second Chicago pipe

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Thu May 05, 2005 6:19 pm

Here it is:

The last pic sucks but I wanted a side profile of the flow of the pipe.

LexKY_Pipe · Post by **LexKY_Pipe** » Thu May 05, 2005 10:41 pm

Very sleek lines. What type or color of stain did you use?

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Thu May 05, 2005 10:58 pm

LexKY_Pipe wrote:Very sleek lines. What type or color of stain did you use?

The overstain is called "bucksin" from Tandy Leather (alcohol based analine).

The understain is black marker (shhh don't tell!). I know there's nothing wrong with that but it still sounds wrong...

achduliebe · Post by **achduliebe** » Fri May 06, 2005 8:00 am

Very sweet pipe Ben! Nice work...love the lines and the staining!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri May 06, 2005 9:04 am

Very sharp Ben. I like the shape of the stummel. The shank looks very cool and blends well with the bowl. I'm not sure about the stem. I like the flow of the piece overall, but the extra long stem looks awkward. Not quite long enough to be a churchwarden, but too long to be standard. It might be neat to have two stems for the piece though. OHH!! You could even make three stems: short, medim and long! That'd be really cool! Hehehe. I'm sure that idea just elicited a groan. Anyway, very cool pipe.

alexanderfrese · Post by **alexanderfrese** » Fri May 06, 2005 1:47 pm

Nick wrote:…snip
I'm not sure about the stem.
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Me, too. I don't think about the length so much. I have a strong feeling that it could maybe look more elegant if it's diameter would start to decrease somewhat earlier on the way to the lip. Everything else looks very smart, fine, even sophisticated. But for my two Euro-Cents there is a bit too much thick black in the middle.

Alex

magruder · Post by **magruder** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:12 pm

^^^^Ditto on the stem thickness.

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Sat May 07, 2005 10:24 am

RE: Stem thickness

Yeah, I see what your saying about the thickness. I was concentrating more on the curve than I was the taper. A faster taper would have made it a little liter too (which it could stand to have happen).

RE: Length

I don't think this is as long as you think it is. Unless you thought it was just over 6", in that case you'd be right.

Is 6" really in between normal size and churchwarden?

Brendhain · Post by **Brendhain** » Sat May 07, 2005 11:13 am

Ben,

6 inches is smaller than I was thinking. Using the Dunhill standards, what is the bowl size?

Pretty bowl and the effort you put into the curve paid off very well. It is nice and elegant!

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Sat May 07, 2005 6:38 pm

Brendhain wrote:Ben,

6 inches is smaller than I was thinking. Using the Dunhill standards, what is the bowl size?

The bowl/stem ratio is aprox. 2" / 4". The dunhill size would be a 3, I believe (just under 0.75").

Brendhain wrote: Pretty bowl and the effort you put into the curve paid off very well. It is nice and elegant!

Thank you.