Talbert Discus #1123T
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Here is a pipe that put up a serious fight - I cut it from a piece of the oldest briar stock we have, blocks probably 50 years air-drying or more, and hard as square rocks. I blasted it probably twice as much as other pipes, but it stubbornly refused to blast very deeply, even though it does show off some very nice and tight ring grain, so in the end I graded it accordingly. It is, however, probably the Pugiest of Pugs I've made yet - Very short, very round (Note the top view!), very fat, and very squat.
It's completely unstained, both because I think it makes a beautiful natural and also because I just didn't have the time for any elaborate staining tricks - I was trying to finish this for the CORPS show and ended up finally completing it the morning that we were packing for the trip. It is balanced such that it will sit upright on a desk on its own. Also, the stem is handcut from some older German cumberland rod I have, and is one-piece - It mimics a banded shank look, but it's actually all one part, and uses a turned cumberland tenon instead of my usual delrin.
