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Hi Peter Nice rustications, which tool did you use for No. 2. I like the leather look of it. Thanks. Alex Hi Newcarver, I rusticate with the help of a DEREML. There are a lot of possibilities the tools to apply. Here some examples: http://www.daskunstportal.at/briar/documents/images/finish/rust01b20...

For a healthier coating, use non-fat buttermilk and sour cream.

My wife thinks all the time! But drilling holes, I would say 1 out of 8 or 10. Shaping, 1 out of 5, I hate it when the sander gouges a surface, and I have to rethink the shape completely.

Putting the aesthetics of a centered hole aside for a minute... I think an off center air hole smokes better, by crating a twister/vortex effect. I have tested this with my reject pipes, and the tobacco seems to stay lit longer and burn more evenly. And as a bonus, the hole is less prone to tobacco ...

Here are some of my stuff...
I don't use or own a lathe, its all shaping wheel, arbor, curtesy of Kurt. Hope you like.