KC Pipe Carving Contest for 2013 announced...

[Tyler]

Shape is a Dublin or variant.

Variants specifically include Zulus, cutties, yachtsman, and belges.

I don't think of those as Dublin variants, but thems the rules.

I think I may have time to finally enter this year. Who's with me?

[Sasquatch]

How many winners can there be? I don't wanna enter if it means you're gonna lose, Ty.

[Tyler]

How many winners can there be? I don't wanna enter if it means you're gonna lose, Ty.

You are a good friend.

[billiard]

Would any of you know if you need to physically be there to enter one of these, or can you mail a pipe in?

Thanks,
Bill

[NathanA]

Mail ins are fine. If they don't win they will offer them for sale at the show and ship them back to you if they don't sell.

[Growley]

I'm in. Winning would be cool, but I'll say this, I was still just about as excited to see my looser pipe in the magazine...........just about.

[KurtHuhn]

Well if Sas is sitting it out, I might as well go for it. He's the only other guy who makes fat, overweight pipes and without him participating I might have a chance of winning something.

[billiard]

Well, it's in June, so I figure I will make one in May and decide if it is worthy of shipping it off at that time

[Growley]

Well, it's in June, so I figure I will make one in May and decide if it is worthy of shipping it off at that time

I was thinking the same thing. No sense getting started on it any time soon, because it's amazing what a year's worth of work can do to increase your skills!

If I made one now, I'd probably laugh at it when it was time to submit it. That's mostly because I have SO much room for improvement. A pipe I make in June compared to one now will just have to be better

[Alden]

Didja notice next year there is a $20 fee to enter ?

[Nate]

I'm in.

[RadDavis]

Didja notice next year there is a $20 fee to enter ?

I noticed that. They probably got tired of having to cover the shipping of all the unsold pipes back to the makers.

Rad

[Growley]

Didja notice next year there is a $20 fee to enter ?

I noticed that. They probably got tired of having to cover the shipping of all the unsold pipes back to the makers.

Rad

Makes sense to me. Shipping ain't cheap.

[Ocelot55]

After seeing last years entries I'm sitting this one out. I'd be ashamed even to consider it!

[Alden]

After seeing last years entries I'm sitting this one out. I'd be ashamed even to consider it!

I entered this year.... I can honestly say, the pipe I entered was the worst pipe I have ever made I haven't seen the fall issue, I can only cross my fingers and hope it photographed well

[Ocelot55]

After seeing last years entries I'm sitting this one out. I'd be ashamed even to consider it!

I entered this year.... I can honestly say, the pipe I entered was the worst pipe I have ever made I haven't seen the fall issue, I can only cross my fingers and hope it photographed well

Hey now, in your defense, I saw your pipe in person and thought it looked much better than what I was expecting. I don't think you have anything to be ashamed of!

[wdteipen]

I will probably enter again. I'm confused by the cutty and belge being in the dublin family though. Who decided that and on what basis? What am I missing?

[SimeonTurner]

I will probably enter again. I'm confused by the cutty and belge being in the dublin family though. Who decided that and on what basis? What am I missing?

Based on the announcement, only thing I can figure is that they are characterizing any shape that tapers inward somehow as
"dublinesque." I never saw a cutty and thought "that's kind of a Dublin," but that's ok. It's a super fun contest, and I'm really appreciative of their doing it no matter what. As long as the shape isn't "something Sasquatch would make" I'm in.

[Sasquatch]

I did a cutty once. I think.

Or maybe it was a dublin.


Actually, now that I think about it, maybe it was a great big fat Oom Paul.

Well, whatever. Sounds like they want something long and skinny.

[Sasquatch]

As long as the shape isn't "something Sasquatch would make" I'm in.

I hear ya.