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This pipe way too big for me and I doubt I will ever smoke it, it was fun to make though but really I just wanted to make a pipe I could call the Big Black Mariah.
The bowl is drilled 1" in diameter and has a chamfer on top of that, it's also over 2" deep, (it's big!) german ebbonite, briar, fiebings, carnauba wax, passes a pipe cleaner and is pretty light for it's size as plasterfurbication removes a lot of briar.
This first pic makes my stem shank junction look like crap, I should probably sand more... but there it is:
Ok, I think what might be going on, besides needing to do better at the junction, I use red dye over the stummel so I can see what I have rustifarbiatied and what I haven't. the red is shining through, in the future I need to use black on an all black pipe:
Suppose to include a pic like this I think:
Also suppose to show the top of the bowl I think:
and here is a picture of Polka Joe:
There is plenty of stuff you guys can yell at me about, like my crappy stem, it's just the pimo tool and a 12" sanding disc but that's no excuse. The only other comment I will make is that the stem is thinner than it looks behind the button, I dunno why but I just wanted to keep it squarish looking, seems to match the giant bowl better. I am sure it is prolly still a little thick but it's comfy to me.
Thanks for looking,
Billiard
