Made Pipe #13, The Zerg

clickklick

Lifer

May 5, 2014

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• Aug 2, 2015

• #1

After failing 4 times to make a Lovat and then cracking the shank on another requested pipe, I decided I needed to make something fun for myself before attempting them again. This one I called The Zerg as an ode to the game Staarcraft. The chin is too abrupt and if I would have drilled the bowl differetly I might have been able to have one smooth transition from bottom tip to top tip. It looks a bit chunky in the pics but doesn't look nearly as fat in the hand. The tip in the stem rounded a bit as I expected it would. I have an issue with my cork bleeding previous colors around the chamber rim when staining. I have to come up with different technique. It may be hard to critique but I categorize it as more of a fantasy pipe.
All in all, it is a pipe for myself and I am very happy with it. I can't wait to smoke it!

 

K

klause

Guest

• Aug 2, 2015

• #2

JAYSUS!!!!!!
That's flipping beautiful. Absolutely wonderful.
LOVE that stem......and that shaping.......
I've literally felt me heart skip a beat.
Wow!! Clickklick, that is superb - blows me away - that is a pipe to smoke, enjoy, linger over, and ponder deeply.
:worship:

 

prndl

Lifer

Apr 30, 2014

1,571

2,901

• Aug 2, 2015

• #3

Well done, sir.
I'd personally put my eye out smoking it but, it looks to be a finely crafted pipe.

 

davet

Lifer

May 9, 2015

3,815

330

Estey's Bridge N.B Canada

• Aug 2, 2015

• #4

Wow, unique to say the least. You've done it again, very nice.

 

papipeguy

Lifer

Jul 31, 2010

15,778

35

Bethlehem, Pa.

• Aug 2, 2015

• #5

What clause said. That stem is ever so cool.

 

disinformatique

Lifer

Jun 10, 2014

1,763

42

44

Bangalore, India and St. Petersburg Florida

• Aug 2, 2015

• #6

Ah a fellow nerdling or shall I say Zergling , awesome pipe brother. Keep honing your skills. The stem work looks really nice.
Chris

ThePipeMonk.com

 

peteguy

Lifer

Jan 19, 2012

1,531

908

• Aug 2, 2015

• #7

What diameter is that bowl? It appears really small from the photos. I think you made yourself a fine pipe.

 

gambit88

Can't Leave

Jan 25, 2015

341

2

• Aug 2, 2015

• #8

Absolutely beautiful. I can see a zergling in it. Just throwing it out there but you should do a series based on the factions.

 

A

aldecaker

Lifer

Feb 13, 2015

4,407

42

• Aug 2, 2015

• #9

Kind of a deep space Tomahawk. Love it! I especially like the way the forward edge of the bowl flares. The last P&C catalog I received had a picture of a "make your own pipe". It looked to me like a bent Dublin, but had a very graceful and pronounced "tulip" flare at the front of the bowl. That wasn't yours, was it?

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

41,210

60,454

• Aug 2, 2015

• #10

aldecaker's "deep space Tomahawk" captures some essence of this far-out shape. It's original and dramatic, not to mention colorful.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

43,399

109,160

• Aug 2, 2015

• #11

8O

Very stunning! Keep 'em coming Adam!

 

weezell

Lifer

Oct 12, 2011

13,653

49,165

• Aug 2, 2015

• #12

Great Job Brother!! I like it...

 

tobyducote

Lifer

Jun 10, 2012

1,204

3

New Orleans

• Aug 2, 2015

• #13

Love that crazy unique pipe...just my style