Ok, here's my 4th go at this shape. Initial shaping to this point, should I tighten up the transition or leave it as is? I will do a slight bend before finishing the stem. Any and all critique is very much appreciated.
Bowl height - 1.370
Bowl width - 1.460
Chamber - .700
Chamber depth - 1.130
Length - 6.50
prince #4
Re: prince #4
Caveat being that I don't know the prince and haven't carved any, but that's looking pretty sharp to me. Slight bit of wobble/off angle at the top of the shank, but that might be you preparing for the bend in the stem. Likewise on the bottom view it looks like there's a bulge in the shank just after the transition. All stuff you'll clean up when doing final shaping I'm sure.
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Also the passenger side of the bowl might hang just slightly lower than the driver side.
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Re: prince #4
Much better than the last! As Rick said, some wobble at the shank/stem joint. in that last solo pic something looks just barely off. Not quite a mirror image, but real close. Side profiles look nice
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Thanks Rick. Just realized I dropped this in the wrong section, should be in Stummels. Could a mod please move this to Stummels.