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Here's a few shots. Still needs a final polish. Lots of firsts on this one. First RC, first split stem, first contrast blast attempt. I call it "Dragon Eggs" I guess. Though it's a little late to capitalize on the Game of Thrones hype. https://imgur.com/CnLS5b4 https://imgur.com/raphAe8

Will be finished today

Mine will be ready very soon, but I'm fine with pushing the date back if we want to do that.

I’m curious the process that you guys go through when you are deciding what shape to make for PITH. Do you draw shapes? Do you google ‘plateaux pipe’ and see what comes up? You you go back through your old patterns and see what might work? Generally a little bit of all of those things. Usually, tho...

Okay, cool! Now to start the conversation: I've only made a couple that have plateaux left on, as I've never really liked the look. However, I've experimented in the last week or so with one where I left just a ring of plateaux around the outside edge of the bowl, and then sanded the between that r...

Great... You guys just voted for making fancy-ass TABLES. :lol: Don't believe me? Type "live edge plateaux" into Goggle Snearch: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=2265&bih=1186&ei=edWjXKHQBoGStQX_kqbYCw&q=Live+Edge+Plateaux&oq=Live+Edge...

Neat! Are there any other restrictions that we want to apply to that category? I recall last year that we went with a more definite theme as opposed to a broad theme on LL's suggestion, the argument being that a heavier set of restrictions provides more context upon which to base the assessment of p...

I am in! I would be down for whatever in terms of shape, but in the theme of classics, a Bulldog would be a fun one. I've somehow avoided making a bulldog so far but feel like this would be good impetus to force me to figure it out.

Oooh, That's interesting. Pretty convenient too since there isn't any requirement to make a pipe specifically FOR the contest, just pick one from "regular" production. The results should be pretty awesome to see since all pipe makers who enter are allowed to "chose their own weapons&q...

I'm sure no pipe carver would object to it, but the general concept of tipping a maker for a custom pipe seems pretty odd to me. The whole point of "tipping" in the context of commerce is to compensate someone for their service in instances when the person's service is NOT the primary thin...

The perfect pipe is up on Smokingpipes now, for a cool $1100

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/ ... _id=283147

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Oh my God, it looks like somebody embedded a hot dog, bun and all, into the side of that dudes neck.

My author is all set and ready, just need to sew up a bag.

Yep, I'm into the finishing stages with my Author. Some design modifications left it a bit squatter and more muscular than I originally designed, but I think it turned out pretty decent for my first attempt at the shape. Still need to do some last minute dialing in and finish sanding on the stem and...

Thanks for the mention, Walt. I'll say that it seems like a very good compliment to this community in general that even fairly novice pipe carvers are educated enough in the craft to identify and focus on the details. There's a lot of good pipe making going on right now and the openness of the pipe ...

Just to check, are we still thinking end of July for the deadline? I've got a few other commissions, etc. coming up, trying to figure out timing and priorities for things.

I think the biggest barrier to making good, high quality pipes is really just the time, effort and willpower to figure it out. As some others have mentioned, there's really no chunk of information that can be related in a simple conversation that is uber valuable in and of itself because of this rea...

This should be a really interesting contest, particularly because the prototypical Prince pipe is a very specific shape. It'll take some real thought into how to ride the line between traditional enough to satisfy the theme but unique enough to stand out from the pack. Reminds me a bit of the figure...

Author sounds like a good option for this year. I've never quite made a classic author before and I'm happy to give it a try. In future instances of a tie (or even in general) it might be worth it to just do a small run-off vote with the 2 or 3 highest voted options from the first round. Like any ot...

Hello Guys and Gals, So, I know it's only January but time moves quick and my thoughts have turned to this year's Chicago show. I've been going to the show for several years now, but this year my goal is to try and approach the show more from the perspective of a pipe maker. I'm going to have a batc...