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Final leather case photos will be updated later..
Good points, Ernie. Now that you've pointed it out I see the dissonance in the distance from the bowl to first knuckle and last knuckle to the saddle.e Markle wrote:As always, I enjoying seeing pipes from you, and I think this is a cool pipe. I like how you finished the bamboo. It fits well with your style, and it sure makes oversanding the bamboo a moot point.
I think you generally do a good job of incorporating that organic, wabi-sabi feel to your pipes without making them look rough-hewn or unfinished, albeit with a bit of a New World, hippie vibe thrown in (not that that's a bad thing). Or at least, to this Westerner, it looks pretty decent. The only thing that I find visually arresting on this piece is the lack of harmony on the bamboo node lengths (bowl to first node, first to second, second to saddle). This is the only thing that looks unfinished, and they even feel a bit dissonant to me. Just to clarify, I don't think they need to be equal lengths (that would probably throw the whole thing off), but maybe just less inconsistent? In other words, you may have just added too much wabi and not enough sabi to this particular recipe. I don't think the other issues pose a problem for you.
Hahah, Pipe is sold actually.Ocyd wrote:It's awesome and a wonderful philosophy to have when dealing with materials that always tend towards having a unique indiviuality all thier own. If you were worried about the stem needing sanding down the line there are always those removable bite guard ring things. It seems like the constant moisture from saliva would be more of a concern with wood though. I mean since it's starting to sound like you're souring on it, I'd be happy to give it a good home for you. free of charge even
Gimme!meathod wrote:Hahah, Pipe is sold actually.Ocyd wrote:It's awesome and a wonderful philosophy to have when dealing with materials that always tend towards having a unique indiviuality all thier own. If you were worried about the stem needing sanding down the line there are always those removable bite guard ring things. It seems like the constant moisture from saliva would be more of a concern with wood though. I mean since it's starting to sound like you're souring on it, I'd be happy to give it a good home for you. free of charge even
And, African blackwood has a natural resistance to saliva, which is part of why it's used for making bagpipes. So, no worries there!
The English ruled both Scotland and the waves for centuries.Ocyd wrote:Gimme!meathod wrote:Hahah, Pipe is sold actually.Ocyd wrote:It's awesome and a wonderful philosophy to have when dealing with materials that always tend towards having a unique indiviuality all thier own. If you were worried about the stem needing sanding down the line there are always those removable bite guard ring things. It seems like the constant moisture from saliva would be more of a concern with wood though. I mean since it's starting to sound like you're souring on it, I'd be happy to give it a good home for you. free of charge even
And, African blackwood has a natural resistance to saliva, which is part of why it's used for making bagpipes. So, no worries there!.... Wait a minute how did ancient Scottish highlanders get African blackwood for their bagpipes?