The engraving looks fantastic. You can see the depth of the design on the ring caps around the bush especially. I had a well known make of pipes who’s engraving had a scratchy feel as you rubbed your fingers over the design to polish them and the cloth got snagged on it. It felt unfinished to me. I remember an advert in a magazine in the 1970s called The International Piper. The advert was for David Nail pipes. They were imitation ivory projecting mounts with nickel ferules and wood slides. They cost £120 😁 oh I wish I had a time machine 😂😂
These Naills are an amazing instrument Stull manufactured to a very high standard that will last generations. I recently purchased another popular make (heavily marketed) set of engraved pipes. The engraving was very shallow and poor. They even had plastic sleeves on the tuning slides. Perhaps these other mass market pipe makers like McCallum could put an extra £150 into making a better quality instrument instead that wouldnlast generations instead of spending it on marketing and paying royalties to pipers.
You could buy a set of sticks from him that wouldn't be as costly,I've a set of Solid Silver Naills that need to be engraved the advice that was given to me is I must hurry as engravers are dying out.
@@CANCUN-FAN I find the engraving on the McCallum made Stuart Liddell Macrae Reproductions to be very shallow. (As if you took a pin and scratched a thistle on a tin can of soup. ) They are a great sounding set of pipes but they should put a bit more quality into the engraving.
I can't Fault the Naills. After all, I believe they are still the most prize-winning bagpipe maker in solo competition history and are certainly well made. My personal preference is that the Dunbars (both ABW and Poly) have the slight edge over the Naills as far as that Classic bold Henderson richness goes. I also noticed that the Naills were not happy with Cane drone reeds compared to Old Hendersons and the Dunbars. I tend to like my Kinnaird Evolutions so the cane issue wasn't a deciding factor for me. I ended up selling the Naills and now have 2 sets of Dunbars.
I know him personally we joined the Army together the rest is History as they say,I'm pleased you like his pipes and engraving.
That engraving is really the way it contrasts with the nickel👌🏻
The engraving looks fantastic. You can see the depth of the design on the ring caps around the bush especially. I had a well known make of pipes who’s engraving had a scratchy feel as you rubbed your fingers over the design to polish them and the cloth got snagged on it. It felt unfinished to me.
I remember an advert in a magazine in the 1970s called The International Piper. The advert was for David Nail pipes. They were imitation ivory projecting mounts with nickel ferules and wood slides. They cost £120 😁 oh I wish I had a time machine 😂😂
These Naills are an amazing instrument Stull manufactured to a very high standard that will last generations.
I recently purchased another popular make (heavily marketed) set of engraved pipes. The engraving was very shallow and poor. They even had plastic sleeves on the tuning slides.
Perhaps these other mass market pipe makers like McCallum could put an extra £150 into making a better quality instrument instead that wouldnlast generations instead of spending it on marketing and paying royalties to pipers.
You could buy a set of sticks from him that wouldn't be as costly,I've a set of Solid Silver Naills that need to be engraved the advice that was given to me is I must hurry as engravers are dying out.
@@CANCUN-FAN I find the engraving on the McCallum made Stuart Liddell Macrae Reproductions to be very shallow. (As if you took a pin and scratched a thistle on a tin can of soup. )
They are a great sounding set of pipes but they should put a bit more quality into the engraving.
Like to hear playing them please
Very nice
Beautiful pipes!! Do you still prefer your ABW Dunbars over these?
I can't Fault the Naills. After all, I believe they are still the most prize-winning bagpipe maker in solo competition history and are certainly well made.
My personal preference is that the Dunbars (both ABW and Poly) have the slight edge over the Naills as far as that Classic bold Henderson richness goes.
I also noticed that the Naills were not happy with Cane drone reeds compared to Old Hendersons and the Dunbars.
I tend to like my Kinnaird Evolutions so the cane issue wasn't a deciding factor for me.
I ended up selling the Naills and now have 2 sets of Dunbars.