Sidrit Vaqari is one very talented guy. He has been sculpting and making pipes for a staggering 18 years! Taking inspiration from awesome movies such as ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Lord Of The Rings’, Sidrit creates exquisitely finished pieces to a brilliantly high standard. It took him roughly 250 hours alone to create the dragon pipe you’ll see below. Take a look and prepare to be blown away by the incredible detailing, there are plenty of well known and loved characters featured!
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The base of the dragon pipe.
![hand carved dragon base](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-dragon-base.jpg)
A piece of briar wood that is 50 years old was used.
![hand carved being carved](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-being-carved.jpg)
It is a strong wood that gets even tougher with age.
![hand carved detailing](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-detailing.jpg)
It was purely knives uses to create this awesome piece.
![hand carved dragon pipe side view](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-dragon-pipe-side-view.jpg)
After around a month of work and 250 hours of effort, the dragon pipe was almost completed.
![hand carved pipe attached](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-pipe-attached.jpg)
We think this piece is so damn cool!
![hand carved dragon pipe and arrow](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-dragon-pipe-and-arrow.jpg)
Once the dragon was completed, a black arrow was created to put tobacco into the pipe.
![hand carved dragon pipe](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-dragon-pipe.jpg)
Here we present a few others of Sidrit’s designs. Below is Gimli son of Gloin.
![Instagram](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-gilmi-pipe.jpg)
Gandalf The White!
![hand carved gandalf the white pipe](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-gandalf-the-white-pipe.jpg)
An epic Davy Jones!
![hand carved davy jones pipe](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-davy-jones-pipe.jpg)
What awesome detailing on the hair of Gandalf!
![hand carved gandalf pipe](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-gandalf-pipe.jpg)
Darth Maul! Check out those spikes!
![hand carved darth maul](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-darth-maul.jpg)
Which is better? We can’t decide!
![hand carved darth maul gimli gloin](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-darth-maul-gimli-gloin.jpg)
We would love to own a few of these pipes. Sidrit certainly has a special talent.
![hand carved the pipe team](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hand-carved-the-pipe-team.jpg)
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