![Image](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/bibliofile13/Pipes/Pipe12BriarBlock-1_zps04098847.jpg)
The more I looked at it, the more nice figure I saw. It was relatively thick, too, much thicker than necessary for the pipes I've felt like making recently. So I decided to work against the grain a little bit.
Turn the block on its side...
![Image](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/bibliofile13/Pipes/Pipe12BriarBlock-2_zps045b4852.jpg)
And voila! It's a plateaux block. Kind of...
Drilling it was interesting, but I got it done eventually. Here's the result:
![Image](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/bibliofile13/Pipes/Pipe12BriarBentFreehand5-1013--1_zpsa3d22b98.jpg)
![Image](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/bibliofile13/Pipes/Pipe12BriarBentFreehand5-1013--3_zpsed03424b.jpg)
![Image](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/bibliofile13/Pipes/Pipe12BriarBentFreehand5-1013--4_zpsb1f43fc1.jpg)
![Image](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/bibliofile13/Pipes/Pipe12BriarBentFreehand5-1013--8_zps2c9b797a.jpg)
![Image](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/bibliofile13/Pipes/Pipe12BriarBentFreehand5-1013--5_zps75d21c28.jpg)
![Image](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/bibliofile13/Pipes/Pipe12BriarBentFreehand5-1013--6_zps819fba40.jpg)
My wife says it looks like a coffee cream pitcher. Oh well...