Challenge accepted. Here's the obligatory first billiard from this novice. Tell me what you think.
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A few specs: the bowl is 7/8" in diameter, and the wood is cherry. It's really just a prototype. I'm getting confident enough at the drill press now to drill my own holes, so I think I'm ready to start drilling some real briar now. This is all shaped by hand with rasps and files--no lathe. The billiard form is really best suited to a lathe (one small cylinder intersecting a larger cylinder with a dome on one end), so I didn't enjoy making this one as much as I've enjoyed some other forms I've tried. But it's an apprentice piece, so I'm glad I tried it.
It's not a perfect pipe, and I could give my own critique, but I really want some experienced pipe makers to tell me what they see in this one.