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My wife wonders what do you actually put in your pipes.
What should I answer?

Seriously, read up on history. Here's an interesting bio to get you started: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDguevara.htm Guevara was no saint, he publicly executed hundreds of people, including innocent children to further his cause of revolution. Pease don't idolize a cold blooded murdere...

I mixed several of your designs . Wich I remembered (not very well, in fact) was this:

He debido mezclar varios diseños tuyos. La que yo "recordaba" es esta:

I love that flat oval shanks, they're just gorgeous. I remember one of your pipes similar to that, but without saddle stem. IMHO it looked slightly better, but obviously it's not a lumberman. Me encantan esos caños ovales planos, son preciosos. Recuerdo una pipa tuya parecida a esta pero con boquill...

Well, it seems you got very few critics, perhaps it's a perfect pipe :D Seriously, I've seen many of your pipes and, although they are beautiful pipes, they don't rise in me the desire of buying. This is just an aesthetical apreciaton and not a pipemaker opinion (just one made :cry: ). Of course I'm...

...the "sandpaper with a hole in it"-trick always seems to end up with rounded corners on the edges. I'm not a experienced pipemaker (in any way), but it will work better if you stick the sandpaper on a thin piece of cardboard. Or what Sas said,....maybe that works :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

A notch over beauty pipe. Its simplicity leaks elegance in every line.

Más que bonita. Rezuma elegancia.

I really like the clean lines y that two wonderful pipes.

Definitively, sharped edges are not my cup of tea. But you have here a great axecuted pipe, and a lovely staining.

Awesome
Really elegant pipes. I love the rhodesian, it flows very nice.

What a weird and beautiful pipe!
Congratz.

What a bunch of beauty pipes you have here.
Congratz!

frazeeg wrote:That would help. I only went up to 1000 grit, I believe.

Sure it helps. Going up from 1000 grit is when you can see a good improvement

I made a pipe (my first) in olivewood and it shines, it was sanded 2500, polished and treated with carnauba

Billiard is a beaty pipe, but my friend, brandy is gorgeous.

baweaverpipes wrote:I like the brandy, but am not a fan of the diamond on the heel. It detracts from the beauty of the birds eye.

+1

I meant cook cleaners, best of them is this: http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYy-T3t5SL4dF3QB4aeMIT550vRFP4UxgVZHbboU23vCQEgyYMRQ http://www.adbrands.net/uk/cif_uk.htm but I don't know if this can be found in the states or whether is there any equivalent. Well, it's not a game. You'll have ...

JeremyV wrote:Why not just give it a bump on the buffing wheel with some 1200 compound?

'cos you can melt the mouthpiece faster than you imagine

Products to clean this kind of cooks

(sorry, I don't know the name in english) do the work very well.
You cannot use bleach or sands.
It removes the oxidation and polish the stem.

Very good design and execution in a well proportioned pipe. Congratz