sigh... all dead due to massive flaws, fissures, and one was definitely my bad (we'll call it the learning curve... that sounds good) i did get a couple of good salvageable stems out of the deal though.
the pipe gods have been angered
the pipe gods have been angered
this is the fruits of this weekends labors...
sigh... all dead due to massive flaws, fissures, and one was definitely my bad (we'll call it the learning curve... that sounds good) i did get a couple of good salvageable stems out of the deal though.
sigh... all dead due to massive flaws, fissures, and one was definitely my bad (we'll call it the learning curve... that sounds good) i did get a couple of good salvageable stems out of the deal though.
Re: the pipe gods have been angered
Cool shape. You could finish them and sell them as rejects/seconds. 
Re: the pipe gods have been angered
That sucks man. Lots of shaping practice though. Curious where the briar is from ?
Ryan Alden
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Re: the pipe gods have been angered
Alden wrote:Curious where the briar is from ?
rather not say... don't want to harm anyone's reputation (you know how things can get twisted and carried away, esp. via the interwebs) likely just a string of bad luck is all.
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That briar could be just about anybody's, in my experience. Some days you just get unlucky. I did a little Bing and had to cut about 4 stummels before I got one that wasn't total garbage. It happens sometimes.
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That's rough buddy. The shape is great. Is rustication an option to finish those up?
Re: the pipe gods have been angered
The pipe gods were definitely angered by that particular shape. Perhaps you happened upon one of the Forbidden Shapes in your innocent enthusiasm.
But since they are all the same basic shape, couldn't you treat them like a collection of extensions and carve up a couple as replacement parts, maybe getting two unique pipes plus some future extension work? Absent that, jewel-encrusted surfaces tend to distract the eye from surface anomalies and can be effective in the right market.
But since they are all the same basic shape, couldn't you treat them like a collection of extensions and carve up a couple as replacement parts, maybe getting two unique pipes plus some future extension work? Absent that, jewel-encrusted surfaces tend to distract the eye from surface anomalies and can be effective in the right market.
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"Creativity is the residue of time wasted."
Albert Einstein, famous pipe smoker
"Creativity is the residue of time wasted."
Albert Einstein, famous pipe smoker
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God, that made me laugh!Hudson wrote:The pipe gods were definitely angered by that particular shape. Perhaps you happened upon one of the Forbidden Shapes in your innocent enthusiasm.
But since they are all the same basic shape, couldn't you treat them like a collection of extensions and carve up a couple as replacement parts, maybe getting two unique pipes plus some future extension work? Absent that, jewel-encrusted surfaces tend to distract the eye from surface anomalies and can be effective in the right market.