PITH 2018!!!!
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 1:16 am
Yup, you guessed it, it is that time of year again! It's time for this year's PITH!!!!
The pipe in the hat(PITH) trade is something we do here once a year. We choose a shape or feature that participants have to make or incorporate into a pipe, and set a deadline. Once the deadline hits, we randomly generate a list of all participants, and you send your pipe to the person below you on the list. You receive the pipe from the person above you. Upon receiving your pipe, you inspect it, smoke it, and give an honest and thorough critique back to the maker. The pipe is yours to keep.
The pipe in the hat trade is designed as a tool to help you grow in your pipe making skills. It can certainly be intimidating to jump into something like this with all these more experienced people participating, but getting the type of feedback that comes with putting your pipe in the hands of someone else is much more beneficial than posting pictures. Plus you get a pipe out of it. Some of the shape requirements might seem like a big challenge, but the PITH is designed to force you out of your comfort zone and to help you get some experience in the art of pipe making.
I can't stress enough, YOUR SKILL LEVEL DOES NOT MATTER! In fact the less experience you have in pipe making, the more you have to gain from participating! The idea here is that the best way to grow is by challenging yourself. This is a great way to get some good practice and helpful feedback. The deadline will likely be around the end of July, 2018.
If you want to participate, just post with the words "I'm in", or something to that effect.
I'm in!
1. mightysmurf8201
2. JMG
3. Ocelot55
4. RickB
5. DocAitch
6. seamonster
7. PeskyPrussian
8. ronps
9. Janka
10. PremalChheda
11. Rshey
12. eric
13. wdteipen
14. Bluesytone
15. Michael Rizzo
16. scotties22
17.Doug535
18. ricebiscuit
The pipe in the hat(PITH) trade is something we do here once a year. We choose a shape or feature that participants have to make or incorporate into a pipe, and set a deadline. Once the deadline hits, we randomly generate a list of all participants, and you send your pipe to the person below you on the list. You receive the pipe from the person above you. Upon receiving your pipe, you inspect it, smoke it, and give an honest and thorough critique back to the maker. The pipe is yours to keep.
The pipe in the hat trade is designed as a tool to help you grow in your pipe making skills. It can certainly be intimidating to jump into something like this with all these more experienced people participating, but getting the type of feedback that comes with putting your pipe in the hands of someone else is much more beneficial than posting pictures. Plus you get a pipe out of it. Some of the shape requirements might seem like a big challenge, but the PITH is designed to force you out of your comfort zone and to help you get some experience in the art of pipe making.
I can't stress enough, YOUR SKILL LEVEL DOES NOT MATTER! In fact the less experience you have in pipe making, the more you have to gain from participating! The idea here is that the best way to grow is by challenging yourself. This is a great way to get some good practice and helpful feedback. The deadline will likely be around the end of July, 2018.
If you want to participate, just post with the words "I'm in", or something to that effect.
I'm in!
1. mightysmurf8201
2. JMG
3. Ocelot55
4. RickB
5. DocAitch
6. seamonster
7. PeskyPrussian
8. ronps
9. Janka
10. PremalChheda
11. Rshey
12. eric
13. wdteipen
14. Bluesytone
15. Michael Rizzo
16. scotties22
17.Doug535
18. ricebiscuit
But it's a due reminder because shipping can be a PITA instead of a PITH.