "first to invent" as it was formerly. There is no chance of intellectual property rights under the current system unless you file, and then only if you defend the claims of your patent over any objections of the PTO...

. Between the two Ebay consignment sellers "pipestud" and "great-estate-pipes", I have cleared out more than 80 of my pipes in 2011. Were I to sell more pipes I would not hesitate to use either of them again. http://www.pipestud.com/ http://greatestatepipes.com/ Steve

"The Tempting of America: The Political Seduction of the Law" by Robert H. Bork is my current read. It discusses some cases of the U.S. Supreme Court from the time of John Marshal to its publication in 1990. Steve