Tree Bark Rusticated Poker with Bamboo insert by Rex Walden 10/8/2013

Rusticated Poker with Bamboo Insert by Rex Walden

I try to make pipes that are inspired by places I have been or things that I see.  In the Texas Hill Country we sometimes have exotic game that fly through our properties.  One of these species is called the Blackbuck Antelope, a beautiful animal that we see often around here that is native to India.  This pipe is inspired by these creatures that bound around here like wild hellions.  I used a small piece of bamboo that worked to break-up up the grooved rustication from the all black ebonite stem.