Finally Finished the Freehand

[troutface]

I carved this out of a pre-drilled block from Mark Tinsky. This morning I was able to get over to Simeon Turner's house where he kindly stained and finished the block, and bent and buffed the stem. She's smoking very well.

 

[yazamitaz]

WOW, that is sexy. Great job

 

[mso489]

Stellar. The grain flames up in a beautiful way and the stem matches to perfection.

 

[moses]

Good work!! I'd pack that. :worship:

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

that is awesome I was going to purchase a block Nording had on Pipesandcigars, but was too slow and it's gone now. Does anyone know where I can get one from another site perhaps?

 

[trailspike48]

Great job. I've been wanting to make a pipe from petrified wood. Did you need special tool? I heard the wood is very hard and creates problems with regular tools. Someone on the forum commented that on the lathe, all they got was smoke, no cutting.

 

[profpar]

Nice looking pipe :puffpipe:

 

[lordofthepiperings]

Great job. The flame grain on that is magnificent. I really love that stem as well. I'm a sucker for unique stems.

 

[batdemon]

Great job :clap:

 

[trailspike48]

Troutface, disregard my questions above. I reread the post and you didn't use a petrified block. Poor reading on my part. Anyway beautiful pipe, I love the grain.

 

[allan]

That is a beauty.
Congrats on your workmanship.
I hope that it will smoke great for you for many years.

 

[kf4bsb]

Great job!

 

[rayje589]

That is beautiful.

 

[hodirty]

Great job, That is a very Beautiful pipe! :clap:

 

[cajunguy]

A very handsome pipe, indeed. I love the grain pattern.

 

[hfearly]

Fantastic job my friend! That's truly a beauty! :worship:

 

[ejames]

Nice work!

 

[jonesee75]

Great flame. Love the design. Pipe has character and class. May it bring years of great smoking to you.

 

[troutface]

Thank you all for the very kind words. I wish I were a better photographer as the pipe is nicer in hand than in the photo. Simeon also blasted another pipe for me and is putting a stem on it this week. I'll get it back Thursday at the pipe club meeting and will post photos. If you haven't heard of Simeon Turner please take a look at his very fine pipes on our sponsors' sites. Thanks again !

 

[juni]

I like it. The only thing bothering me is where you see the tenon peeking out before going into the mortise. Other than that it looks great.