Then and Now

[e Markle]

I'll play.

Here's one I finished today.

Nice pipe, Bill!

[d.huber]

I'll play.

Here's one I finished today.

Nice pipe, Bill!

So where's your "then and now," hmm?

[Joe Hinkle Pipes]

I'll show my first. It might be the worst first pipe in this thread, but these things are expected when you have very little patience or talent.

and the latest (sort of)

[Sasquatch]

Joe, that first pipe reminds me of a scene in "Ancestral Vices" where an Italian Short-Order chef is asked to present a suckling pig at a feast, and he winds up cutting a huge boar in thirds and stitching the front and back ends together with no middle, much to the horror of the guests.

[Tyler]

I'll play.

Here's one I finished today.

Nice pipe, Bill!

OK. That's funny.

[Joe Hinkle Pipes]

Yeah Todd, it is just about the ugliest pipe I have seen. Well, it might tie with a costello searock 55.

[Ocelot55]

Nice pipe, Bill!

OK. That's funny.

Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up you two....

[e Markle]

So where's your "then and now," hmm?

My first is posted on this forum; see below. Try not to cry at the beauty. It's a bit like the Grand Canyon: more than the eye can take in at once.








Here's one I finished in...August?

[e Markle]

Nice pipe, Bill!

OK. That's funny.

Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up you two....

Well, we are hilarious. You make a great pipe, and you've got a nice, classic aesthetic. This just happens to be something outside of your sandbox and smack dab in the middle of Bill's.

[Ocelot55]

Well, we are hilarious. You make a great pipe, and you've got a nice, classic aesthetic. This just happens to be something outside of your sandbox and smack dab in the middle of Bill's.

True enough. When making Chheda Pipes I gotta make em look like Chheda's, not Jones's.

[mredmond]

Jesse, I'm sure our resident comedians would agree that the fact that you can make pipes that look like Joneses and Chhedas is a testament to your skill and growth.

[PremalChheda]

I'll play.

Here's one I finished today.

Nice pipe, Bill!

Be afraid, very afraid. Jesse has some serious talent and he is getting very fast.

[The Smoking Yeti]

I'll play.

Here's one I finished today.

Nice pipe, Bill!

Be afraid, very afraid. Jesse has some serious talent and he is getting very fast.

Apparently so! You didn't even notice when he stole this pipe off your bench and finished it

[Veritas]

Bump... for more then and now progress pipes. As a new member, this is incredibly inspiring. It's great to see the commitment from so many people.

[PremalChheda]

I was smart. I did not take pictures of my real early pipes. Ha!

Here is a series of blowfish throughout the last couple years:

This first one really sucked. It was made technically very well. About 2 years ago:

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This one was made last year:

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This one was finished last week:

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[N.Burnsworth]

2012


2015






2012


2014


2015


2015

[Sasquatch]

Figured I'd add some more, was doing a thread on another board.



Not my FIRST but some pretty early stuff, probably pipes something like 3-6.


First sandblast, damn thing came out looking like an orange peel... instead of being craggy and hiding some cracks, all kinds of new crap opened up so I gave up and just slammed a stem into it. Still smoke this pipe often.





And I haven't gone much fancier, truth be told. My latest batch going to Smoker's Haven:



and a pipe I just finished for a guy who's a briar snob but likes things plain as dogshit at the same time:

[fiddlestix]

I'll play.

Pipe #4



Pipe #14



Pipe #20





Pipe #24





Pipe #29



Pipe #33 finished last week.

[d.huber]

WTF Mark?

[N.Burnsworth]

WTF Mark?

IAWD!