Misc. Estates: The Tinder Box Selected Smooth Bent Dublin Tobacco Pipe

With an audaciously bent saddle stem and acute transition from angled shank into upright bowl, this bent Dublin from The Tinder Box strikes a perfect pose for comfortable jaw hanging. If we begin at the bottom of the impressive chamber and rise up through its shadowy depths, we arrive at a thick rim. The outline of the pipe guides the eye down through the flared walls of the bowl to a bulbous heel before the stummel makes an upward sweep into the shank. The vulcanite stem has a thick base that taper swiftly through the dramatic bend into the bit. An earthy ochre hue dresses the stummel's smooth surface.