Feather Carved Freehand Sitter (99) Tobacco Pipe

American carver Randy Wiley makes some of the most instantly recognizable and stable sitters in the business. By creating a 45 degree plane at the front junction of the bowl and heel, the pipe sits with its tail (bit) high in the air, lending the composition a sense of an attentive pet waiting for instructions. In the case of this handsome pet, there is nowhere that your eye can land without being rewarded by the sight of a pretty straight grain or birdseye.

--Bear Graves