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I have made a couple of pipes recently. Three of them are billiards and the other two are, well, not. This one I am assuming is a tomato, but please correct me if I'm wrong. One of the deans at the university I work at/attend asked me to make a rounder fatter pipe that would be comfortable to hold in the hand. So I made this for him. I think he will like it. Please tell me what you think.










Thanks for looking
Kiel

P.S. I tried getting a better picture of the button, but my camera would focus in on it...sorry

I can't tell if your stem is smudged or if those are sanding scratches, but either way, you should clean that stuff up.

The shank/stem junction looks a little rough like the shank face may be chipped on the corners from facing.

Also, your stem looks nice and thin, but a saddle stem needs a very slight taper for two reasons. 1. The taper helps balance the visual appearance of the stem, and 2. The taper helps the smoker find a comfortable spot to clench the pipe.

After the above by Jeremia; and I agree , That's a nice pipe and one of my favorite shapes. The tune up won't take long and the professor will have a friend for life. For most its' a good pipe now.

Thanks for the noticing the junction and stem gunk. After I posted this I searched the forum about how to polish the shank face. I should have done the search before I finished the pipe. I tried to polish the face of the stem and the shank face and ruined the junction a bit.

As far as the compound material on the stem, I am first, probably using too much polishing compound when I buff, but what I want to know is how to get left over compound off the button and out of the slot? I keep thinking DNA but I don't have any around the shop. I also am trying to remember when one of my good friends was cleaning an old nasty stem. He I think he used DNA to get the cake and build up out of the stem, but it also oxidized the ebonite pretty good too.

Definitely use DNA. It's an absolute must to have around the shop for so many different applications. I use it after tripoli to make sure I got the scratches out and a little bit after white diamond to clean off excess compound and dust.

sandahlpipe wrote:Definitely use DNA. It's an absolute must to have around the shop for so many different applications. I use it after tripoli to make sure I got the scratches out and a little bit after white diamond to clean off excess compound and dust.

Cool. I will have to buy some.

Thanks