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Hi Folks, Here are a few pics of a short stemmed billiard I recently finished for your critique and advice.
Thank you in advance.

I am assuming the stem is not handcut?

No, it's a preformed.

That's ok then, otherwise I was going to say you did a great job of copying a crappy design stem! lol.

As a stacked billiard it is quite nice but I would say it is a little fat in the arse area, some more material removed there would make for a much more elegant pipe.

Thank you! Next go around I'll be way more judicious in the size and material removal. For some reason sitting in the back of my mind is the thought that I gotta use all the briar in the block otherwise I'm wasting. Gotta try and continually be thinking perspective and symmetry.

Pretty much every pipe you will ever see could always benefit from just a little more material taking off, the trick is getting to the point where that bit is so small no-one notices.

Thanks Chris!