Yup, that's my rusticated pipe there in the center! While we are talking about colored meerschaum pipes... I figured I'd have to brag on MY Cottom's Choice pipe. Unfortunately, I wasn't eligible to participate in the Coloring Contest so I figured since I'm doing the work on the blog, I can brag a little bit. Does that make me a bad person? Mine is the rusticated pipe in the middle...

Jim Allison, previous owner of the Tobacco Barn, brought in a few more pipes to show off to show what is possible. Granted, all the pipes in this contest have been colored for only the past 6 months so it was great to see a few examples of some pipes that have been colored just a little bit longer. I've posted one before but here are two more:

Is this not the most spectacular coloring job you've ever seen?
I soooooo love this pipe... I might have to arrange for an "accident" to happen to get my hands on it<G>...

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This one is similar to the one that we've shown before except it has the most amazing milk amber stem...