I’m posting this here because I think it’s heady and old school, this is from a maker here in Massachusetts that a headshop near me carries, his prices are crazy good and the designs are great! Mine seems to be an off-catalog item he makes with scrap blocks or maybe bits with small cracks that wouldn’t survive the lathe at 5000 RPM, I think he injected some glue or epoxy into the bottom to stabilize a crack, which is super smart and I personally love thoughtful products made from scrap and waste. There is a similar one in his gallery but the head shop owner said she orders these custom because they’re so different and cool, besides his standard manufacture. I can’t remember what the woods here are, it’s an Australian ironwood mouthpiece I think and then some sort of burl tropical hardwood body, the stem is anodized aluminum I believe, and the wood smoke pathways are coated in waterglass, so they can be cleaned with a swab and ISO.
I’ll be collecting this guys work going forward, I absolutely love hybrid material pipes with wood bodies and glass or metal bowls. I might try to see if I can get him on here, it would be cool to have a fabricator on here to talk with us and exchange ideas he’s probably a cool guy!