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2015 BOTL Pipe - Shape/Maker Discussion & Poll

Which Pipe would you pick as the 2015 BOTL Pipe of the Year?

  • Pipe #1

    Votes: 3 8.1%
  • Pipe #2

    Votes: 16 43.2%
  • Pipe #3

    Votes: 18 48.6%

  • Total voters
    37
  • Poll closed .

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GROUP PICS <--- click for more pictures of all three pipes together

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PIPE #1 <--- click for pictures/details
PIPE #1 <--- click for more pictures/details
4.50" Overall Length
1.79" Bowl Outside Diameter
2.18" Overall Height
0.66" Shank Outside Diameter
0.20" Bit Thickness (just before the button)
0.24" Button Thickness
0.56" Stem Width (just before the button)
0.66" Button Width
0.76" Chamber Inside Diameter
1.67" Chamber Depth
0.32" Tenon Outside Diameter
0.49" Tenon Length
0.54" Mortise Drill Depth
0.16" Airway Inside Diameter (at tenon)
1.75oz. Weight (51g)


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PIPE #2 <--- click for pictures/details
PIPE #2 <--- click for more pictures/details
5.02" Overall Length
2.01" Bowl Outside Diameter
2.53" Overall Height (1.72" bowl height)
0.73" Shank Outside Diameter
0.18" Bit Thickness (just before the button)
0.29" Button Thickness
0.70" Stem Width (just before the button)
0.73" Button Width
0.80" Chamber Inside Diameter
1.51" Chamber Depth
0.42" Tenon Outside Diameter (drilled for filter)
0.62" Tenon Length (drilled for filter)
1.06" Mortise Drill Depth (drilled for filter)
x.xx" Airway Inside Diameter (drilled for filter)
1.75oz. Weight (52g)

The stem on this pipe was a mistake and should have had a standard tenon/mortise. I grabbed another pipe I have from this artist to get standard tenon/mortise measurements:
0.28" Tenon Outside Diameter
0.59" Tenon Length
0.82" Mortise Drill Depth
0.14" Airway Inside Diameter (at tenon)


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PIPE #3 <--- click for pictures/details
PIPE #3 <--- click for more pictures/details
4.16" Overall Length
1.38" Bowl Outside Diameter
1.79" Overall Height
0.66" Shank Outside Diameter
0.15" Bit Thickness (just before the button)
0.29" Button Thickness
0.65" Stem Width (just before the button)
0.65" Button Width
0.73" Chamber Inside Diameter
1.29" Chamber Depth
0.32" Tenon Outside Diameter
0.61" Tenon Length
0.72" Mortise Drill Depth
0.16" Airway Inside Diameter (at tenon)
1.00oz. Weight (29g)
 
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@CVAC085 Well, I did set it up so you can change your vote.
I'm hoping we get some good discussion going in here about what makes a decent pipe. What to look for. Why people like the ones they do.
If that happens and it opens someones eyes up to a different way of looking at things, I want them to be able to change their vote.
 
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@CVAC085 Well, I did set it up so you can change your vote.
I'm hoping we get some good discussion going in here about what makes a decent pipe. What to look for. Why people like the ones they do.
If that happens and it opens someones eyes up to a different way of looking at things, I want them to be able to change their vote.
Works for me. So far I'm set on the one I voted for already lol.
 

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I love them all but have cast my vote, I wasn't around last year but plz do tell me how I can get in on this. I would like all 3 so I'm in no matter which is chosen. And yes I am about to sign up for the noob pipe sampler just waiting on 2 shipments of cigars so I have a nice selection to trade for anyone who's like "who's this guy he hasn't even posted in the pipe forum yet"

Not sure if there is a pre-requisite to being able to vote.. Feel free to shut me down if there is.

:notworthy: Not worthy of such craftsmanship :notworthy:
 
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Oh man - going to wait till the specs are up before voting (I am a bit of a weight whore lol) - but I'll say this, pipe # 3 is looking a lot better in this set oh pictures!!

Great photos Clint!
 

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Haha! That was my third try. The ones with my cell phone just didn't do justice. Then I used mama's DSLR with her nice 50mm lens, but I had trouble with getting a good focus with such a short focal length (photographer I am NOT) and the file sizes were too big to upload. Then I switched back to her kit lens, took the resolution down, and got these. Still too big, so they had to go through some software manipulation to shrink them down even further. They're probably too small now, but hopefully there's still enough detail. I'm still not completely satisfied with the results, but we have to move on here, I guess.
 
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