#10 - Bent Rhodesian. Of the ones posted, this one feels the most like a failure to me. A lot of that comes from the stem. Lesson learned: if you've never made a half saddle before, don't suddenly get inspired to try it halfway though making the pipe without first stopping and doing some research into how other people do it.
#11 - Bent Dublin. This was a reworking of a pipe I made last year for a pipemaker's pass on the smokersforums site. The pipe originally had a flat top and a longer stem. Gunnar suggested both shortening the stem and rolling the lip to make the off-center bowl look more intentional. I followed both suggestions and it improved the pipe greatly.
#12 - Hard-Boiled Egg. Well, that was the original idea anyway, but I made a few mistakes along the way, and this is what I ended up with. It's a little bit like a Lee Von Erke design, except not nearly as good. The half saddle on this one was intentional, but I'm not crazy about how it turned out.
#13 - Freehand Sitter. My first attempt at a freehand. It's not usually a type that I go for, but I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. This is the first pipe I've made that I look at and think, "That's a pretty good pipe." Not a spectacular, or even a great pipe, mind you, but pretty good.
All of these also represent my first attempts at cutting a button. The stems were all preformed as part of a kit, but all were shortened and new buttons were cut. The kits were from Penguin Briar, so all compliments on drilling go to Kim Kendall.
