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[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: United States]] | [[Category: United States]] | ||
[[File:DennySouers.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Denny Souers ca. 2004]] | |||
Denny Souers Pipes | Denny Souers Pipes | ||
Mainly Danish style, high-quality, hand-carved freehand pipes with a wide variety of stem types, but mainly acrylic. Insignia was DCS, carved (not stamped) on the bottom of the shank. You can find a few on eBay, occasionally. | Mainly Danish style, high-quality, hand-carved freehand pipes with a wide variety of stem types, but mainly acrylic. Insignia was DCS, carved (not stamped) on the bottom of the shank. You can find a few on eBay, occasionally. | ||
From one of his eBay pages: | |||
"I have been creating hand-carved Grecian briar pipes for 40 years. I hand-carve unique pipes that impress the eye, please the touch and satisfy the pipe smoker’s need for a one-of-a-kind experience. I [carve] EACH pipe with my insignia, DCS, which has met a serious standard of pipe-making. | |||
I start with plateaux blocks of Grecian briar paying careful attention to the wood grain. I turn the tough burl blocks into individually crafted works of art in a variety of styles, from the dramatic freehand to the classics. I am constantly feeling the comfort level and ease of handling. I Keep the pipes light weight, 2 oz., so they are always comfortable. | |||
Important design features include tobacco holes cut in a distinctive teardrop shape to allow a better draw, and bowl walls which measure greater than a quarter-inch to maximize a cool smoke. | |||
All my pipes are finished with carnauba wax which allows the bowl to breathe while protecting the wood from oils and impurities. The bowls are not pre-carboned so you can judge the fine unfinished wood grain for yourself." | |||
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To see a wide variety of his pipes, go to web.archive.org and look up www.lioncrest.com and go back to 2003, then the Denny Souers link. | To see a wide variety of his pipes, go to web.archive.org and look up www.lioncrest.com and go back to 2003, then the Denny Souers link. | ||
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<center><gallery widths=200 caption="Other Denny Souers images, courtesy Tse Ha"> | <center><gallery widths=200 caption="Other Denny Souers pipe images, courtesy Tse Ha"> | ||
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Image:DCS_1b.jpg | Image:DCS_1b.jpg | ||
Image:DCS_1.jpg | Image:DCS_1.jpg | ||
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