GKCPC Carving contest- who's entering?

[The Smoking Yeti]

Just saw that the shape for the GKCPC carving contest was announced- dublin/belge/cutty family, which is great for me, cus' I've been meaning to play with that shape.

Who all is gonna enter this? I'm pretty excited to actually enter a PIPE competition- kinda a new thing for me

Cheers!

[LexKY_Pipe]

Not quite ready this year to tackle a contest. Maybe next time.

[scotties22]

I had planned on it....but, we'll have to see how things go.

[The Smoking Yeti]

I'm guessing Sas'll send in a billiard.

[Sasquatch]

Billiard is a Dublin variant, right?

I actually have a block sitting here marked "GKCPC", but the best pipe it's going to produce is like, a giant, full bent Dublin thing, and I just don't have a clue if that's even going to be worth entering. Looks like a super block though.

[caskwith]

They won't let me, something about not being in the right zip code.

[d.huber]

I've been thinking about it, but haven't decided if I'm going to enter or not. I kinda get the feeling that if you're an aspiring American pipe carver it'd be foolish not to enter... so it's likely that I will.

[the rev]

I plan on entering just for the discipline

I have a block picked out and a design drawn up

I will lose, but in losing I will win

rev

[d.huber]

I will lose, but in losing I will win

Love this.

[Growley]

I thought about it, but the competition was so steep last year, I'm not sure. But, then again, I'm in one of those moods lately that has me wondering if I should just sell my gear and get a motorcycle

[e Markle]

Just saw that the shape for the GKCPC carving contest was announced- dublin/belge/cutty family...

Interesting. Belge & cutty I can see, but I would never consider the dublin shape to be related to the cutty. But what do I know?

[wdteipen]

Just saw that the shape for the GKCPC carving contest was announced- dublin/belge/cutty family...

Interesting. Belge & cutty I can see, but I would never consider the dublin shape to be related to the cutty. But what do I know?

I brought up the same thing on Smokers Forum in the Common Sewers section figuring I was missing something. Apparently there's a small contingent that thinks there's a loose association so the decided to be inclusive instead of exclusive. I don't see the connection either but oh well. The only issue I see is that it will be difficult to measure the pipes with each other if they are different shapes.

[Sasquatch]

Which is kind of why I feel like sending in a XXXL Oom Paul Dublin - I find this range of shapes so ridiculously UNrelated that I have a tough time taking the thing seriously as "judgable". It's about as smart as linking an old clay cutty to a figural meerschaum... they're both basically made of mineral, after all.