Ashton: Oak Paneled Poker (Magnum) Tobacco Pipe

Ashton's "Magnum" stamping indicates briars of substantial size and girth, and that's certainly true for this Poker design, with its palm-filling bowl, over seven inches of length, and capacious tobacco chamber. This utilitarian shape maintains the form's characteristic flat, sure-sitting heel, but it's imbued with a strong sense of geometry, courtesy of the eight panels along the bowl and the boxy shank that stretches out back. It's dressed in the smoky Oak smooth finish, which here showcases fine strands of flame grain that streak up the flanks of the bowl and meet a rim populated with whorls of birdseye. For those seeking an eye-catching desk pipe, this Poker design is ideal, and quite handsome as well.