Making Lemons into Lemonade?

[Growley]

I just finished this pipe today. I almost put it down when I ran into a cavernous crevice in the shank, but I need the practice, so I decided to expose it's flaws and see if I could use them to some sort of advantage. It's not a great pipe, maybe more of a Halloween pipe, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

By the way, I wasn't really going for the purple-ish color. I was trying for a deep red and black. Oh well. Critique if you'd like

This is what I started with. Check out the huge hole in the shank.



Here's what I came up with...













PS. The hole didn't go all the way through, so it should be a good smoker.

[Archer]

Hey man, I like it...it probably violates somebody's standards somewhere, but I'm a cheap date!! I think you did good with what you had!

[Growley]

Hey man, I like it...it probably violates somebody's standards somewhere, but I'm a cheap date!! I think you did good with what you had!

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Not one I'll try to sell, but I can smoke it myself and enjoy it's oddness.

Thanks for the compliment.

[Gig]

A great save love it

[Growley]

Thanks Gig.

[hawky454]

Work with what ya got...ya did a very nice job at this!

[Growley]

Work with what ya got...ya did a very nice job at this!

Thanks Hawky!

[pzhan]

Good thinking, and nice save.
it turned out better.