Vintage spindle shank with delrin tenon running the length of it. The delrin and spindle do not come apart, however, the ebonite stem, shank and pipe body do (3 pieces.) The story of these beasts on the home page.

Vintage spindle shank with delrin tenon running the length of it. The delrin and spindle do not come apart, however, the ebonite stem, shank and pipe body do (3 pieces.) The story of these beasts on the home page.

Old wood, gnarly looks, good for you.
Length: five and one half inches
Height: one and a half inches
Bowl depth: one and three eighths inches
Bowl span: seven eighths of one inch
Weight: one and a half ounces

First Virgin is a thing of gritty beauty. Incredible straight grain with an edgy shank and stem. A delrin tenon runs from the ebonite stem through the mangled bamboo and twine and into the briar. The stem/shank are fused together. As a unit, they do come out of the briar making this a two piece pipe. Comes in it's own cylinder box.
Length: six and three quarter inches
Height: two and three quarter inches
Bowl depth: one and a half inches
Bowl span: three quarters of an inch
Weight: Almost four ounces

These two are twins. I'd say inseparable, although, if you must, I'll separate the pair. Phlam is the tannish battered long shanked billiard with hints of green. A long solid white delrin tenon ends in a mangled orange lucite stem. Phlegm is the green and black beast. They share the same dimensions below. Each comes in it's own really neat red box.
Length: seven and three quarter inches
Height: one and a half inches
Bowl depth: one and a quarter inches
Bowl span: three quarters of an inch
Weight: two ounces

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Phlegm $130.00 USD Phlam $130.00 USD Both Phlegm & Phlam $180.00 USD

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Only available at Pipesandcigars.com. It takes a special kind of hellmoth to eat through acrylic bits and briar. These ridiculously rare and expensive moths come from parts of the world no longer on maps, and for good reason. Lepidopteritis is a stubby terror!
Length: four and three quarter inches
Height: two inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: four ounces

Imagine this, partially made pipes sitting in an old workshop in Germany for 50+ years. Quietly, time goes by. The world changes, the pipes wait. What will become of them? Finally, someone uncovers them and I acquire them for a Monstrosity series, Geist Haus (Ghost House.) White and black, numbered 1 through 5. 3 of them are already on their way to PipesandCigars.com. Let me know if you'd like to see images of the other 2. Goodness only knows how old this wood is.

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Specter is a really interesting pipe. Ghost like in it's coloration with a white like cast and hints of peach and green under it's skin, ending in a reddish towards the shank. The stem is a solid reddish ebonite with old fashioned round end and black delrin tenon. Specter comes with it's own Monstrosity stamped box as seen.
Length: seven inches
Height: two inches
Bowl inner depth: one and a half inches
Bowl inner span: seven eighths of one inch
Weight: three and a half ounces

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Great small straight pipe made of air cured italian briar with delrin tenon and ebonite stem. Stamped with the Monstrosity "M" and numbered 9/9.
Length: six and one half inches
Height: one and a half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of an inch across
Bowl depth: just over one inch
Weight: just over two ounces

Great small straight pipe made of air cured italian briar with delrin tenon and ebonite stem. Stamped with the Monstrosity "M" and numbered 5/9.
Length: six and three quarter inches
Height: one and a half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of an inch across
Bowl depth: one inch
Weight: just over two ounces

The flat bottom of a witch's foot on one side and what a half crazed beaver and his drunken termite cohorts might have done on the other side.
Length: six inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: six ounces

This Voker has some incredible coloration. I love this new technique. Yellows and greens mix and fade allowing you to get lost in the grain as well as the colors.
Height: three inches
Length: five and a half inches
Inner bowl: 7/8ths of an inch across
Bowl depth: two and one quarter inches
Weight: just over four ounces

Apologies, but Bulbous got away even before I could present him to the world at large. A lovely greenish beast!

Dredgehound may have some faint pedigree of bulldog, but the rest must be rabid mutt.

Flora is a hefty blooming ring grain blast that is just lovely. There's a sort of raw organic beauty about this piece that I really dig. The scarred delrin tenon and ebonite stem continue the rough beautiful theme. Bowl coating upon request only.
Length: seven and three quarter inches
Height: two inches
Bowl span inner: three quarters of an inch
Bowl depth: two inches

Coblin is a crazy mash up of mangled blue lucite, a corncob bowl with hints of color peeking from it and an ebonite stem. Simple, effective, crazy. Don't let anyone fool you, a corncob pipe can last you a long, long time. I've been smoking Corncobula (see it's pic in the line up) for 3 years with zero signs of problems. Plus, Coblin's inner bowl is coated which will give you an even longer life with an easy cake build up. Email me for dimensions if needed.

Great small straight pipe made of air cured italian briar with delrin tenon and ebonite stem. Stamped with the Monstrosity "M" and numbered 4/9.
Length: six and a half inches
Height: one and a half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of an inch across
Bowl depth: one inch
Weight: only two ounces

Great small straight pipe made of air cured italian briar with delrin tenon and ebonite stem. Stamped with the Monstrosity "M" and numbered 8/9.
Length: six and three quarter inches
Height: one and a half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of an inch across
Bowl depth: one inch
Weight: only two ounces

This voker has a dark mustard cast to the bowl with a deep reddish oxblood shank ending in a bent and mangled ebonite stem. What a gem!
Height: two and a half inches
Length: six inches
Inner bowl: 7/8ths of an inch across
Bowl depth: two inches
Weight: almost three ounces

From my personal collection, stamped with the Monstrosity logo and year ('09) this fellow is leaving for a song. An eerie kind of moving song, but still.

Tannish yellow and black swirling body that envelopes a rugged canted bowl. Delrin tenon with maimed ebonite stem finishes this very unique and interesting sitter.
Length: six inches
Height: one and three quarter inches
Bowl depth: one and one eighth of an inch
Bowl span: three quarters of an inch
Weight: two and a half ounces

Hands down the most massive Monstrosity ever. I can't tell you exact figures as my scale doesn't go that high. Huge with a Meer bowl inset into the wooden viper's nest, then covered in snake skin. The twisting delrin tenon ends into a mangled ebonite stem. Massive, scary, insane.

The nearly forgotten Coon Tooth style of pipe available for you once more. Sporting a meerschaum bowl with corn cob ring, briar accent, moss from DeLeon Springs Florida, a real raccoon's tooth and a black maimed ebonite stem. You're sure not to bump into anyone else with one of these.
Length: six and three quarters of an inch
Height: two inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of an inch
Weight: two ounces

Only available through Pipesandcigars.com. The second Voker in the series of 4 is a squat ruffian with really beautiful yellows and reds fading and mixing around it's stoutness. It's black ebonite stem is a burly man handled fixture guaranteed to offer a wide open port.
Height: three inches
Length: four and a half inches
Inner bowl: 7/8ths of an inch across
Bowl depth: two and a half inches
Weight: four ounces

If you've never had the opportunity to test how a real gnome liver smokes, now is your chance. They are known to be excellent.


Length: seven inches
Height: two and one half inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces

Great small straight pipe made of air cured italian briar with delrin tenon and ebonite stem. Stamped with the Monstrosity "M" and numbered 7/9.
Length: six and three quarter inches
Height: one and a half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of an inch across
Bowl depth: one inch
Weight: only two ounces

Great small straight pipe made of air cured italian briar with delrin tenon and ebonite stem. Stamped with the Monstrosity "M" and numbered 3/9.
Length: six and three quarter inches
Height: one and a half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of an inch across
Bowl depth: one inch
Weight: only two ounces

This poker series was named after Eugene Vo, the collector who commissioned the first piece. The series is comprised of 4 pokers with the same larger bowls as commissioned, each with their own flair.

One of the five Hussars of 2010, Hadik has a bending maimed stem which arches down and to the left. Hadik is the only 2010 Hussar with an extra outcropping of some other vine like wood which gives this Hussar a nice perch for sitting. The smallest of the 2010 Hussars, don't let him fool you, he is full of rough and tumble.
Length: ten and one half inches
Height: two inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: four ounces

Great small straight pipe made of air cured italian briar with delrin tenon and ebonite stem. Stamped with the Monstrosity "M" and numbered 2/9.
Length: six and three quarter inches
Height: one and three quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of an inch across
Bowl depth: just over one inch
Weight: two and one half ounces

Great small straight pipe made of air cured italian briar with delrin tenon and ebonite stem. Stamped with the Monstrosity "M" and numbered 1/9.
Length: six and one quarter inches
Height: one and a half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of an inch across
Bowl depth: just over three quarters of one inch
Weight: only two ounces

Great small straight pipe made of air cured italian briar with delrin tenon and ebonite stem. Stamped with the Monstrosity "M" and numbered 6/9.
Length: six and three quarter inches
Height: one and three quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of an inch across
Bowl depth: just over one inch
Weight: only two ounces

Magically fashioned to look and smoke like a real reindeer gall bladder, this very dark green body with rugged plateau ends in a torched charred white stem. Perfect for the holidays.
Approximate measurements:
Length: five and one half inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Inside bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: six ounces

One of the five Hussars of 2010, Corvinus is like a mountain of mayhem with a lightly arching maimed stem.


Length: ten and three quarter inches
Height: two and three quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: four and one half ounces

A favorite holiday treat now made into a pipe. Complete with real moss from DeLeon Springs Florida, Swamp Haggis Pie is not for those with a weak constitution.

Length: five and three quarters inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: four ounces

One of the five Hussars of 2010, Hunyadi has a straight maimed stem with a thick squarish body.


Length: eleven inches
Height: two and one eighth inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces

This malformed miscreant was originally called "growth" due to the outcropping protrusion which flaunts a patch of plateau.


Length: five and one quarter inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Bowl inner: seven eighths of one inch
Weight: three ounces

Granna is gaelic for beastly or ugly which is more than fitting for this rusticated red and blackened beast. With hairlike twine strangling the stem shank connection and a emerald marbled lucite stem, there's no one on the emerald isle that would be happy to see this monster. This pipe is one piece and does not come apart.
Length: five and one half inches
Height: one and three quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: one and a half ounces

Wedgexia is the first Monstrosity to have a blast finish! This wicked witchy wedge wields waves of wild growth rings that are as unable to be tamed as the spirit of the beast itself. Be brave with little bundle of bad!
Length: four and one half inches
Height: two inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: four and one half ounces

The Black Egg of Dread is actually a very lucky pipe. The harvested egg of the Black Dragon Beaver is only bad luck if you don't have a sea sponge near it. Luckily, this pipe has a sea sponge permanently affixed to the maimed black stem. Black Dragon Beavers lay one egg every 50 years, so you won't find this at your local Tinder Box. Good luck.
Length: four and one half inches
Height: three inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one
inch
Weight: just over two ounces

If ever there were a danish freehand to be taken into an Orc battle, this would be the pipe/weapon.


Length: seven inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: A very hefty seven ounces!

Weighing in at 15 ounces, this is the largest Monstrosity to date as of 2/7/11. Huge, brain-like, bold and barmy, Malus Cerebrum sports a smoothed over plateau top, chiseled rough body and a maimed black lucite stem.
Length: eight inches
Height: three and one half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: fifteen massive ounces

Betwixt is a dark strange pipe with a rusticated rim and a twisting wrapping rustication over the top portions of it's mangled body. With a marbled and maimed white stem, Betwixt is as eerie as it is solid.
Length: six and one half inches
Height: one and three quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces

Brutally protective of it's keeper, Santa Claws was made with aged Grecian briar and leftover elf. Stamped Monstrosity 09 Christmas
Length: six inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces

With a bruised and burnt heel, Heel Grasper has battle scars like no other Monstrosity pipe. Not to be trusted in affairs of family or politics.

Length: six inches
Height: two and one half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces

Ghast is the lightest of the 5 brothers Grim with a strange paleness that is at once, inexplainable and disturbing.


Length: six inches
Height: two and three quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: four ounces

Based on artist renditions of the horrific pipe used by the infamous Spring Heel Jack of the UK, Spring Hook Jack is a rough and ready freehand, as ugly as sin and often a better accomplice.
Length: six and one quarter inches
Height: two and a quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces

A remnant of the nearly forgotten pipe wars, Blood Club fires up tobacco while doubling as deadly war club.


Length: seven inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: six ounces

Sporting a unique spine and wavy rib ripples, Spinalia shows off it's body like a side show attraction. But this one cooks your favorite tobacco.

Length: six and one half inches
Height: two and one half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces

BB sports some very interesting birdseye along with gashes, cuts and a bulbous protrusion near the top of the bowl.
Length: six and one half inches
Height: two inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: three ounces

This plague of plateau boasts 6 and a half ounces of girth with a lucky dragon's claw protruding from the top. As customary with lucky dragon's claws, the two middle fingers are missing exposing knuckle bones.
Length: seven inches
Height: two and one half inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: six and one half ounces

Stitched sports smoothed plateau right alongside scars, burns and a crevice ready to house small animals. With a warm deep burgandy top, deep tan body and maimed black stem, Stitched looks battle hardened.
Length: seven inches
Height: two and one half inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: Just over seven beefy ounces

One of the five Hussars of 2010, Koszeghy has a bowing arched maimed stem with a darkened stained plateau top. His scars and bruising make him look like he may be just getting started after what looks like years of war.
Length: ten and three quarter inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: four and one half ounces

It's very rare that one sees Monstrosity pipes being birthed like this. Lucky for you when birthing happens in threes like this it takes a few hundred years. Note: small pipes like these can be purchased through Monjure International.
Length: six and one half inches
Height: four and one half inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five and three quarter ounces

Named after the device used in the nearly forgotten Pipe Wars, Basher's Rock looks a lot like what a soldier of that time would have used on a daily basis for braining the enemy prior to enjoying a few puffs from the same device. A Basher's Rock was typically used when Blood Clubs (see Monstrosity pipe: Blood Club) were in short supply.
Length: seven inches
Height: three and a quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: A hefty eight ounces

With a softened charred plateau top and bridge like cut through the meat of it's body, BC has an extracted brain quality about it unmatched by any bridge pipe in existence.

Length: six inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces

A one piece construction of brass screws, mauled twine and rattlesnake skin, Vipera Constrictus sports a spool like bowl. VC promises to be a fine companion to the one that smokes it often. Otherwise, I shutter to think.
Length: six inches
Height: two and one half inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: four and one half ounces

One of the five Hussars of 2010, Ruesh has an arching maimed stem with a plateau thickened top. His chopped and stained sides look battle worn as much as battle ready.
Length: ten and one half inches
Height: two and three quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five and one half ounces

Pachydermia is a massive 10 ounces sporting a field of plateau, some very interesting grain, slashes, gouges and a black delrin extension leading to a burnt and maimed stem.
Length: nine inches
Height: two and three quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: ten massive ounces

Absinthia Dentition boasts the first real teeth of any Monstrosity, four in all. The charred stem goes from acrid absinthe green to burnt butterscotch.


Length: seven inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: 5 ounces

Fipper Mortis has an additional non-working appendage stem that gives him a unique persona. Large, dark and not handsome, Flipper Mortis is creepy from every angle.

Length: seven and one quarter inches
Height: two and three quarters inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: six ounces

I can't think of a better way to remember the ol'e boy. This nose scorcher has a red body, animal jaw and white maimed bit.


Length: four and one quarter inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: three ounces

Gruesome, the tallest of all the 5 brothers, was certainly the eldest if there were an eldest. Something dark and sinister about this leader was evident from the start.

Length: six and one quarter inches
Height: three and one quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five and one half ounces

Swine Cudgel looks a good bit like a big pig's foot that someone has already taken to the battle field. I can not recommend being at the receiving end of knock from this pipe/personal protection device.
Length: six inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: eight massive ounces

Elves smoke pipes. They also need protection. Guaranteed for a lifetime of smoking and beating the dickens out of polar bears. Red body with green maimed stem.
Length: six inches
Height: two and three quarter inches
Inside bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces

Serpentigo comes complete with kingsnake shedding and rattlesnake skin. One of the most vicious Monstrosity pipes yet.


Length: six inches
Height: two inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: three ounces

Of the 5 Brothers Grim, Grudge is one of the twins. His brother (Grim) could not be photographed for horrific reasons. Grudge is squat, as if pressed through the horror machine rather than cut by it.
Length: six and one quarter inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces

A single knuckle of scorched bamboo and maimed stem make this small and super lightweight pot one ugly little pipe. One of the smallest of all Monstrosities, this unique pot is a terribly horrific little beast.
Length: five inches
Height: one and three quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: just over one ounce

Yammer Fyst looks as if it has weathered a storm of bird shot and rabid cat.

Length: six and one half inches
Height: two and one half inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: three and one half ounces

Part tree beast part tobacco kiln. Not a pocket pipe if you care about your safety. Animals may attempt to live inside. Trunkulosis will eat them.

Length: five and one half inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: four and one half ounces

Of the 5 brothers Grim, Grotesque resembles a beef heart with straight grain. Who knew?


Length: six inches
Height: two and three quarters inches
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: six and one half ounces

Urchin is a small bundle of not nice. Rubbing Urchin's flat back seems to calm it, sometimes.


Length: four inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Bowl inner: seven eighths of one inch
Weight: two ounces

Walruspesy is a bulbous, meaty, hoof of a pipe. It is the elephant in the room that others will find a hard time not staring at.


Length: six and one half inches
Height: three inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: seven ounces

Four knuckles of charred bamboo, rattlesnake skin, and scorched acrylic bit formed into one heinous single, solid piece of tobacco burning beast.

Length: twelve and one quarter inches
Height: two and one half inches
Bowl inner: seven eighths of one inch
Weight: six and one half ounces

Warlike and worrisome, Gustiplegy is a beast of a pipe that has no qualms about sporting it's unpleasantness.


Length: six and one quarter inches
Height: two and three quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five and one half ounces

Oom Maul is one scary sitter. Big, brash and born of mayhem. Mangled and massive, this pipe will raise the hairs on the back of anyone's neck.

Length: five and one quarter inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five and one half ounces

The only seer of the group, Cyclopsy was born with a single glass eye, and rough looks to boot. Comes complete with gray marbled and maimed stem.

Length: six and one half inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Bowl inner: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five and one half ounces

In the tradition of Southern Housefire Chickenfoot pipes, here is one that embodies the genre. A single piece cob destruction with scorched chickenfoot stem.
Length: four inches
Height: one and three quarter inches
Bowl inner: five eighths of one inch
Weight: a little over one ounce

This wild log is as tame as the devils of Tasmania, but much beefier. Feral Stump's demeanor is truly feral, often howling and jumping.

Length: six and one half inches
Height: two and one quarter inches
Bowl inner: seven eighths one inch
Weight: four and one half ounces

Mean with dainty jingle bells, as if to say, "Go ahead, say something. I love Christmas." This deep dark green scarred body has wire pierced through it, which displays the little tinkling gems. White bit with deep cuts makes this beast a good one to have on your side at the holiday party.
Length: five and one quarter inches
Height: two and one eighths of one inch
Inner bowl: three quarters of one inch
Weight: five ounces