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my first thought is that the rounding over of the stem where it meets the shank indicates that you're making your stem and pipe separately...you should keep the stem on the pipe from the moment you start sanding to keep the joint flush.

Ummm....

I hate you. This looks better than my 10th pipe

Ummm....

I hate you. This looks better than my 10th pipe

I suck at pipe making and I would be bummed about that one....

I suck at pipe making and I would be bummed about that one....

you are progressing fast. Jeremiah's critiques are no-nonsense and will help you towards artisanship.
you're on your way.
nice focus.

LatakiaLover wrote:
PS -- Damn fine work overall, Doc. You came, you saw, and you are conquering. It's a joy to watch.

Missed a perfect opportunity here for "You came, you saw, you lacquered"

just submitted my review to kiel.

i have one store bought pipe, a stanwell billiard. This is my first attempt at a billiard and I tried to clone the stanwell.

Its the first time I've taken stain off while buffing....not sure what went wrong there.

I"ve heard from kamkiel and am shipping to jthompson1995

If you really want to get better at making pipes, it will help a lot for you to draw a shape you want to achieve and then post the drawing along with the pipe. Others will also tell you that winging a shape of your own is less of a growth exercise than attempting a classic style with well-defined pr...

Thank you gents

Still improving. The shank clearly flares a bit and I'd like the stem to bend more gracefully.

not sure why the last image (2364) won't load but its there...

done

I've ruined three blocks so far!

Draw it on paper. Drawing it on the block is good for an initial reference, but you're going to be replacing lines every time you file/sand. Drawing pipes on paper will actually help you a lot in recognizing what lines look good and which do not (this coming from a guy who is entirely clueless about...

I also think the first version was better. In addition to the scratches (Im sure that at some point you just wanted to be done with this one eh?), and the overdone emphasis on the bowl (which I think is subjectively ok but probably a bit too much), you changed the symmetry from front to back of the ...

awesome
that was easy.
thanks guys
-r

can someone walk me through this? Is this type of taper at the stem/shank junction the product of a custom cutting tool or hour after hour of mind-numbing, spirit draining, divorce inducing sanding? if the former can you describe the tool to me so that I might venture forth and craft one for mine ow...

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