Positives:   Unique, unusual, and wildly exotic - It's about as "Talbert" a freehand as one can get without moving into the more bizarre Halloween pieces.  It's also quite beautiful, at least to my eye, with a sense of dynamic motion that is hard to capture in a static object.  The entire pipe looks as if it's gently rippling as it floats in ocean currents.  It has a very nice sandblast, with tight grain and sharp detail, though I did not give it the "mega-craggy" heavy blasting treatment - That's reserved for pipes where the sandblast itself is the dominant feature of the pipe, and in this case, the dominent feature is the shape, so I didn't want a blast that would fight with the shape for attention.  Nonetheless, I think most will find it has a very pretty grain layout, and the bird's-eye covering the front is really exceptional.  It's unusual in another way, as well - The handcut acrylic stem is cut from acrylic rod that I've personally cast myself.  I used to do a lot of this, and plan to get back into it more, because I miss having unique stem materials and colors to work with, even though making your own acrylic can be time-consuming and expensive.  This particular acrylic plate was an attempt at a faux amber.  

Negatives: Not a pipe for anyone who treats their pipes roughly.  The sharp edges of the bowl rim and trailing shank "tail" could easily be broken if the pipe was dropped.  I considered beveling them off to thicker, flatter edges so they'd be more durable, but opted to stick with the original design idea and keep them sharp.  I can, however, blunt the points off and restain them to match, should the buyer be really concerned over this.  

 
Dimensions:

Bowl Type: 2.2 cm conical

Airhole Size: 5/32"

Total Weight incl Stem: 73.5 grams

Bowl Height: 6.5 cm(Bottom to lowest bowl edge)

Tobacco Chamber Depth: 4 cm

Length from Bowl Base to end of Bit: 15 cm