Sandblasted Strawberry Wood Reverse Calabash Dublin (B) Tobacco Pipe

There's something intriguing about this odd shape, something that sticks with you like a song looping through your head. If you look at this pipe for too long, it stops looking like a pipe, the way words lose meaning when you repeat them for a while. I understand the attraction to reverse Calabashes, with their stout bodies, but it's certainly unusual to see one in a nosewarmer style, and with such an abbreviated stem. The earthy brown contrast stain and low profile sandblast are mesmerizing. Even with the muscular and tubular aesthetic, you might call this minimalist, given its neat balance and subtle detailing.