And I'm also in the process of making an account on some sort of blog-site or something so I don't have to make more than one post to get all the pictures in.
So, to the pipe. I made this pipe for a friend who's going to give it to his brother as a birthday gift. He said he wanted something "special", gotta love the specificity! Anyway, I had this block with amazing birdseyes, so I thought I'd try to make a shape which would really accentuate that grain. This is the result, my initiall thought was to make an egg-ish shape with elements borrowed from the blowfish (and then I was going to be really funny and call it the caviar-shape) but I feel the egginess got lost during the process a little bit.
The "bamboo" shank extension is cocobolo and I thought alot about what stain would really show of the grain, and look good with the cocobolo, and I'm not sure if I made the most of it in skipping the top stain of the contrast, suggestions are welcome!
So, I'd love it if you guys (and gall as far as I know) would tell me what you think of it, and point out misstakes I've made (I'm aware of some of them, but leave them for you to see for yourselves)
Honnest critique is welcome!
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/Albert