Ukulele...umm tennis racket - My latest

achduliebe · Post by **achduliebe** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:35 am

Ok, here is my latest pipe. I actually started this pipe before the blowfish but set it aside to work on the blowfish as my PITH pipe. It was originally going to be a ukulele kind of shape...I guess it kind of still is...well it's probably closer to a tennis racket shape. The are some flows on this, but it was going to be a shop pipe from the start. Let me know what you think.

Oh, and please forgive the inside of the tobacco chamber it still needs a bit of work. Not to mention this will be the pipe that I test my first pre-carb coating on.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:07 am

Pretty cool buddy. I like the shelf under the inside rim. An interesting touch. I can see the tennis raquet feel to it. The stem narrowing so quickly gives it that kind of feel.

Over all, it looks very nice.. Good job!

achduliebe · Post by **achduliebe** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:53 am

Thanks Nick. Yeah it does narrow down quite fast. It is a very cool little pipe. I kicked up my polishing a bit on this one, it looks very good. In person, it looks like the pipe has been coated in shellac. I really think I refined my polishing/buffing technique on this pipe. I have to give a big thanks to John Crosby (ArtGuy) for his sharing of knowledge and willingness to pass along his techniques. I used his advice and threw in an added step here or there. The result is very pleasing for me. Buffing and polishing, for some reason, has been a big hurdle for me to overcome.