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Had to shorten the bowl due to a flaw. What needs attention?

Little tough cuz as you say, the bowl should be 1/2" taller probably... put a straight edge on your stem, see any wobble, light peaking through, any areas where the straight edge rocks? Stem looks just a little bit zeppelin shaped, just a hair.

Sasquatch wrote:Little tough cuz as you say, the bowl should be 1/2" taller probably... put a straight edge on your stem, see any wobble, light peaking through, any areas where the straight edge rocks? Stem looks just a little bit zeppelin shaped, just a hair.

Gotcha Sas, it is in fact a lil zepplined, just initial shaping started. How's the bottom of the bowl and bowl/shank transition look to you? Am I in the ball park?

Ballpark yes, possibly a bit much off the chin but it's hard to judge that stuff without the rest of the bowl being there, to me - I see these things as somewhat holistic.

Sasquatch wrote:Ballpark yes, possibly a bit much off the chin but it's hard to judge that stuff without the rest of the bowl being there, to me - I see these things as somewhat holistic.

^ IAWS. Also it looks like the chin comes too far back on the pipe - my understanding is that from the center point under the chamber through the end of the shank should be dead straight, but it's hard to tell without the top of the bowl. Unless it renders the pipe unsmokable, I'm generally inclined to not chase flaws real hard at this point because I'm still very much learning how to shape properly, but YMMV.

RickB wrote:

Sasquatch wrote:Ballpark yes, possibly a bit much off the chin but it's hard to judge that stuff without the rest of the bowl being there, to me - I see these things as somewhat holistic.

^ IAWS. Also it looks like the chin comes too far back on the pipe - my understanding is that from the center point under the chamber through the end of the shank should be dead straight, but it's hard to tell without the top of the bowl. Unless it renders the pipe unsmokable, I'm generally inclined to not chase flaws real hard at this point because I'm still very much learning how to shape properly, but YMMV.

Thanks Rick, that's probably what I should do, just go with intended shape and screw it if it's got a flaw and finish as is.

Doug535 wrote:Thanks Rick, that's probably what I should do, just go with intended shape and screw it if it's got a flaw and finish as is.

That's definitely what I'm doing a lot of these days, that and finishing most of them smooth whether the grain deserves it or not until I get that process to a place where I'm happy with it.
Makes for a nice little collection of shop pipes

Too much off the chin. Given that you had to take some off the top, this one seems to be caught between a billiard and a canted pot. I think if you thinned out the shank and stem though that this could end up pretty cool.

IAWJMG
I think that if a mm or two were removed from the diameter of the shank and the bottom of the bowl, the receding chin would be mitigated and it would be a very nice canted pot.
Alternatively, the sides of the bowl could be reshaped to make a canted apple or pear (with the shank/stem reduced in diameter)
Both of these suggestions are dependent on there being enough briar at the bottom of your bowl.
I realize it is pretty late for this suggestion since it appears that you sandblasted this pipe already/
DocAitch