Smooth Pufferfish with Mastodon Ivory Tobacco Pipe

While the broad-sided, gently, softly elongated bowl-form of Jeff Gracik's Pufferfish does still work to emphasize the birdseye-covered flanks, it does away completely with the far less subtle paneling that serves the same purpose on the standard Blowfish. The result is a more rounded and visually compact design, as well as one which, although pretty minimalist, presents a more organic aesthetic than most of the now-myriad, and often quite abstract interpretations of the Blowfish out there today. Fitting to the simplified design, the presention, although rich in depth, is overall quite simple as well, being composed of only an extra-dark walnut contrast stain, an accent of pale ivory, and a sleek black vulcanite stem.

- Eric N. Squires