My "First"

[Phil]

This is made out of Apple wood... It still needs lots of finish work...

Picture #1, Rough parts and fit:




Picture #2, Put together




Picture #3, After some sanding

[Abi Natur]

OK.it's a rough start,you have the idea of a concept that is a pipe. Now start to practise your hand in materials available to you ,for the shape,tehnik and know-how you have this great site and all the good people in it .
It's a start - welcome

[Nick]

For being all freehand, you got the bowl and shank really round. Nice!

[Phil]

Well... so far no one has hurt my feelings...

I couldn't wait so I smoked tonight... Nice and cool... I guess that's what happens when you have a 3/8" bowl all the way around...

I'm a little on the side because I don't have all the needed tools I should have for a smiple pipe... I don't even have a file...

[LexKY_Pipe]

If it has a stem, and bowl, and smokes, it must be a pipe!

[TimGeorge]

I like it, a true piece of history. It should not be judged against a one-piece briar stummel like those we make here, but against the two-piece pipe of native wood that would have been hand-carved in the old days with minimal tools around a campfire or homestead. Good job! I myself plan to mess with some mesquite pretty soon, because nothing could be more authentic to Texas.

And welcome to the forum by the way.

[Phil]

Thanks for all the kind words... I hope my next is/will be better!