Talbert Pipes- Two new Talberts and a blog post on classical shapes

[Trever Talbert]

Hello mailing list people!
Following quickly on the heels on last week's initiative to get more 
pipe into the website catalog this year, I've just posted two new pipes, 
a HUGE Talbert Morta Signature grade freehand, and a smooth Talbert 
Briar straight billiard in natural finish.  Yep, unstained AND smooth... 
wonders never cease!  The Talbert billiard can be seen here:

http://www.talbertpipes.pair.com/briarcatalogsmooths.shtml

And the big Talbert Morta can be seen here:

http://www.talbertpipes.pair.com/mortacatalogsmooth.shtml

I hypothesized that all the time I've spent lately listening to the 
Baroque channel on Iceberg Net Radio was the genesis of the billiard, 
but whatever the reason, it spurred me to write an entire blog entry on 
classical shapes in modern high grade pipe collecting... and why they 
seem to be fading from view in favor of fancier freehands.  I also 
ramble a bit about the use of the Golden Ratio in pipe design, so 
there's something for everyone to argue about.  Read the latest entry here:

http://www.talbertpipes.com/ppod.html

Thanks for your time!

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Happy Smoking,
Trever Talbert
http://www.talbertpipes.com

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http://www.talbertpipes.com/potm.html

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http://www.talbertpipes.com/ppod.html