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.

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.