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After watching the Hobbit, (which I loved), I came away disappointed in the pipes the dwarves smoked, they just didn't seem right to me. So, here's my take on a modest dwarven pipe.

Also, I'm rather excited about my button work on this piece

Edit:

Updated the photos after re-buffing the stem. I also made the second stem for this piece. The customer requested one churchwarden stem and one semi-warden stem.

Great pipe, Yeti! The finish is lovely. I could stare at the bird's eye on the front of the bowl for ages.

Also, I really like the design of your button! The slot looks like it's on a slightly different angle than the body of the button. Is that right or am I seeing things?

Only other thing: buff the inside of your stem before you take pictures.

PS - Your stem appears to have many visible scratches on it still. They're especially visible in the up close photo of the brass tenon.

Great work, Yeti. Look at that grain!

Gnarly rustication!

Yeah Huber, I had to re-buff, I think there's something in my white diamond wheel... again. GAAAAAH

Damn nice man!

UberHuberMan wrote:PS - Your stem appears to have many visible scratches on it still. They're especially visible in the up close photo of the brass tenon.

Re-sanded and re-buffed. Re-shot the two where you could see the scratches- better?

Like whoa better!

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Great job man!

honestly.. that is beautiful... did you use a bullet shell? for the brass extension? and is that part of the mouthpiece or part of the stummel

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james

a gorgeous pipe. The finish is absolutely stunning and the design is really well balanced. The only thing I could comment is that the stem looks to be rather matte black than shiny black, but I assume that's just the photographs or my screen...

Massis wrote:a gorgeous pipe. The finish is absolutely stunning and the design is really well balanced. The only thing I could comment is that the stem looks to be rather matte black than shiny black, but I assume that's just the photographs or my screen...

Massis, if you look down in the post I actually re-sanded and re-buffed the stem when this was pointed out. It's oily black n' shiny now.

And the brass was turned from rod stock, and it's a sleeve over the integral tenon. Not part of the shank.

wow this pipe is fantastic! nice work

Looks good, but I can see scratches in the stem.

Check the re-worked and additional stem out

I understand why you like your button work !