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I use word count, it comes in handy when I do one of my lengthy show reports.

Here's a tip: Countersink after carefully staining the face, it gives a clean and aesthetic appearance.

How to describe a pipe turd in 1707 words.

It definitely has that Old School tasty look goin' on: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1858&bih=963&q=felix%27s+oyster+bar+new+orleans&oq=felix%27s+oyster+&gs_l=img.1.0.0l2j0i30j0i24.3950.9386.0.11159.15.15.0.0.0.0.98.1268.15.15....

I ate lots of oysters at Felix's Oyster Bar---they're so delicious.

MM is in GA, that pipe is in FL.

George, don't think it's TJ. It would be impossible for him to make something that fugly!
My first impression of this piece is a backed up toilet bowl.
Still, legs are being pulled!!!
He sure does have a lot of weeds in his yard!

I have a feeling legs are being pulled!

I bought a big bag of rice at Costco and have done that with briar. It works. I've also left it in the blast cabinet and that works as well.
Just put in either and wait a couple of months.
I've done likewise with stummels that seemed a bit moist after drilling.

Jeremiah has it pegged in his post.
Another thing I would do is to search ebay for some vintage Barling's, Dunhill and Comoy billiards. The standard English billiard should help.

Sure it's not tobacco oils? I've had a number of vintage pipes that seep through the briar. I did the old salt and alcohol treatment and that seemed to work.

Really like the stem material!

Looks like the lip button is rather thick and the mortise appears off-------see the third photo.

I'm sorry, but this is one of the more stupid questions ever posed to this board!
WTF? Just how many vegans smoke a pipe? Aren't they tree huggers? Briar comes from killing a tree!
I guess my bowl coating of yak snot and other proprietary ingredients would not be vegan.

Ratimus wrote:Bruce, I've known vegans who wouldn't even eat honey or wear silk.

Here's some worthless information, it takes 113 silk cocoons to make a silk tie!

Shellac is not animal based. It comes from the female lac, a bug!

Wonderful shape, but a shame the grain washed out.

Taper the stem.
In the future, when making a panel, I've found that shaping a billiard first..........then doing the panels is much easier and precise.

I have two of my grandchildren here!

Very cool!