—Steve Fallon a/k/a/ Pipestud
—Will Purdy
Great American Pipecarver
www.willpurdy.com
—Scott E. Thile
Great American Pipecarver
S.E.THILE Handmade Pipes
Sysop for Pipedia, the wiki for pipes
"I've owned worse. I've smoked worse. But I'm old and not afraid to meet my makers."
—Bill Unger
Secretary/Treasurer NASPC
"It's 2:30 in the morning. I'm already having trouble sleeping, but after laying eyes on Urchin I've decided I better not sleep. If you're up, can you tell me if Urchin is in his cage right now? Please, throw me a bone, Olie! Please...put Urchin in his cage."
—Steven Fowler
Member Atlanta Pipe Club
Check out the YouTube video by the Professor MDG.
Olie, Don't let anyone get you down about the look of your pipes... sure they're ugly, but how many people are actually capable of work of this quality? Not many I'm sure! It is easy to see the jealousy of some hidden within their comments, they only wish they could create the pipes(?) that you give birth to... and you make it look so effortless!
I'd gladly adopt one, however they are a bit large for my personal taste... especially since I started losing teeth. They are indeed beautiful in their own way, show your respectful understanding of the craft, and represent a very solid first effort. I for one am excited for you as you flex your creative muscles and enter the pipe making arena. You should be proud of your accomplishments."
—Paul Bonacquisti
Great American carver
PS - Instead of the agreed upon free custom pipe for the above testimonial, just send cash. Not that the free pipe wouldn't be more than adequate compensation, it would of course, I just have alot of pipes... and find myself smoking more cigars these days.
PPS - Please don't forget to snip the PS comments above.
PPPS - If you want to send cigars instead of cash, I like Opus X and Ashton VSGs.
All of my life I have been a fugly oversized outcast who is still lovable despite my exterior details. It is for this reason that I feel that I share a connection with Bilious Tortoise. I think he has been greatly misunderstood and that deep inside that craggy plateaux lies a stunning straight-grained smoking machine eagerly awaiting some tobacco to incinerate. I thank you for your creation and know that it will have a good loving home.
—Jimmy Muraco, collector and Straightgrain blog
The wee beasties make me queasy. Still, there's nothing wrong with any of these that forty hours of carving couldn't fix...
—Trever Talbert
From the far reaches of the pipemaking universe has come this collection of derelict Monstrosities! Their like has never before been observed in the grand halls of pipe shows nor the expanses of hooks, racks, and stands in the collector’s domain. The dormant creatures will awaken if they remain in such close proximity to their brethren! Please help the Pipe Butcher separate them! Keep the pipe world safe!”
—Jeffrey Burt-Gracik
Great American carver
Apparently Olie did not take any notes at the last pipe making seminar. I am in the process of building a secure room where I can house one of these hideous creatures and then I will try to slow nurture it back to health.
—Kirk Bosi
Great American carver
An abomination, that's what these are! Sylvester should be flogged, and not by Tweetie Bird, either!
—John Offerdahl, MLS
Co-Founder, Chimera Pipes
Moderator, Yahoo Pipesmokers2
Secretary, Atlanta Pipe Club
Gentleman and Scholar
Having been accused of working the briar with a hatchet and saw, bits chiseled with rocks and boring the chamber with toenails, the appreciation I have for these pipes is boundless. The care toward symmetry, detail and originality leaves my bowels emptied. I have only seen symmetry that would be comparable in animal droppings.
Olie is on the cutting edge and gone where the master carvers would fear to tread. His artistry is "next generation" and I'm certain that, when they hit the secondary market, they will have true investment value.
I have garnered an admiration for these pipes, but dare not try recreating even "Heart of Troll". I simply can't work with a hammer and chisel, nor blindfolded.
My hat is off to you and your Picasoesque creations.
To heck with a Bo, gimme an "O".
—Bruce A. Weaver
Great American carver
Wonderful stuff! This man is the Stephen King of pipe making.
—Rad Davis
Great American carver
The Monstosity brand of pipes that you're currently scalping are among the most grossly disfigured hunks of briar that I've ever personally seen! They are truly the "Elephant Man" of the pipe world! If they still did the freak shows on Coney Island a knife swallowing bearded woman would likely pull back a red velvet sheet on these creations while the crowd assembled would gasp in absolute horror!
—Dock Perry
pipe collector
Ok...those rock!!!
—Doug Gull-Clemons, pipe collector
I have alerted the FBI, CIA, IRS, AFL-CIO, Mensa, Knights of Columbus, NRA, Boy Scouts, Masons, local police departments, and the local hockey team to be on the lookout for these terrible monstrosities. There is no way these ornery creatures should be loosed on the public. If seen in my area they
will be hunted down like the ugly trolls they are, and be given a proper
burial for vampires.
—Lee von Erck
Great American carver
I knew from reading your newsletters that there was a screw loose somewhere but now I'm convinced that the loose screws are the ones on either side of your neck.
—Nelson Pidgeon
SHPC Gazette
You know, his father was a butcher. That explains a lot.
—Count Clint von Gal
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