I guess for the new guys and those from the outside wide world I'll post a little info here. I think I started making pipes in 07 or 08. Thanks to the generous help of many on this board and a (very) few other places, within about 5 years I got to where I could make a half decent pipe. Pretty much hit that plateaux and stayed right there. I have studied much, thought much, practiced much. I think I know as much about wood and wood finishing as anyone here, and I think (incorrectly) I know more about briar than anybody here.
I make perfectly ordinary reasonably nice pipes. And it took me a lot of struggling to even be that bad. So when I criticize you, kick you, help you, cry with you... know that I have been there, and that largely, I still see myself as being there.
