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Many, many moons ago I saw a video clip about Nana Ivarsson and Sixten together. I've tried looking for it on the web, but to no avail. I do remember that it was in Danish (or maybe Swedish?).
Would love to see that again. Is there anybody that can help?

Very cool, showing it again! I love looking at pipes that I made years ago that's been smoked, how it changed colour, how it's still holding up, see mistakes that I made.

I think the edge is fine.
If the shank was tapered and the stem longer, it would have made this pipe pop.

George! Now now!
A lot better than most of us, I reckon!

To add to the above: when applying a bowl coating, make sure that as much stain as possible is removed by sanding, else the bowl coating will not stay in those spots.
Rule of thumb regarding stem work on the lathe: drill slow, shape fast.
Good luck!

So, where's no2?

Come on!

Working on just the shank/bowl joint will already do wonders. Front and back of bowl should normally be mirror images, if seen from the side.

Wow! Nice

Very nice! Thanks for showing, George.
(And Chris for the gold plate info)

Aah! Thanks, Massis!

Interesting! So how did you apply the silicone? A blurb of silicone and then a spatula?

As an aside: how did you get the pipe so black? Paint?

I reckon all of us have a good side and a bad side.

Dead root indeed!

Cool!
Way back, if I recall right, somebody else used a bit of manzanita and posted here on PMF. No idea who it was and if it might still be available if you use the search function.

Another little thing that to me doesn't work: don't taper the white accent. Rather leave it in line with the shank line and then round the edge towards the shankface off. If that makes sense?

Difficult to say from that photo, but it looks as if you still have a lot of wood left on the backside of the bowl.
Rule of thumb in most cases is that the back and front should mimic each other, when seen from the side.

makeup pad

O the joys of pipemaking! We use nail files and earbuds and latex gloves and leather stain and tooth picks and ... All of it things that you would never ever think is needed for making a pipe!

Thanks George!