#1224 and #1225

[Charl]

Two that I managed to get finished today.
I need help (my wife will agree ), so tell me the wrongs for all the right reasons!
#1224:




#1225:

[Ocelot55]

A couple of great looking classics!

I've been browsing the early posts in the gallery.Charl, you've come a long way! Congrats!

[Abi Natur]

A couple of great looking classics!

I've been browsing the early posts in the gallery.Charl, you've come a long way! Congrats!

Indeed so it is!

[Charl]

Thanks, but I still need to learn a lot.

[bregolad]

Here it is: they're really nice.

A few things, though, to take them from nice to I-want-to-buy-them nice.

The saddle might look better if it was domed like the bit, so the lines from the bit to the saddle are more thin. like-a dis (http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/l ... t_id=94216).

And this is just a personal preference, but I like a little more forward cant to the bowl.

Last thing, I promise. Maybe a slight dome to the rims would make them slightly more visually appealing, just by softening the hard lines, so it would echo the rest of the pipe.

Just thoughts. But again, very nice

[Charl]

I see what you mean re the saddle. Thanks!

[RAlan]

Very nice.

What stain did you use to get that color?

Thanks,

Rick

[Charl]

Which pipe?