Sandblasted Blowfish with Mastodon Tobacco Pipe

While, shaping-wise, this Scott Klein briar does present a fine combination of Danish-influenced flow, line, and curving form, and although the mastodon ivory serving as accent is most certainly excellent, in the end it's the stem that really grabbed my attention here. Richly patterned, beautifully shaped, and presenting a ring of wondrous whorls crowning the base, it is readily one of the most interesting examples of a cumberland piece that I've ever seen.

- Eric N. Squires