Tsuge: 'The Topper' Sandblasted Stack Tobacco Pipe

The Stack is quite a recognizable shape, and this "The Topper" imagining from Tsuge is even more so, imbued with some of the Japanese marque's distinctive styling. The shank and stem strike me immediately, as they are quite sleek, with the stem itself also being fairly long, extending the length of this piece to over six inches. The junction is marked by a silvery metal ring, and the shank transitions quite low on the bowl, itself possessed of a subtle taper throughout its build. Appropriately, the bowl is quite tall, over two inches tall, in fact, and holds a very deep chamber, though its visual weight is balanced by the lengthy shank and stem combination, and its surface provides an excellent showcase for the orange sandblast dressing the briar.