Yeti: Smooth Bent Dublin with Bakelite Tobacco Pipe

It's hard to say what style of shaping is really Micah Cryder's bread-and-butter, as it were, but he does a damn fine job with this long, sprawling aesthetic. Though the shaping, grain orientation, finish, accent-work, and feel in hand are all quite nice here, it's the macro-effect created by the culmination of all of these aspects, along with the gorgeous silhouette and exquisite coaxing of the best aspects of the briar which likely led Shane and Josh to suspect that this might just be the finest Yeti briar they've yet handled. Ultra-tight plateau about the domed rim pairs magnificently with one of Micah's stellar, warm contrasts, complemented by a stem-base of pearlescent green bakelite for a bit of additional color. Beautiful work here.

- Daniel Bumgardner