Alden wrote:Ron overall I think it works as a pipe. I like it for the most part. The one thing that I think doesnt flow is the shape of the bowl. Its not particularly graceful, just seems to jut out of the shank. I think the main thing is the cheeks at the bottom of the bowl should be mimicing the shape of the inside chamber instead of following the lines of the shank. On the front/lowest edge of the bowl theres not really any "cheek" at all. If you had taken off the material here it would look more like a pipe bowl and less like a random thing sticking out of a shank.
Another thing you might consider is the inlays. In a case like this you either want them to match or contrast. I think I would have matched them so both inlays were the same length, and the ebonite had the same transition leaving the inlay
on both ends. The stem has a sort of scoop transition, and the cap has a taper transition. I would have done the "scoop" on both ends, with the stem going from scoop to flat and the cap going from scoop to perfectly round.
That is all subjective but however you accomplish it, a more graceful bowl and more closely matching the inlays would give you a better looking pipe in my opinion.
As it is, I like the pipe overall. Reminds of a piece of wrapped up candy, maybe a Tootsie Roll.
Thank you Ryan, I was wondering when someone was going to pick apart this suffering turd of a pipe.
To tell ya the truth the inlays are there to fix f**k-ups and there length are what they needed to be.
I agree with you on the bowl and it's lopsided if you look closely also. As I told Premal I did this pipe because I like and collect Cavaliers.
And wont attempt another till I know what the hell I'm doing. Back to basic and simpler pipes so I can sell some to recoup my
cash to purchase more fricken blocks and rod stock and try and make a little money. That is if I can make one I'm comfortable selling so far that hasn't happened.
). Feel free to critique cause I feel kinda good about this one considering all the trouble I've had with it. I know there's a few things a bit wrong but, all in all I think it came out well. I tried a little different technique on finishing this one and I think it looks pretty good but, what the hell I know,
