And this is one of my pipes. I was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and since 2017 I live in Riga, Latvia. I graduated from art school, studied math in SPb Technical University, and worked as a web designer and web programmer for 15 years. In 2011 I made my first smoking pipe and it became my favorite hobby, and soon my second job. I love my business and can’t imagine a better job for me. Any of my pipes meets very strict quality requirements. The drilling is always accurate. The stem bore and the shank bore always meet in one point, the shank bore always goes accurately to the bottom of the bowl, the tennon length always matches the mortise depth accurate to 0.2 – 0.3 mm. Of course, any of my pipes perfectly passes the “pipe cleaner test”. It means, you can put a pipe cleaner into the stem and it with well pass through the bore into the bowl. But my quality requirements are much more strict than a simple pipe cleaner test. The most important thing in pipe engineering is a button slot. I make a deep and wide V-slot, so the smoke goes to the mouth as a slow wide flow and doesn’t hurt the tongue. The bore of the pipe doesn’t have places of sharp narrowing and expanding, so the pipe has no problems with condensate. I sand the shank bore inside to remove any bumps after drilling. I do the same with the stem bore, and even polish it inside. I make very comfort mouthpiece button. It is little rounded to match teeth bite, not too large and not too small. The teeth site of the stem is about 4 mm thin and about 18 mm wide – that’s the most comfort size I figured out after years of pipe smoking. It is bent egg smoking pipe with saddle stem. The pipe is 125 mm long (4.92) and weighs 40 g (1.41 oz). Chamber size is 19×36 mm (0.75×1.42). You may return the unsmoked and undamaged pipe if you contact me within 14 days after receiving it. If you receive the pipe damaged, just contact me within two days and send me photo. If the bowl burns in less than half a year. Or if the pipe breakes through my fault, you are welcome to choose any of my available pipes for replacement or I will make the same pipe for you. In any case please feel free to contact me, and take in mind you are my client and you are always right! The item “Bondarev Bent Egg Handmade Smoking Pipe” is in sale since Saturday, November 10, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Tobacciana & Smoking Supplies\Smoking Pipes & Accessories\Modern Pipes”. The seller is “bondarevpipes” and is located in Rga. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Pipes
- Brand: Bondarev
- Body Shape: Bent
- Material: Briar
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Latvia