This tall Brandy is my first attempt at a pipe. After I finshed it, I became disatisfied with the lack of symetry in the bowl. The angle of the back side was much less steep than the front. So I sanded it down, restained and shellaced it. You can see here that the shelac is still wet. The stain came oout pretty close to the original color. All in all, I'm pretty pleased. It passes a pipe bleaner effortlessly and smokes very well. The stem on it was a molded stem that came with the block and isn't the best. If you look closely, you can see a divit on the side nearest to the stummel. I sanded it down quite a bit, but eventually just desided to live with the imperfection. I'm planning on adding a new stem to it soon.
This pipe is a bent cutty shape. Or hopefull will end up looking like a bent cutty when its finished at least. The briar is showing a big flaw of the side of the bowl. It was originally intend for some one I know as a gift to her husband, but I think I'll have to make another. Still, I plan on finishing it just for the expirience. I'll probably end up smoking it myself.
This pipe is based on Nordh's Seahorse. I love the shape. I accidentally cut the backside too short, so I've had to make it a significantly smaller pipe than I intended. No worries though, since I favor small pipes. Last night I sanded down the stem of the shank to a much thinner width. Its coming along very well I think. I'm also planning on adding a stem insert on this pipe. My goal is to use a piece of coral, keeping with the sealife theme. Although I'm having trouble finding a piece big enough. We'll see I guess.
Any and all comments are appriciated, and please don't feel like you have to be gentle with your criticism.
