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   unclearthur
   

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   Which stem with this WIP?
   
   
   

   If at first you don't succeed you are running about average.

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   Arthur I like the middle one myself.
   I didn't know you did wax-drips!! Very nice!

   Posted 8 months ago #
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   Middle.

   U.S.M.C. (SEMPER FI)

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   Middle it is. It was my first choice but I wasn't sure. Bob I didn't know either. I started rusticating and it sort of happened! LOL!

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   For what its worth I agree...

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   As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

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   Arthur I shopped around for a wax drip for my son when he came home from Iraq and couldn't find anybody to do one except a gent on SF. I would have had to sell my home to afford it! You just stumbled on a money maker there pal!!

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   unclearthur
   

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   Well dang! It's slow work but a lot of fun.

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   the middle one looks great!!

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   Middle one's got my vote too, Arthur ...and the wax drip is a real winner.

   I find myself sitting idly on the line dividing past and future,
   as if I could kill time without injuring eternity. -- Thoreau

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    The middle one is what I'd go with. Looks great!

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    Go with #4...#4!!!

    The middle one is also nice.

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    Even before I saw the rest of the posts, I said middle.

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    darker is better with briar I always think. Less contrast between bowl and stem. Course, then again... I am color blind

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    Definitely the Cumberland.

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    unclearthur
    

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    Amazingly that's a swirled Lucite that looks very cumberland.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    numero dos. 3rd stem would look good if the bowl was a little darker. Yellow stems are a funny thing for me. I like the way they look, but something inside me prevents me from buying one. Most of my pipes are rugged and nature-ish without a lot of flash or pizazzzz.

    I might like to commission a deer hunting woodsy pipe. Camo colored & swirled lucite stem. Maple finish w/ partial rustication at the bottom of the bowl, around the rim, and close to the stem. The rustication would need to be dark brownish. I think a half black half brown transition for the stem would be neat. Shape wold be a LARGE full bent sqaushed tomato with a brair wind cap.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    I concur with everyone else.
    Great looking work, Arthur!

    Southerners don't talk slow because they're dumb, we do it because there's really no rush.

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    unclearthur
    

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    Thanks guys! I will probably work on this one more tonight if I can get my right hand to settle down. Darn arthritis has it pretty swollen.

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    I'm a middle of the road kinda fella so of course I like the middle one..Actually the reason why is the color of the stem matches the bowl.I like that.The pipe looks really great.

    Life's most valuable treasure is..Love

    Posted 8 months ago #

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