this is a bulldog with a green/black cumberland stem and

smokepiper · Post by **smokepiper** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:36 pm

This is what i meant about using cumberland to smooth pipes it makes a effect unfocused of the pipes grain, the dog is quite nice if it weren´t for the cumberland.

LexKY_Pipe · Post by **LexKY_Pipe** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:28 pm

I dunno . . . looks pretty good to me :thumb:

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:39 pm

Cool pipe. But the pictures don't show the stem color really well.

smokepiper · Post by **smokepiper** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:10 pm

multicolored stems is for bamboo or sandblasts the grain is unfocused when there is more than the briar that is colored.

smokepiper · Post by **smokepiper** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:12 pm

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:11 pm

I think it looks great!

Rad

smokepiper · Post by **smokepiper** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:35 pm

The first thing he said was that the cumberland didn´t fit the smooth finish, otherwice the pipe was really nice and it was similar to one of Bo´s shapes. Bo made them more tight in shape and had a more forward slant to the head. Ilike the pipe myself but knowing the facts of what´s correct to combine i can´t really be satisfyed. Thanks for your comfort in this and the nice words, i guess the dog is OK...

Heinz_D · Post by **Heinz_D** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:59 pm

Looking at my last pipe and now at your's I think I know what you mean! The shape (your's) is very cool and the stem himself too - but both together can't match to a completely good looking pipe.

I think it is better to use black ore unique colred stems, if you want to lead the eyes of the beholder to the stummel!

Some stained finishes may match cumberland stems very well, but it seems to be difficult to figure out the right color.

Never the less the pipe is nice, even with the stem, but the stem doesn't get into the foreground, as you perhaps wanted to?

smokepiper · Post by **smokepiper** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:17 pm

Thought i could make the point by posting the bulldog, i´m not in for critics towards your pipes just simply correcting the small misstakes we all do. Good that you understod my point.

Heinz_D wrote:Looking at my last pipe and now at your's I think I know what you mean! The shape (your's) is very cool and the stem himself too - but both together can't match to a completely good looking pipe.

I think it is better to use black ore unique colred stems, if you want to lead the eyes of the beholder to the stummel!

Some stained finishes may match cumberland stems very well, but it seems to be difficult to figure out the right color.

Never the less the pipe is nice, even with the stem, but the stem doesn't get into the foreground, as you perhaps wanted to?

sethile · Post by **sethile** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:54 pm

That's a beautiful pipe! I agree that it would look better with an ebonite stem. Ebonite would be less distracting, and would draw less attention away from the beautiful shape. Still, it's a really fine piece.

I like cumberland (red and black) on rusticated and sandblast pipes where it ties into the dark inner and highlighted high spots on the stummel. Rad does that beautifully, and I've seen several other beautiful examples here.

smokepiper · Post by **smokepiper** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:49 am

got this angle and the shape is qite nice

bluesmk · Post by **bluesmk** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:55 pm

I really like it, shape, size, and stem!
Dan
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marks · Post by **marks** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:49 pm

Personally, I think it would look good with either black, green cumberland, or red cumberland. I really don't think you could screw up that pipe with any of the three. Each lends its own personality to the pipe, and I think it looks fine like it is.

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this is a bulldog with a green/black cumberland stem and

this is a bulldog with a green/black cumberland stem and

new pic.

sorry better pic now

i guess you all ain´t so grumpy as my mentor Bengt Carlson

Thanks heinz

new angle