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Blender 3D is very powerful - and FREE. It's a bear to learn, the UI/hotkeys aren't so intuitive - but when you get the hang of it it's AWESOME!

Whenever I've looked for pre-fab churchwarden stems in the past I only found vulcanite ones - the ugly stems you mentioned Joe, were those acrylic? If so do you have a url to those?

That intro is OWN, Sas! lol

Greetings!

Greetings!

Thanks for all the info here Sasquatch! - I've been using thinned down shellac (3 parts dna 1 part shellac), but have been wiping it off immediately. I'll try your advice of letting it dry then tripoli'ing it.

I have no room to offer any advice, being a noobie still. But on squaring the top by hand - I've had the best luck by filing/sanding applying pressure where my edge needs shortened, and changing the angle I'm filing often so I don't end up filing crooked along another axis. And I check the progress ...

Ocelot55 wrote:Ha! Yeah you're right! I didn't even look what category this post was under! In that case, comment retracted!

No prob! When I get a chance to take some decent pics I'll post to the Gallery too.

The reason I ask is because it is very difficult to properly critique a pipe without at least both profile, top, and bottom pics. If you want to get the most out of us we'll need a little more to work with. Oh! I'll have to take some more 'straight on' pics, I've just taken pics for the auction. I ...

There's some more pics on the Ebay listing... If you need me to post them here though I can.

Weight: 1.8oz
Bowl Inner: 3/4"
Bowl Outer: 1 7/16"
Bowl Height: 2 1/8"
Bowl Depth: 1 1/16"
Length: 6"
Stem: Acrylic

Available now on Ebay

I've never seen a 360deg saddle before. I like it!

Sweet!! Congrats!

Antiqued (Frigate) finish, wide bodied briar cutty.



http://www.ebay.com/itm/221460087375?ss ... 1558.l2649

Thanks so much for sharing this vid!

Ah! Thanks, I can see that, and can see how that'd be bad.

You don't have any pics do you? It would be great to see exactly what you are describing. Thanks!

Thanks for the updates! So exciting to hear about you going all in!

Welcome! I can't wait to see some of your work!

The rustication is amazing.