Rameses #3

 I had an order for a version of Bo Nordh's 'Rameses' shape, and made several variations along the theme.  The others were pretty close copies, but I took this one in my own distinct direction and did some fun things with the design as an experiment.  I was already working on the Pfeifenigma idea at the time, and as a test I did this pipe with very specific curves that text could be mapped to with specific parts of the shape designed to point out clues.  I was just curious to see if my idea would be workable.  The test image turned up on my pipe blog, and here it is again, with the pipe after:

The key, of course, being that 7 is the one number you should pay attention to, because that's what the pointed curves of the pipe are framing and indicating.