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Yeah, I was unsure about the stem angle. So decided to taper it out to give the illusion that it was tapered.


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Yeah, I had some issues when drilling the chamber/airway that I had originally brought up. I am going to try and sand the chamber out later.

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I managed to get the hand drilling centered at least... With all this said, this pipe will not be sold, but remain with me. (Fyi, 3rd attempt at freehand drilling so don't be too rough ;) ) For a third attempt at drilling, I'd say you did fine, but "centered" isn't the word I would use to...

I did some more work on it last night, I'll post some photos later today.

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Oh and the mortise and airway are separate angles

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So I'm not sure if where I took it was the right path, but what's done is done I guess. I took some more off the top and narrowed the straight grain to try and accentuate the birds eye a little more the way I had seen other blowfish done. I managed to get the hand drilling centered at least. Over sh...

Thanks Premal, I will adress that, being unsure I didn't wanna remove too much. Changing the shank angle will allow for a flush fit, would it yeild the same if I chose to go with a military mount stem?

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Thanks JMG, there is a larger pit on the larger birds side. If it makes it past drilling it will most likely get a full blast. As for the shank, I was unsure where to go with it, but I am thinking swooping it up and rounding it over

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Sorry in advance if photos are huge, posted from my phone

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I am probably way ahead of myself on this but with a little down time I figured I try one. I have some shaping done and would like any feedback as where to head with it, be it the scrap bin or thoughts on how to dial it in. Either way, thanks http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/26/7ed859b742d67828c...

Yeah, I noticed in the photos that the stem wasn't as smooth as I thought it was. all good feedback and I plan on putting it to use in the future for sure. Thanks all

thank you for the feedback, all things I will work on for sure. Not to sure why I ended up rounding the rim over come to think of it, next one I will correct that issue as well as work on the others brought up and hopefully the next prince I will have at least a bit of that fine ass eye candy to go ...

Real Name: Brendon Pinkham Age : 28 Location : Hyattsville, MD Years as a pipe smoker : 2 going on 2.5 started off with cigars How I got into pipe making : Smoking a pipe and thought "maybe I can make this" and its taken off from there. Other stuff : Full time production manager at a reusa...

Just finished this prince, 1st take at the shape. Would love some feedback, sorry not the best photos, camera was dead so I tried the best I could with my phone. http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s376/brendon363/Natural%20Prince/20150811_214712_zpsg7wfuveq.jpg http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s...