Yeti: Sandblasted Natural Author with Mammoth (781) Tobacco Pipe

Micah Cryder is the artisan behind Yeti pipes, his passion for the art of the craft imbued into him since his childhood, making him a fourth-generation pipe smoker. An autodidact for much of his career, he turned to pipe makers forums for information about carving, furthering his knowledge of the craft considerably, especially with regard to the technical elements. Over the years, his abilities have become even more refined, each pipe made contributing to his skills and solidifying his unique shaping style, as seen in this Author

The Author is a shape we haven't seen from Cryder before at Smokingpipes, making this piece unique both in its execution and rarity. The proportions on display are quite robust, with an affably plump, curvaceous bowl that rests on a soft heel at the fore of a heavily cheeked transition. Out back, a muscular round shank is adorned with a milk-white accent of mammoth ivory at its point of conjunction to a comfortably bent vulcanite saddle stem. Dressed in a crisp natural sandblast, the stummel boasts tightly stacked ring grain all around the bowl.