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I'm not sure about the pointy bits at the tip but I pre-drill with a smaller diameter bit prior to using my "custom made" chamber bit. (a spade bit reshaped using a belt sander which seems to be concentric enough to give a good cut without too much chatter) The bit that I made does not hav...

I think the stem is slightly long for the pipe but when using a pre-mold, I understand that you don't always have as much choice.

Very nice otherwise.

Does this slight angle also apply to a poker or just billiards?

So what about the top? If you cant the bowl a couple degrees forward, do you also angle the top a couple degrees or do you make it parallel to the shank/stem?

Here are a few more views http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4418375451_0838cfd9c4_o.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4418375661_295acb5dc1_o.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4418375903_4c91ee8886_o.jpg I think the sides just look flat in the first picture. I did notice that the back ...

I've been reading this forum for a while now and have been trying as many of the tips and tricks that I am capable at this point (and for which I am deeply grateful). Please let me know what you think. I know the wood is not the best specimen in the world and the stem is a pre-mold but that is what ...

Very nice! I like the slim profile very much. I can never seem to find a slim knife like that. Everything is extra bulky with a belt clip which is exactly what I don't want.

That had to be one of the best You Tube videos that I have ever seen!

If you read any of the story behind the movie The Great Escape, it will tell you how much of the prisoners success was due to materials being sent in care packages from family members. They didn't show that in the movie because they didn't want to tip anyone off to what was possible if we had soldie...

I actually found this through another avenue yesterday and it applies here nicely. Enjoy!

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Great knife Kurt! Is that a real bone or just carved to look like one? The big question I have though is, how do you get the stitches on your sheath so nice and even?

This is something I have been wondering and your pipe gives me a chance to ask. I like bent pipes and that is what I generally make. I always have issues, like this pipe here, of the shank blending into the body of the pipe. Should there be more defenition between the two or is this good for a pipe ...

Extended length 5/32" http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Steel-Taper-Point-Length/dp/B001HL25T0/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1238674416&sr=8-7 Even more extended length 5/32" http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Steel-Taper-overall-Length/dp/B001HL6F3W/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=123867...

I bought mine on Amazon but it was actually straight from the manufacturer through Amazon. Jamestown didn't have the extended length and Amazon was the only place I could find it. Amazon also has the benefit of being a large entity that may have more chance of selling/shipping items over seas.

You know what's kind of funny? I hear you guys talking about this place all the time on this forum and so I looked them up. Lo and behold! They are right here in town! Now the only thing that does for me is save on shipping but I still thought it was funny.

So if the stem is supposed to be parallel on the bottom to the bottom of the shank, does that mean that the tennon is not perpendicular to the smoke hole through the stem? Is there a slight 'hitch' in the smoke hole as it passes from the stem to the shank, or does the smoke hole have a slight angle ...

I think the official Jet and Delta logo stickers must run about $200 from what I've seen.

I remember that thread as well. I don't think that the problem was how much of the ball was vulcanite. I think the problem was how much work it was to cut up the ball. Someone tried it with a band saw and said it was quite a labor intensive process. The other problem that they ran into was the smell...

The first pipe that I made was drilled with the smoke hole slightly higher than the bottom of the tobacco chamber. It wasn't much but it was there. I had problems keeping the pipe lit at first which could have been my inexperience in smoking a pipe as much as the geometry. After I had a good cake bu...