The sharp eyed observer will note the Rad Davis 1/8 bent sandblasted black walnut stained apple with cumberland stem resting in the cut glass ashtray . . .
a somewhat more careful study, to be completed later
Ending the day with a pinch of Hearth and Home "Magnum Opus" English style tobacco in a Jack Howell 283 shape smooth finish briar, one of 50 made at the behest of Neill Archer Roan, the extraordinary worldwide success of whose brilliant five year old pipe enthusiast blog they were made to commemorate, in smooth and sandblasted finishes, as the 2011 "A Passion For Pipes" Pipe of the Year.
self portrait, 9 x 12, 9B graphite pencil