This year the shape is in the billiard family with a strait shank...could be a billiard or a lovat, lumberman or Canadian.
Upon my return to Bellingham from St Louis, realizing that I would have to abandon the workshop in favor of the boat at the beginning of March, I set to work to make a worthy entry for the contest. I found a properly grained block for the shape and crafted a pipe that I was quite proud of. Unfortunately, while I was waiting for the finish on the briar to dry, I set about polishing the stem, inserted into a rod of hardwood. The buffer grabbed a corner of the bit, snatching it from my grip and tossing it across the shop. The result: a broken tenon.
I have repaired the pipe with a delrin tenon. However it is no longer the simple, two piece pipe, with one-piece stem/tenon I had intended and no longer represents my best work. Hence, I have decided not to enter it into the contest. As we depart for another charter season in Alaska in just a few weeks so there is no time to make another pipe or even make a new stem.
The upside is that I am now free to share the pipe here on PMF and get some needed feedback from those who know.
6.25 inches long, 2" tall the bore is 13/16" with 5/16" walls and a 5/32 drilling . It weighs just 53 grams despite being a rather large pipe.
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