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Hello guys, haven't posted a pipe here for a long time, but here's a special one.
It's number 25, my first comission, and with this one i celebrated to years of pipe making.
As always, comments and useful critique are more than welcome!

That's a really nice pipe!

I've only got two things to critique on it. First, the slot looks just a tiny bit off-center and a touch wobbly. Second, the stain looks "bland" in a few places. Maybe that's just lighting, but I would love to see that grain pop with some rich, slightly darker stain. The stain being a bit darker might also reduce the visibility of that unfortunate flaw in the flame grain.

Keep up the nice work!

Nice piece, but you have a few scratches at the shank bowl junction.

Thanks guys. It actually started out a little darker in the stain, but i had some trouble with buffing, mainly because my workshop is too cold. I had to re-buff and polish at Erik Nielsens workshop, so it became a little ligther in the stain that i had hoped for. But, i like it as it is, and i've learned some lessons with this one. The customer likes it very much too.

Congrats on 25! You're on the right track for sure!

The only critique I have has already been covered. I think the slot could be a bit more precise and clean.

Too bad about the termites (mouse?) doing a number on the rim.