Thanks for the comments guys. As far as smoking i do try them out.
They do smoke harsh,especially the hackberry. I have gave about 6 away
and tell the people to display them. I never thought about sterilizing.
A very good idea.
I have done 2,one out of pecan and 1 out of cherry,those 2 smoke real good.
They are a full bent stem. I said that this one would be the last but I found 2
more sections of Hberry. Will use a stem out of another pipe made. This one
is some way-out thinking. Poker bottom type but will be built on stand and a
bell shaped bowl-bent stem.
The flask I also tooled and the knife i also created.
Joe