It's alive... ALIVE! (c)

[relinque]

Two Iguanas by Alex Kharlamov.
Wow.

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А ты боялсо!

[avrylo]

Нет, рано ещё Лёшку списывать!
Вот говорил же я, говорил! Таких "игуан" я сам очень хачу! На порядок мощнее тех, что он под заказ делал три года тому обратно. Новый уровень, адназначна!
Кого бы ещё сгоношить их отфотать как следует...

Re: А ты боялсо!

[relinque]

Goku-san disagrees with you, hehe

А он неправ, как тот Аркадий

[avrylo]

К тому же он бильярды любит, где уж ему игуан понять...

ужос

[hydrobiont]

карманы в клочья, сумки тоже)

Re: ужос

[relinque]

Smoke it at home, that's a solution)

Re: ужос

[hydrobiont]

Губу тоже жалко))

Re: ужос

[relinque]

Hmm. You have really BIG lips, I can say :)

[jarrkko]

Круть!

[relinque]

he's a great artisan.
Hope to see more new pieces from him in the future.

[capstan_tobacco]

Шааби.

[relinque]

No. Manuel is just a carver, he doesn't feel shapes and the nature of briar. His works are like the meerschaum pipes carved from wood.

[capstan_tobacco]

Вот и я о том же.
Эти Лёшкины трубки - шаг назад к Шааби.

[relinque]

Well. Maybe you're right.

[naumefimych]

I always had mixed feeling about pipes like these. There is a lot of that type of product on the pipe market. Exquisitely carved heads would be the closest sample that comes to mind. While I do appreciate the level of detail and workmanship that goes into a pipe like that, I don't really accept it as "pipe art". I somewhat agree with a comparison to Shaabi's octopuses. Manuel WAS a cabinet maker prior to entering the pipemaking trade and that does show in his work periodically. Yet, Shaabi CAN and DOES make a great looking pipe time and time again. I have not seen any great looking pipes from Khalamov. Like, I mean, EVER. To me, these pipes represent a good example of wood-carving craft rather than pipemaking. I have similar comments to Shevchenko, when I see his rusticated pipes - a whole bunch of work for a very little return on effort...