shape i will make."
my day job is not in the pipe smoking or tobacco industry so i cannot say that the impression it made on the crowd was necessarily a well-informed one, but that is not the point. the point is that this pipe made people stop and ask about it. they wanted to know who made it, what the materials were, and were all equally thrilled and impressed not only with the use of the exotic materials, but with the feel and finish of the product. if the goal was to make a pipe that was attractive to people - spot on. this pipe did it in spades.
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