Kai Nielsen: Smooth Bent Bulldog (Jewel of Denmark) (B) Tobacco Pipe

This Bulldog from Kai Nielsen is a gestural take on the shape-chart standard that marries the form's muscular character to a fluid curvature. The bowl, brawny and tall, boasts a Pot-like stoutness that fills the fingers quite nicely. A pair of beadlines wrap around the bowl's high-set waistline and demarcate the domed rim from the rest of the stummel. The diamond shank's firm, structural lines reinforce the shape's brawny build and extend through the transition to add some definition to the bowl's heel. A walnut-hued smooth finish dresses the stummel and accentuates the fine streaks of flame grain across the bowl's flanks.