Rusticated Poker V2

[brurobas]

Good afternoon!

Here is a pipe i finished today.

It's a Rusticated Poker. Chocolate Brown briar and Amber stem.












Please let me know what you think

Regards,

Bruno

[Ocelot55]

Good job. You're getting the poker style down quite well. Next I think you should focus on your stem internals. Since you've used a translucent lucite stem I notice that you really don't have much of a slot at the bit. Get some needle files and open that sucker up. I guarantee that will improve the smoking performance of your pipes.

[maxmil]

Nice work.
Best regards.
Félix

Bonito trabajo.
Saludos.
Félix

[The Smoking Yeti]

I second that- widen the slot. A good way to start the process is with a scroll saw blade. That should open things up enough for the files, and after the files rock it with some tiny folded up sand paper. Finish by buffing it with tripoli on a pipecleaner chucked in a dremel tool.

[kkendall]

Good job. You're getting the poker style down quite well. Next I think you should focus on your stem internals. Since you've used a translucent lucite stem I notice that you really don't have much of a slot at the bit. Get some needle files and open that sucker up. I guarantee that will improve the smoking performance of your pipes.

My thoughts as well ... Modifying the internals on pre-formed stems:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7757

[brurobas]

Thank you for your words guys!

And thank you for the info on the stem modifications, very helpful indeed!

I am still trying to perfect my work on stems...

[AlfaDog]

Nice pipe. Good job.

[brurobas]

Thank you AlfaDog!