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Maybe it's "FP3" and the "P" didn't stamp good or was polished off so it just looks like a "T" Is that posible?

I think you're being too hard on yourself, with the "pretty sad." It's not a bad looking pipe, kind of unusual, not bad at all, I think.

Not a bad site, but kind-of generic. Who cares. It's the pipes that are important, anyway. You probably already know, your rusticated (asphalts) are a sensation.

It looks like it grew right out of something. I don't like to apply the term "organic" cuz it sounds like a comment from a stinky hippy, but that thing is truly one of the more "organic" creations I've seen in quite a while. Wow. Hopefully I offended all the stinky hippies out t...

Just curious what percent of you guys sand the tobacco chamber? I've never done it. Will it make a pipe smoke better/break in quicker? I don't usually sand the whole chamber very much, if at all. I use the tools mainly to clean up any oddities at the smoke hole intersection, or where the grain angl...

There's the obvious use for "The Finger" but I wasn't talking about that finger. :lol: This is a tool for sanding inside the tobacco chamber where your real finger can't reach. It's 5/16 in. thick, 5.5 in o.a. length, with a 2.5 in. long finger. You can tape a little piece of sandpaper on ...

Incredible..the bowl appears almost as though it was grown, instead of made.
Most Excellent pipe.

.... [1] The fact that you've been an artist (a painter, apparently) does not mean you can automatically be a pipe maker. [2] And thinking of the pipes you make as a continuation of your body of work and pricing them accordingly is silly. [3] Hell, a few months ago, you couldn't see the difference ...

Nice pipes. I especially like the first one. It's very creative the way the flat bottom runs through and then curves up at the end of the shank, and kind-of droopy looking on the sides like a boxer dog. Very nice. Too bad about all those crappy sand pits. c'est la vie.

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Very classy, cool looking pipe. I like it.
You've made a lot of great looking pipes, and usually you post so many at one time, I get overloaded, and can't comment.

Thanks guys! As to the faults, if I were to make this one again I'd probably make the mouthpiece just a bit shorter, and I think the back of the bowl could match the front better... But still I'm quite happy with it :) There's stain in the chamber because I was trying out some home-made chemical st...

Rad's idea about doing it for both, love and money, sounds fine. I've seen a lot of spectacular artists (and craftsmen) do this, I think, but one must be very careful not to let the money affect his judgement and methods in such a way that it compromises the results. But in favor of money, sometimes...

Definition of Professional; a : participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs <a professional golfer> b : having a particular profession as a permanent career <a professional soldier> c : engaged in by persons receiving financial return <profe...

Mike, I think most sane people would agree with Rad on this one. You're not bad, your just not as good as most professional pipemakers. But, I'm glad you're here because you make me laugh. I think the key word you and some of the other guys are using is, "professional." "Professional...

You can put a coat of nitrocellulose lacquer on the steel tenon to enlarge it a bit. It dries very hard and quickly. Then sand it smooth, and polish it. Try the fit. Add another coat if necessary, or sand more if the fit is too tight. This also works for ordinary wood mortise, ebonite tenon stem fii...

I read that. The key word in the title is "Excellence". Your pipes ain't it. Teddy has been making pipes his entire life and has EARNED the position he is in to be able to do what he does, because he worked his ass off, and he has a shitload of talent. You seem to gloss over the significa...

It took you two days to come up with THAT !!?? Bless your heart. That's just sad. Rad This is my third reply. I edited the first one, and it disappeared. The second one never appeared, so, okay...I'll keep on trying. I don't really think, "you guys are just glorified pipe manufacturing busines...

It took you two days to come up with THAT !!?? Bless your heart. That's just sad. Rad For the record, I'm not challenging your work methods. It's great and you produce a ton of work, like Picasso did paintings, but there are different approaches which are also valid. To confirm this, just read the ...

I'm hesitant to post this one because there's a lot that could have been done better from a design standpoint but here you go nonetheless. Let me know your thoughts and what could have been done better. No way. It's a great (and very cool) looking pipe...perfect...design, execution, as far as I can...