Pointed Cutty "MacReedy"

[maxmil]

Today I dedicate to John MacReedy pipe, which is the character played by Spencer Tracy in the magnificent film "Bad Day at Black Rock", 1955.
Best regards.
Félix

Hoy le dedico la pipa a John MacReedy, que es el personaje que interpreta Spencer Tracy en la magnífica película "Conspiración de silencio", del año 1955.
Saludos.
Félix

[wisemanpipes]

Great shape felix. I would not have bent the stem however. a traditional cutty only has a canted bowl with no bend.

[maxmil]

Thanks.

Great shape felix. I would not have bent the stem however. a traditional cutty only has a canted bowl with no bend.

[LatakiaLover]

Look at the bottom two pics (the profile ones)... see how the "gleam line" rises and falls?

Very tricky to eliminate, but worth learning how to do if you want to take your work to the next level.

[The Smoking Yeti]

Look at the bottom two pics (the profile ones)... see how the "gleam line" rises and falls?

Very tricky to eliminate, but worth learning how to do if you want to take your work to the next level.

Reflections tell a lot about a shape. Good thing to remember, thanks George!

[maxmil]

The problems you point are lighting, the photographs and realize I do not worry too much about that aspect.
Best regards.
Félix

Los problemas que apuntas son por la iluminación; las fotografías las realizo yo y no me preocupo demasiado de dicho aspecto.
Saludos.
Félix

Look at the bottom two pics (the profile ones)... see how the "gleam line" rises and falls?

Very tricky to eliminate, but worth learning how to do if you want to take your work to the next level.

[Thomas Tkach]

I think he means the line on the stem. It is wavy because the shaping is not quite perfect.

I also noticed the bowl doesn't seem symmetrical front to back. Should it be symmetrical on a cutty?

[maxmil]

I had in mind which is the source du Clay Pipe.



As for the other issue, is absolutely priceless sight, and pipe it is made ​​entirely by hand.
Best regards.
Félix

I think he means the line on the stem. It is wavy because the shaping is not quite perfect.

I also noticed the bowl doesn't seem symmetrical front to back. Should it be symmetrical on a cutty?

[maxmil]

Reflections exaggerate imperfections impossible to see at a glance.
Some examples of reflections on faces pipes, defects that appear but are not.

Los reflejos exageran imperfeciones imposibles de apreciar a simple vista.
Algunos ejemplos de reflejos en pipas caras, que aparentan defctos pero que no lo son.

[yachtexplorer]

Felix, It is good to encounter you here.

I like the bend in the stem. Your shapes are creative and original. Keep them that way. Don't get trapped in the "tradition" of any one country's notion of what is a proper pipe. You have the right idea. Put your own name on it and make it the way you want.

If someone else tries to insist that if a pipe has a particular word in the name it therefor must conform to a rigid set of design specifications, that is their choice to make for their own pipes. Don't let them impose their design standards on you.

The best thing about the age we live in is that we can learn about diverse cultural choices and then create our own mix. That applies to music, food, art and certainly pipes. The curved stem on your cutty reminds me a bit of the classic W.O. Larsen shape 49 or Walrus.



Here is a pipe I called a Cuttyfish (my #12) that surely will be problematic for the purists




The "Prince of Alaska" that you made for me continues to be a great pleasure to smoke.

[maxmil]

Dear Richard:
Glad to see you here, I was unaware that you were yachtexplorer; elaborate a pipe whenever I remember you.
Best regards.
Félix

Apreciado Richard:
Me alegro de verte por aquí; desconocía que fueses yachtexplorer; siempre que elaboro una pipa me acuerdo de tí.
Saludos cordiales.
Félix

Felix, It is good to encounter you here.

I like the bend in the stem. Your shapes are creative and original. Keep them that way. Don't get trapped in the "tradition" of any one country's notion of what is a proper pipe. You have the right idea. Put your own name on it and make it the way you want.

If someone else tries to insist that if a pipe has a particular word in the name it therefor must conform to a rigid set of design specifications, that is their choice to make for their own pipes. Don't let them impose their design standards on you.

The best thing about the age we live in is that we can learn about diverse cultural choices and then create our own mix. That applies to music, food, art and certainly pipes. The curved stem on your cutty reminds me a bit of the classic W.O. Larsen shape 49 or Walrus.



Here is a pipe I called a Cuttyfish (my #12) that surely will be problematic for the purists




The "Prince of Alaska" that you made for me continues to be a great pleasure to smoke.

[lancefisher51]

The "Prince of Alaska" is extremely nice pipe. One the best designed pipes in my opinion I have seen.

Lance

[maxmil]

Thank you very much.
Saludos.
Félix

The "Prince of Alaska" is extremely nice pipe. One the best designed pipes in my opinion I have seen.

Lance

[LatakiaLover]

Reflections exaggerate imperfections impossible to see at a glance.

Swap "reveal" for "exaggerate", and you've got it.

Some examples of reflections on faces pipes, defects that appear but are not.

Reflections do not lie. It's physics.

[baiguai]

I had in mind which is the source du Clay Pipe.



As for the other issue, is absolutely priceless sight, and pipe it is made ​​entirely by hand.
Best regards.
Félix

I think he means the line on the stem. It is wavy because the shaping is not quite perfect.

I also noticed the bowl doesn't seem symmetrical front to back. Should it be symmetrical on a cutty?

I noticed the symmetry thing - thanks for providing the source pic, since I don't own a cutty (yet), the measurements are helpful to get a general feel for the size when I decide to tackle this challenging shape.

[maxmil]

But evidence of what inpreciable exaggerated eye.
My pipes are completely handmade, do not use templates or rules, and since I'm not a machine for turning ...
Best regards.
Félix

Pero evidencian de manera exagerada lo inpreciable a simple vista.
Mis pipas son totalmente artesanales, no utilizo plantillas ni reglas, y como no soy una máquina de tornear...
Saludos.
Félix

Reflections exaggerate imperfections impossible to see at a glance.

Swap "reveal" for "exaggerate", and you've got it.

Some examples of reflections on faces pipes, defects that appear but are not.

Reflections do not lie. It's physics.

[LatakiaLover]

My pipes are completely handmade, do not use templates or rules, and since I'm not a machine for turning ...

The whole idea (for perfection-chaser carvers, anyway) is to make something by hand that is so precise that it doesn't seem possible that it WAS made by hand.

Some smokers don't mind---or even prefer---an "arts & crafts" element to their pipes because it establishes a spiritual-y human connection thing. That's cool. Like what you smoke, smoke what you like, and all that. I mentioned reflections because unless otherwise requested, pipes posted to the gallery board get measured with the "approach to perfection" ruler... and the gleam never lies.

[maxmil]

Only say that little distortion can fix in a few minutes.
Best regards

Solo decir que esa inapreciable distrorsión puedo arreglarla en escasos minutos.
Saludos.

My pipes are completely handmade, do not use templates or rules, and since I'm not a machine for turning ...

The whole idea (for perfection-chaser carvers, anyway) is to make something by hand that is so precise that it doesn't seem possible that it WAS made by hand.

Some smokers don't mind---or even prefer---an "arts & crafts" element to their pipes because it establishes a spiritual-y human connection thing. That's cool. Like what you smoke, smoke what you like, and all that. I mentioned reflections because unless otherwise requested, pipes posted to the gallery board get measured with the "approach to perfection" ruler... and the gleam never lies.

[LatakiaLover]

Only say that little distortion can fix in a few minutes.

That seems intuitively true---only an exceedingly small amount of aberrant material is in play, so removing it to achieve virtual perfection should only take a correspondingly small amount of effort.

The situation is quite the opposite, though. Each time the distance to the goal is halved, the energy required to get there is doubled. Toward the end of that graph, the x-axis (achievement) line is asymptotically horizontal, and the y-axis (effort) line is asymptotically vertical.

Give making a distortion-free pipe & stem a go if you are in the mood sometime, and report back your findings.

[The Smoking Yeti]

The fact that a pipe is handmade should not be used as an excuse for a wavy line.