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Firstly: I hope I picked the right topic to post this under, as this is my first post other than announcing myself in "News and Announcments"

Ok, so... When I'm ready to relaunch (sometime after the beginning of the year I hope), I will be offering my new blast finish on many of my pipes. I feel like it is a pretty unique finish, and a unique finish calls for a unique name. So I hope you folks can help me pick something...

My feedback so far has lead me to two choices:

Most people have said that it looks like suede, so maybe "Suede Blast"?
Then, more than a few have said that it looks like a coconut husk... so maybe "Husk Blast", or simply "Husk"?

Maybe you guys have another idea?

Here are a couple of pics of one of my test pipes: (Yes, I know it has a huge pit inside the chamber... that's why I'm now smoking it!)

You could call it "Makes Sasquatch feel a little queezy with how sort of weirdly organic/marine it looks" but that doesn't have much of a ring to it.

Sasquatch wrote:You could call it "Makes Sasquatch feel a little queezy with how sort of weirdly organic/marine it looks" but that doesn't have much of a ring to it.

I like it... but can I fit it on a 15mm stamp?

The [super-extreme] closeup looks kinda like coral or sea anemones on the ocean floor.

quarl,

I like it

rev

Nate wrote:The [super-extreme] closeup looks kinda like coral or sea anemones on the ocean floor.

Sorry about that rediculously large photo. I didn't realize it would show up like that! It won't happen again!
Yes, it does look like some kind of sea floor sort of formation, but the super-extreme closeup is like looking at it through a loupe... In every day, walkin' around, normal guy vision, I really have to agree that it looks like suede. Personaly, I think it looks better natural, unstained... Maybe the next one will remain natural and I'll try to get some opinions on that.

WCannoy wrote:

Nate wrote:The [super-extreme] closeup looks kinda like coral or sea anemones on the ocean floor.

Sorry about that rediculously large photo. I didn't realize it would show up like that! It won't happen again!
Yes, it does look like some kind of sea floor sort of formation, but the super-extreme closeup is like looking at it through a loupe... In every day, walkin' around, normal guy vision, I really have to agree that it looks like suede. Personaly, I think it looks better natural, unstained... Maybe the next one will remain natural and I'll try to get some opinions on that.

Awe. Some.

Honestly it strikes me as too much of a good thing - an entire pipe done in that surface would actually distract me, I think. A little like Wallenstein's patented "driftwoodsteamroommicrowavedpotato" finish, which he uses to good effect as a contratst to smooth sections on his pipes.

But if a guy were to, you know, use it as a contrast, to say, like, oh I dunno, a wax drip or something (just to pick something TOTALLY at random) it might work really really well. Just sayin.

Sasquatch wrote:Honestly it strikes me as too much of a good thing - an entire pipe done in that surface would actually distract me, I think. A little like Wallenstein's patented "driftwoodsteamroommicrowavedpotato" finish, which he uses to good effect as a contratst to smooth sections on his pipes.

But if a guy were to, you know, use it as a contrast, to say, like, oh I dunno, a wax drip or something (just to pick something TOTALLY at random) it might work really really well. Just sayin.

You're totaly right. A whole pipe finished like this would be kinda creepy. It definately needs to be tastefully balanced. Here's a pic of the whole pipe (hopefully I got it sized properly this time). You can see that the shank has been left smooth, which balances the finish well, in my opinion... Also, you can see that the blast, while quite dramatic very close up, is much more pleasing than you might think!

Wow really does look like suede. How does it feel in your hand?

Rev

I would call it, "Wookiee Scrotum Blast." For the obvious reasons.

Hey Walt,
I heard you were coming back - I'll look forward to meeting you. Are you planning on heading to Chicago this time around?

Of the three options you mentioned, I like "Husk" best.

the rev wrote:Wow really does look like suede. How does it feel in your hand?

Rev

Oh man, it feels really nice! It feels like suede too, maybe a little harder. It's like holding a fine pumice stone... That's as close as I can get. It's really hard to describe.

Gershom wrote:I would call it, "Wookiee Scrotum Blast." For the obvious reasons.

Noted... and rejected. For the obvious reasons!

e Markle wrote:Hey Walt,
I heard you were coming back - I'll look forward to meeting you. Are you planning on heading to Chicago this time around?

I would love to go to Chicago! So many good memories... I don't know if it will happen so soon for me, but if I can figure out a way, I will. Did I mention "so many good memories"? So many...

Nate wrote:The [super-extreme] closeup looks kinda like coral or sea anemones on the ocean floor.

I was just about to say Coral as well.

Growley wrote:

Nate wrote:The [super-extreme] closeup looks kinda like coral or sea anemones on the ocean floor.

I was just about to say Coral as well.

Copycat. Way to jump on the awesome kid's bandwagon....geez

I still can't look at it without thinking that you would be cupping one of Sas's testicles every time you smoked it... not that it would be a bad thing, because I actually really like the rustication. (Of the pipe, not Sas's mannish parts, because he has yet to post any pictures.)

I have it!!!

"Sas's Scrotum Blast" or "SSB" for short.

Thoughts?



I just put this one in here because I like it.

Cretaceous Blast