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Well I have the tools and Briar on the way and expect to be crafting before the end of next week, I'm sure I'll be on this forum much more often in the near future with many many amateurish posts to follow.

Thanks for all the help. I was under the impression that a freehand pipe was harder than one of the standardized pipe shapes because Ive always read that you have to let the wood speak to you through the grain. But after having looked at more and more freehand pipes I see that while I may not be abl...

I have been thinking long and hard about what shape of stummle to tackle for my first pipe. The first thought was to try a billiard because it seems to be the most basic of the pipe shapes. Then after looking and looking I thought maybe I should try a panled billiard for the first time becuase of th...