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From the pictures, to me it seems that your rim cants backwards. It should be perpendicular with the tobacco chamber. The frontside is also too round as opposed to the back, and the heel is also just a bit too rounded. At least these things add to this problem. Someone with crayon-voodoo might be ab...

+1 on what the others already said. For nitpicking and for purpose of perfection chasing: - The backside on the "bowl" seems to straighten out, instead of continuing to eternity with a continuous radii, like on the frontside. - There seems to be a slight bulge underside of the stem, on the...

The stem's bend is centered in the wrong spot, which kills the overall flow; and it has the wrong radii where it is bent, which results in several kinks. Start the bend a bit closer to the shank (don't forget to heat mask the stem/stummel join to avoid softening the tenon), and lessen and lengthen ...

Thanks fellows!

I've never been too much of a fan of the prince-shape, so this proved to be a good excercise.
As a shape, I see some beautiful aspects in it now.

This pipe is absolutely spot on. Thank you! The road to perfection starts with being able to criticize the work of others and ends somewhere after being able to criticize your own. :wink: Agreed! :) (Except that, that road will never end, perfection in unreachable... Ok ok, stating the obvious:)......

Yea, sounds a bit too queenish :)... But anyway, this is the last pipe of last year. I just got it finished and present it now for you to comment on. Thanks. http://tspipes.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Pipes/1605/DSC06390.JPG/_small.jpg http://tspipes.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Pipes/1605/DSC06391.JPG/_small.jpg http://tspip...

The shank also appears to bulge in the middle. The stem could be thinned out significantly. I'm envious of your finish work, though. Very nice. Thank you again Wayne! I don't think it actually bulges, it straightens out on middle part and I think it creates an illusion of a bulge... (Another lesson...

Let me preface by saying I'm not a big fan of the horn shape. That being said, visually speaking, I find the shank too heavy for the rest of the bowl and the flare accentuates this imbalance even more. For me, it doesn't work. There also appears to be a slight kink in the stem bend. Great job with ...

wdteipen wrote:Pretty tight finish work. The only thing I think could make it better is a slight bit more cant to the bowl and a bit of taper in the bowl to the rim. That's pretty nit-picky. Nice job.

Thanks Wayne, points noted !

Yup !
Shoot me an PM if interested... (Althought, me thinks you are quite capable of supplying yourself with beautiful pipes ..)
There is an contact form on the website as well, feel free to use that too!

Thank you very much guys! A very unique stem for a horn, but I love it. I have not seen this type of stem on a horn either... But you gotta try everything once, right :)? I'm pretty pleased how it sits on the overall shape. Also, I envy your skills at buttonwork! Now look! You made me go all red... ...

Thanks Doc! It's a big, sturdy pipe, thats for sure! .

And lastly, Little stubby rusticated billiard. #1604 http://tspipes.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Pipes/1604/DSC06333.JPG?img=smaller http://tspipes.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Pipes/1604/DSC06334.JPG?img=smaller http://tspipes.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Pipes/1604/DSC06336.JPG?img=smaller http://tspipes.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Pipes/1604/DSC06368...

Second one of the trio, my favourite shape. #1603 http://tspipes.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Pipes/1603/DSC06359.JPG?img=smaller http://tspipes.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Pipes/1603/DSC06360.JPG?img=smaller http://tspipes.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Pipes/1603/DSC06362.JPG?img=smaller http://tspipes.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Pipes/1603/DSC06364.JP...

Hi all! It's been a loooo-oooo-ooong time since i've posted any pipes (or made any, for that matter...) Few months back I got tired for not doing any pipes, so I rented a small workshop space and laid out all my pipe-making equipment. Here are the results. (I'll put them in different posts for criti...

Charl wrote:Wayne's got it spot on.
All in all, I would say pretty well done for a first bamboo.

Thanks Charl!

Will try to improve for the next one, whenever it may be...

Thanks guys, The bamboo i have is some second rate stuff from ebay, i got 10 rods of which maybe 2 are half-way usable... I would've liked the bamboo to be thicker but... hence the big drop on the heel. I also did study and consider most of the things Wayne said, about the proportions on a bamboo sh...

Hi all! Been a long time since last posting anything, but here's finally one. A speedy billiard/apple with bamboo shank. It has a sort of story behind it, in the beginning i didn't care for the use of bamboo as an adornement in pipes until i one day saw a simple bamboo billiard made by Tom Eltang......

Charl wrote:I think you're shaping and finish is topclass on this one. Except for that bit of waviness that was mentioned.
For me the stem could be a bit longer. It might help with the "compact"-ness as well, stretching it out a bit.

Thank you very much Charl.

Good points, i'll keep 'em in mind.

Absolutely killer horn! Bloody hell, what an amazing piece of work!!! Wow!!! Thanks guys! In the first and fifth photos you are showing a bit of a bulge in the top line right near the stem/shank junction. These are hard to avoid with this shape, but it's important. Overall this is appears quite nic...