Eskimo

scotties22 · Post by **scotties22** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:48 pm

I had a guy email me last week and ask if I would make an eskimo. I've never made one before and thought I'd give it a shot. I still have some shaping to do. I wanted to post some in progress pictures to see what you boys think.

Ocelot55 · Post by **Ocelot55** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:50 pm

Top view looks great, but she needs to loose a lot of thickness in the profile.

LatakiaLover · Post by **LatakiaLover** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:54 pm

Ocelot55 wrote:Top view looks great, but she needs to loose a lot of thickness in the profile.

How do you know it's a she?

E.L.Cooley · Post by **E.L.Cooley** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:06 pm

I thought all pipes were she?

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scotties22 · Post by **scotties22** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:08 pm

Ocelot55 wrote:Top view looks great, but she needs to loose a lot of thickness in the profile.

Wait....are you saying it has a big ass????? HOW DARE YOU!!!!!! I thought we were friends

Yeah, still have to take quite a bit off the bottom line.

Ocelot55 · Post by **Ocelot55** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:22 pm

scotties22 wrote:
Ocelot55 wrote:Top view looks great, but she needs to loose a lot of thickness in the profile.

Wait....are you saying it has a big ass????? HOW DARE YOU!!!!!! I thought we were friends

Yeah, still have to take quite a bit off the bottom line.

Hey, baby got back. That's not necessarily a bad thing.... Now I'm thinking way too much about some voluptuous Danish Brandys.

The Smoking Yeti · Post by **The Smoking Yeti** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:25 pm

Ocelot55 wrote:
scotties22 wrote:
Ocelot55 wrote:Top view looks great, but she needs to loose a lot of thickness in the profile.

Wait....are you saying it has a big ass????? HOW DARE YOU!!!!!! I thought we were friends

Yeah, still have to take quite a bit off the bottom line.
Hey, baby got back. That's not necessarily a bad thing.... Now I'm thinking way too much about some voluptuous Danish Brandys.

I feel dirty every time I carve one of those. I carve a lot of those.

scotties22 · Post by **scotties22** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:52 pm

Well, this is as good as the bottom line is going to get. I'm right at 1/4" at the bottom of the bowl. I'll drill the next one differently for sure.

sandahlpipe · Post by **sandahlpipe** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 8:25 pm

It looks good. There's something funny about the top line of the shank in the profile. It looks too straight. On Eltang's Eskimo, he rounds the top of the shank down a bit to make the shank thinner, but that may make the bowl look too tall. You nailed the block placement, though.

scotties22 · Post by **scotties22** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:03 pm

I can't make up my mind on the top line. Right now it is dead straight. Thinking about rounding it out a bit towards the stem. Gonna sleep on it.

LatakiaLover · Post by **LatakiaLover** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:14 pm

scotties22 wrote:I can't make up my mind on the top line. Right now it is dead straight. Thinking about rounding it out a bit towards the stem. Gonna sleep on it.

I'm no expert on what an Eskimo should or shouldn't be, but to mine eyballs it's the mix of straight lines and curves that makes the shape work.

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:04 pm

Here's my take on the Eskimo:

I've made a few as commissions, but from handling them, I think they are not real comfortable to smoke. They are way heavy on the front end, and they have that short little stem. They are very cool looking though.

Rad

LatakiaLover · Post by **LatakiaLover** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:35 pm

RadDavis wrote: I think [eskimos] are not real comfortable to smoke.

Everything, as they say, is relative.

Charl · Post by **Charl** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:25 am

I agree with Rad: it really looks cute, but I don't think it will turn into a regular smoker.
I'm no specialist on the shape (I've only done one so far), but the profile needs to be much thinner according to me, with the bowl also a lot more flattened. The top and bottom of the shank curves, with the edge more or less centered when seen from the side.

scotties22 · Post by **scotties22** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:25 am

So I slept on it and think I might round the top of the shank a bit. This is what I'm thinking...rounding from the pencil mark (high spot) on top of the shank down to the mark on the side of the shank. It will lose some weight this way and improve the profile. Thoughts?

sandahlpipe · Post by **sandahlpipe** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 12:07 pm

I think that will look nice.

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LatakiaLover · Post by **LatakiaLover** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 12:14 pm

Yup. That should work.

Alden · Post by **Alden** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:13 pm

When I saw your pic I thought you were removing material below that line to make a more narrow shank underneath. I honestly like that better.
To me the best lines on the pipe are on top and the bottom looks clunky. Why would you change the sexy lines on top to match the bland ones underneath?

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:14 pm

Before you go and cut those new lines... you might want to think about something like this:

Fwiw

andrew

scotties22 · Post by **scotties22** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:52 pm

This what I ended up with. Not going to mess with it any more. Gonna clean up the lines and finish it. Sticking with the basic shape of this design how could I improve the next one?

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