MacQueen Wizard Pipes

This is my second wizard series pipe from MacQueen. I definitely prefer this briar bowl to my earlier cherry bowl model (which charred very quickly). Bottom-line it's hard to find unique briar bowl churchwardens that aren't a standard billiard/apple shape with vulcanite or acrylic stem. MacQueen just about has the market on these wood stem models. They draw well, and use a metal stinger in the stem, which seals perfectly, but leaves a small gap in bowl to stem fit. The painted on finish is the main negative, but I simply stripped it and re-dyed it to my taste, coating with carnauba wax. The stem is a lighter colored, much softer wood, different than that of the bowl (hence the paint finish). Get extra length pipe cleaners: the stem is longer than most churchwarden cleaners.

My MacQueen Wizard and Missouri Meerscham Cobbit pipes are my new favorites. Wish I could have gotten a stand for it. I hope to see that the product lines continue and become more affordable for buyer as well as the companies.

The Wizard smokes ok but I didn't like the taste of the wood stem and it was uncomfortable to hold. Other wise not bad for the price.

The pipe has a nice draw and is a comfortable shape and length. However, I never read in the description that the pipe would be painted a bronze color. From the picture provided on the website it looked like the pipe would have been the preferred briar wood finish.