Funny Alex

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Funny Alex ...

[Abi Natur]

Hey Danijel,
it is a beautifully shaped straight Dublin pipe that bears your authentic stem-shank transition!
I like this freestyle pipe with some classical attributes merged through the native American ring accent.

You only should have sanded the rings more with 1500 grit and polished it some more,macro photos show every single scratch left under a reflecting light .

Best,
Abi

[jogilli]

tNd

I really like the execution on this.. very nice job.. the only real criticism I can offer is taht the ebonite rings on the shank are two different sizes.. not off-putting, but noticable. It's a bear getting them the same width, but would have added to the transition.

James

[ND Pipes]

i agree about those acrylic rings... they are indeed two different sizes but this is so because i did not want to have them the same... i made a mistake there... had to make them equal... you are right... would be even better... would add another level of precision to it... i simply forgot it....
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Abi - the sandpaper was 2000 like I use to make it.. the problem was the light here and also the camera... i did not have my usual camera and macro is not a macro but a regular so maybe this is the reason for having those dots overthere... i will check the pipe once again under the lens and i will take more pic's on monday on a different light to see if you are correct - we don't want to have a messy job there right
thank you for your reply...
regards

[Nate]

Nice work Daniel! I will echo the comments above. What is the 'yellow' part of the rings? I do like the nice contrast you got on both the bowl and shank. Is the shank extension from the block or another piece altogether? It is quite a handsome shape and used with the plateau, it works well from my viewpoint. Well done.

[Walle]

Daniel,

funny, Dublins and Zulus all over the place ....

This is a very nice example, no doubt about that. I like the shape, the colour and the grain.
I´m learning that you´ve reduced your urge to show us all your skills (like with "Ugly Betty").
Still: ... too many rings in this one.

Cheerio!
Walle

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thank you guys...
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the "yellow" is boxwood...
the pipe is made from the same piece of briar... the made an insert with a stainless steel pipe inside the shank and three rings...
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about to many rings... well, would be better to have those two acrylic rings thinner...... than they would not appear as three but as one ring and two separators... i am working on that

[Nate]

<Snip...the "yellow" is boxwood...
the pipe is made from the same piece of briar... the made an insert with a stainless steel pipe inside the shank and three rings...

I see, thanks!

[baweaverpipes]

I like the pipe and where you were going for in the way of design.
Pipes are funny because they are, in reality, a small object. With it being a small object and that we work in such a minute details, you need to keep in mind that the piece needs to flow.
To my eye the stem just stops the flow of the pipe and is too heavy, where it could have been a bit more delicate.

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Bruce, thank You for Your reply...
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initially i wanted to have the shank more delicate... but, when i was shaping the bowl and the shank, i felt that to tiny shank might be a really big contrast to a rather massive look of the bowl... so, i thought to make a tiny shank (when compared with the bowl itself) and to add more weight on the shank to stem transition in odred to make it more balanced visually....
maybe it has more cureves on that transition than needed, maybe i could make it differently (i am sure in that) but i like that weight on that transition (we could talk about how to make it in future to fit the design better) .....

[maxmil]

In this forum, there is a very high level. Your pipe is a good example.
Regards.
Felix

En este foro, hay un nivel muy alto. Tu pipa es un buen ejemplo de ello.
Saludos.
Félix

[ND Pipes]

Dear Felix - thank You so much...
(i have a long way to be a high class pipemaker - still thank You so much for that opinion...)....

[Jos]

Hi Daniel,

this is great work, congratulations ! For me, too, the knuckle on the stem is slightly too much, guess a more simple stem would've made a better flow. However, once again, great work !

Regards, Jens

[BriarWorldNick]

This is a very beautiful pipe. That finish is so...fresh and ...clean

[ND Pipes]

thank you guys for the comments...
regards