New Shape for Me

[RadDavis]

Hi Guys,

A customer sent me this pic a while back and asked me to make one in a tan blast:



I've been dreading doing it, but it finally came up in the rotation today. Here is the result:









This was a very labor intensive shape, and I'm very pleased with the way it came out. I learned quite a bit!

The stem inlay is ironwood supplied by the customer.

Let me know what you think.

Rad

[LatakiaLover]

Took only what, 40-45 minutes? Piece of cake. You could crank out a dozen a day, I'll bet.

[sethile]

Wow, that's a beautiful pipe, Rad!

While certainly a departure from typical Rad, it is clearly yours all the same. I can well imagine it would be a stretch to work on something like that, and an excellent excersise.

Nice depth to the blast, and the rings followed the shape wonderfully. I love the blasted birdseye on the bottom.

A very fine piece! I can well imagine your customer being ecstatic when he gets it!

[Skip]

Hey Rad,
I think that you did a fantastic job on that one. I love what you did with the stem.
Why does the picture that you used look so familiar?

Great job!

Skip

[geigerpipes]

Thats a beauty Rad and what lovley blast..In fact we are doing something similar like that shank in one of our ongoing projects allthough it might turn out radically different

[RadDavis]

Hey Rad,
I think that you did a fantastic job on that one. I love what you did with the stem.
Why does the picture that you used look so familiar?

Great job!

Skip

Thanks, guys!

Skip, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Actually, I recognized that white pebble background when I got the pic and went to your site, hoping to see more pics, but there's only that one. You should include at least a few more, to help out us knock-off artists.

Rad

[Smitty]

Great shape. I really like the flow of it. The bottom blast is awesome.