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Autumn

Autumn is moving in and the time for relaxing fireside smokes has arrived. Just in time to help set the mood and fresh off the StummelWorks bench comes a rustic Pot with strong lines and warm earthy tones. The stummel is from a Makis ebauchon cut briar block with rusticated walls, contrasting smooth rim and […]

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Deep Irish

The very first pipe I made was a Dublin I carved from a kit block using simple hand tools, a vague idea of what a pipe ought to look like, and not a clue what I was getting into. I didn’t even really know I was making a Dublin at the time until I showed […]

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Honey Bee

This pipe had been rolling around in the back of my mind from the first time I set eyes on Morta wood. Black and Yellow, or Gold, just go together naturally. So, over the last couple days in the shop they came together in a tall Apple with a straight tapered stemmed pipe I’ve nicknamed […]

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On the Morta Rhodes

It was flippin’ HOT today. Like 117F hot. But I hadn’t been in the workshop much all week so out there I went. Just me and Sauron out there – ever notice he’s always giving you the side eye? Anyway, I made these two Morta Rhodesian bowls for Kirsten pipes finished, and made good progress […]

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Tree Fiddy

A squat Author pipe with a rusticated finish, stained British Tan. It features with a wide, tapered oval shank and red swirled ebonite stem. Dimensions: 4.75″ long x 2.25″ wide x 1.5″ tall. Smoking chamber: 1.0″ wide x 1.25″ deep. Weight: 2.9oz [sold]

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Bad Apple

A brushed Morta Apple bowl with a straight grey swirled Juma stem. I fell in love with working Morta while making this pipe. Measurements: 4.5″ long x 1.6″ wide x 1.9″ tall. Smoking chamber: 0.8″ bore x 1.4″ deep. Weight: 1.7oz

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