Rex Walden Pipes: Custom Briar Poker Tobacco Pipe by Rex Walden "Thor's Hammer" USA

This was a recent commissioned pipe from a customer in Canada. The briar block had a nice plateaux feature on top of it, so I tried my best to keep it by making the rim of the pipe smooth and using rustication with a light blast to give the pipe some contrast. I had castle or fortress in my mind while shaping the pipe (hence the squarish shape), but after I posted some photos of it on Instagram one of my followers called it "Thor's Hammer", which I thought was a great name for the pipe. The poker features a hand cut ebonite stem with a big round white dot inlay. The bottom of the pipe was stained brown and shows off some nice grain. This pipe has been sold and shipped to Alberta, Canada.

Thanks for looking,
Rex