Kurt, Stem work is to be indicated with yellow lines, please! This is all about
method.
I agree with that comment about the shape on the stem - too wide for too long - reminds a guy of those purple tongue pieces that connected Hot-Wheels track. The button looks a bit tall for best comfort, and the stem is quite possibly bent a few degrees too much. There are a couple reasons I would say this: first, the angle of the stem vs the angle of the to of the bowl, and second, if I wanted to get very fussy about this, the stummel strikes me as having no curve at all in the shank, it's angled up but not curved, and the stem is nothing BUT curve, and that's a juxtaposition that doesn't work real well for my tastes.
But other than that for a first-go handcut stem, that's wonderful.
The bowl is nicely shaped - good definition between it and the shank, yet maintaining some grace in the shank and in the transition between. Overall this pipe reminds a guy of a Stanwell, so it can't be a total write off.
Good stuff Todd.
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) I did learn a lot in the process. What I didn't tell you is that the first stem I made for this pipe was even worse. Hopefully the next one I make will be better because of Sas and Kurt's comments.
