Abi Natur 4 New

Abi and I talked about making his version of some traditional pipe shapes. This is the 1st shape in bamboo I have received. A medium sized Volcano ...

A unique piece as many of Abi's often are.  With this pipe he blends a number of different design elements. He starts with the idea of a Poker with...

This is a Poker like no other. Abi's absolutely the coolest take on this classic. It is small, and yet with its wide bowl its will deliver a long e...

Abi has decided to make a limited number of traditional shapes pipes. We are collaborating on this. This is a full bent Dublin with an ever so slig...

Abi's naming this superb pipe tells us much about his imagination. The Dublin is an Irish originated shape while the pipe has a very keel like sha...

Abi's Volcano is short and stocky, not chubby. He being an absoverent viewer of nature, noticed that most actual Volcanoes are are not high mountai...

A unique version of the Brandy. The distinguishing character of Prince is it's gentle roundness as it  flares outward till 3/8 the way up the bowl,...

Abi's Raindrop/Teardrop  shows the influence of Constantin Brâncuși a Romanian sculptor, painter who lived in France, and is one of the most promin...

Abi's names this pipe, as his want, what it is - a  Bulldog - his variation of the classic shape, and we see this superb pipe as an example of his...

If anything it reminds me of a  'Carrack' the 15-16th Century - 2-3 mast - sailing ship often used as a fast warship or for more mundane cargo. It ...

A unique Volcano with a wide base.  This pipe has the complete upper flowing together into a seamless whole with no edges or sharp angles. The back...

Abi is master of visualizing and then producing the shape that was in his minds' eye.  This Eskimo seems to me have as its ancestors the classic sq...

Abi's Tubular Bells - somewhat inspired I woulodguess by Mike Oldfield's album 1979 album of the same name - it  is short and elegant. He being a k...

A superb Ramses. Who 1st created the Ramses, originally called Pharaoh, I am not sure but I think it was Dane. I have been Egypt six times and can ...

Abi whole focus in pipes pipes is shape working with the grain.  This somewhat bent Dublin fuses a classical shape with a Japanese inspired asymmet...

A bent octagon a very difficult pipe to make with the shank curving and octagonal as the bowl. The pipe sits on the back of the bowl and the midpoi...

If you look at this pipe carefully you will see the Dutchman's ship sailing through the night heaven's. Abi's visualization of the legendary tale....

The name of this pipe states clearly. what Abi's idea was. Two Japanese memes - the blowfish that is poisonous and the samurai Katana. That is als...