P + T magazine for ideas

Sasquatch · Post by **Sasquatch** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:29 am

Wow, there's some sexy pipes in this issue of P + T, including a Brillante grade from Giancarlo Guidi (Ser Jac).

The pipe I like best in the mag is on P 16 - the upside down Savinelli Autograph. What a tank.

Question though: I notice on many freehands that the tenon does not line up with the grain or particularly well with the lines of the stummel itself. Am I missing something here or is it just a case where maybe the stummel is drilled as a "best guess" for the grain ahead of shaping, and at the end, it comes out less than perfect? This would certainly be an impetus for drilling freehands AFTER shaping.

Or is there something I'm missing on these Danish type, plateax finish freehands, and the lines of bowl and stem???

Here's my Stanwell queen, which I like the lines of

I'm gonna go hunt a funny looking one and post it

Sasquatch · Post by **Sasquatch** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:36 am

Here's a link to the digital P + T

http://digitaledition.pt-magazine.com/s ... index.html

Sav Autograph in question is 9 "digital pages" in

Sasquatch · Post by **Sasquatch** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:40 am

And here, for example, is a pipe that I just think is totally screwy in terms of how the mouthpiece hits the stummel.

Hide your eyes if you are sensitive!

ToddJohnson · Post by **ToddJohnson** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:09 am

Sasquatch wrote:And here, for example, is a pipe that I just think is totally screwy in terms of how the mouthpiece hits the stummel.

Hide your eyes if you are sensitive!

That pipe's problem is that it is horrible. I'm not sure any more in depth analysis is required. There's often very little forethought that goes into factory pipes.

Todd

tritrek · Post by **tritrek** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:15 am

This "freehand" is so much a freehand I leave both my hands free of it

An awful waste of briar...

Sasquatch · Post by **Sasquatch** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:22 am

LOL yes I picked a real beauty to illustrate the point.

But that Savinelli in P + T looks wrong to me too, in a much more subtle way. But then I've never understood Savinelli's grading or quality control, so maybe that's a waste of time too.