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Thank you for taking the time to give such detailed comments...I hugely appreciate it! Jeremiah...love the idea of the flat sanding board. I was trying to eyeball it with a file and that obviously didn't work. Definitely doing that on the next one. Will try to get the transition sharper as well...in...

Hey all... I changed my mind a dozen times about posting this but decided to take the plunge. Here is my first pipe... Now, my experience is more in realistic wildfowl carving (that I have been doing for longer than I'm prepared to admit) like the one below: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3857/338808...

Thank you, that is helpful. Just to be clear, in the picture below, A=B (the first part of your directions) and C=D (the second part of your directions)?

As a newbie pipe maker trying my hand at my first pipe (billiard as well), can you clarify the adjustments noted above to the length of the shank and stem for me? I've read a lot of interpretations on this (gone back around 200-300 posts in this forum) but, as best as I can figure: Height of bowl = ...

Real name: Mark Davies Age: 54 Location: Ancaster, Ontario, CANADA Years a pipe smoker: Not a pipe smoker How you got into pipe making: I am an experienced woodcarver and have been carving for around 30 years now. I was recently in a community theatre production of Sherlock Holmes and there is a tra...