My first blasted pipe!

[Lundell]

Finally got the sandblasting to work, somewhat well anyways. This is the result of my first try at making a sandblasted pipe.






Thanks for looking!

[kamkiel]

Cool! I have never critiqued a pipe on the forum, but this looks like a blasted poker! Maybe you could have started the saddle closer towards the shank and it looks like the shank is pinched in the middle. Possibly a result from the blast. Take my critique with a grain of salt though.

Getting a sandblasting set up is one of the things on my long list. I'm saving up for a bigger lathe. I'm afraid to even start looking at what I need to buy for blasting (afraid to look at the prices too)

[sandahlpipe]

The sandblast doesn't look bad. Especially for a first attempt.

I think the saddle on the stem would look better much closer to the shank, though.

Keep up the nice work!

[wdteipen]

The blast looks nice and even. One thing you can do to prevent the blast from leaving a reversed taper to you shank is to leave a little a slightly exaggerated taper then feather your blast. The only other suggestion I would make on this pipe overall is to put a bit more angle on the base of the bowl so the shank and stem doesn't look like it's pointing downwards. Other than that it's a nice pipe.

[JMG]

My only critiques would be that the shank would probably look better if it angle slightly upward...sort of appears to be drooping a bit. and the shellac (if that is what you used) seems a little thick to me, but not bad. Nice first blast.

[Lundell]

Thanks! I agree about the saddle and the angles. And although it's not shellac but carnauba wax, the application might need some fine tuning!