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Hekthor Weibe Radiator a GrrReview
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cgraunke
BoM March '14
Here are mine:
Full Bent w/ red bowl, Original w/ green, and I was lucky enough to grab a prototype Churchwarden early on in the process. Love the cratered texture on that black bowl! I almost had him make me a nose-warmer, too, but I held off figuring I could always pick up another original and chop it down myself if I was so inclined...
Right now, you can get stems with black, silver, and gold bases. Smooth bowls are available in red, green and brown, and black rusticated bowls like the one above and also black in what has a "concrete" look and feel to it.
If you email Mike at TPC, he will mix and match the bowls with the stem/base for you if he doesn't have your desired combo posted.
Hekthor is also always posting teasers of test pieces on his IG, so check him out @hwiebepipes! (I know I'm going to need another one if/when he releases the Shorty Bent or the blue base. I'm probably going to need one of the naked briar bowls, too!)
Still waiting on other bowl designs, and the only things I think could use improvement would be a wider more substantial bit for easier clenching, and to make the stems removable from the bases. Right now they're fused together, but I like the option on my DE/Tsuge to break it down that one extra step. Besides, it would allow for even greater mix and match customization!
Full Bent w/ red bowl, Original w/ green, and I was lucky enough to grab a prototype Churchwarden early on in the process. Love the cratered texture on that black bowl! I almost had him make me a nose-warmer, too, but I held off figuring I could always pick up another original and chop it down myself if I was so inclined...
Right now, you can get stems with black, silver, and gold bases. Smooth bowls are available in red, green and brown, and black rusticated bowls like the one above and also black in what has a "concrete" look and feel to it.
If you email Mike at TPC, he will mix and match the bowls with the stem/base for you if he doesn't have your desired combo posted.
Hekthor is also always posting teasers of test pieces on his IG, so check him out @hwiebepipes! (I know I'm going to need another one if/when he releases the Shorty Bent or the blue base. I'm probably going to need one of the naked briar bowls, too!)
Still waiting on other bowl designs, and the only things I think could use improvement would be a wider more substantial bit for easier clenching, and to make the stems removable from the bases. Right now they're fused together, but I like the option on my DE/Tsuge to break it down that one extra step. Besides, it would allow for even greater mix and match customization!
Any preference between full bend or straight? Love them!!Here are mine:
Full Bent w/ red bowl, Original w/ green, and I was lucky enough to grab a prototype Churchwarden early on in the process. Love the cratered texture on that black bowl! I almost had him make me a nose-warmer, too, but I held off figuring I could always pick up another original and chop it down myself if I was so inclined...
Right now, you can get stems with black, silver, and gold bases. Smooth bowls are available in red, green and brown, and black rusticated bowls like the one above and also black in what has a "concrete" look and feel to it.
If you email Mike at TPC, he will mix and match the bowls with the stem/base for you if he doesn't have your desired combo posted.
Hekthor is also always posting teasers of test pieces on his IG, so check him out @hwiebepipes! (I know I'm going to need another one if/when he releases the Shorty Bent or the blue base. I'm probably going to need one of the naked briar bowls, too!)
Still waiting on other bowl designs, and the only things I think could use improvement would be a wider more substantial bit for easier clenching, and to make the stems removable from the bases. Right now they're fused together, but I like the option on my DE/Tsuge to break it down that one extra step. Besides, it would allow for even greater mix and match customization!
cgraunke
BoM March '14
@BrewinHooligan I like the feel of the full bent better, as I'm a clencher while driving. (the weight being in closer to your mouth just feels less clumsy) And the small bit feels more secure that way. Clenching the standard is a little awkward, like you're balancing that weight out at the end, but again I think that could be remedied with a more substantial bit. Perhaps someone who's played a bit with pipe stem making might want to make a beta test replacement for me? 
Thank you sir!@BrewinHooligan I like the feel of the full bent better, as I'm a clencher while driving. (the weight being in closer to your mouth just feels less clumsy) And the small bit feels more secure that way. Clenching the standard is a little awkward, like you're balancing that weight out at the end, but again I think that could be remedied with a more substantial bit. Perhaps someone who's played a bit with pipe stem making might want to make a beta test replacement for me?
They are usually here but looks sold out by can always email and see what he has that might not be on the site.
http://www.tobacco-pipe-collectors.mybigcommerce.com/h-wiebe-pipes/
And then there is the Praire Piper in Canada
http://www.theprairiepiper.com/product/radiator-pipe
http://www.tobacco-pipe-collectors.mybigcommerce.com/h-wiebe-pipes/
And then there is the Praire Piper in Canada
http://www.theprairiepiper.com/product/radiator-pipe
