Opinions wanted

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:59 am

OK, so I'm torn. I can't decide if I like the seahorse's "shoulders." I messed around with photo-shop and below are the two pictures. If you all wouldn't mind, which do you like better and why?

Or

Note: Ignore the little notch where the shoulder began. In real life it would be a smooth transition.

Thanks guys

flix · Post by **flix** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:55 pm

Hi Nick,

I vote for no shoulders, or, perhaps very subtle and trimmed up ones. It looks like the pipe needs to lose some more "weight".

HTH,

--Michael

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:07 pm

hey Nick.. I gotta go with Flix here.. it looks like it flows better up to the stem without the shoulders. That's just my humble, not written in stone!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:39 pm

Thanks guys.

custom300 · Post by **custom300** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:52 pm

I prefer no shoulders with an overall thinning of the other aspects. Very creative design though. I applaud your ability to capture on wood what is apparently in your mind's eye. I have all of these great ideas, but when I try to transfer them to wood they just don't meet my own standard, and I end up turning them into something more traditonal.

Heinz_D · Post by **Heinz_D** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:01 pm

Nick, keep it as it is - that's my opinion. Seeing some issues on my first pipes, I always thought abot corrections. In the end I decided to let the pipes as they are. For me it's a kind of history in improvement. If you want to do it better, make anotherone!

Greetings from Germany,

Heinz_D

marks · Post by **marks** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:14 pm

I agree with Heinz in that if you have already finished the pipe, don't rework it. Paul Tatum recommended that I do that when I wanted to rework a couple of my early pipes. I am now glad I left them alone, as they serve as visual reminders of what I used to do versus what I am now doing.

However, if it is still a work in progress, sand away.

sethile · Post by **sethile** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:02 am

I like it best without the shoulders too.

It is fun, instructional, and encouraging for me to see the progression of skills in the pipes I've made. I aggree that once something is more or less finished it's nice to leave it and move on to make a better one with what I've learned.

PapaDuke · Post by **PapaDuke** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:11 am

Simple and sweet

Without the shoulders the stem looks way to big for the rest of the pipe.