working on a new pipe

[buckeye]

not sure what to do for a finish. dremel tool. rustic tool or sand till the cow come home and do a smooth finish.was going to do a straight wall poker but there was a chunck out of the bottom of the block so ended up like this.

 

[buckeye]

may also do a slight bend in the stem.

 

[buck67]

Very nice pipe. I'm sure it will smoke just fine.

 

[cortezattic]

How do you feel about partially rusticating the bowl? Say, only where the fingers naturally fall when you're holding the bowl. How would you do that? Smooth-sand all of it first, then go at it with the Dremel tool?

 

[flipflopsandshades]

Wow that is truly beautiful. Wish I had those skills. :worship:

 

[buckeye]

yes cortezattic that`s how you would do it. it has some nice grain so i will stain it to see what it looks like before i do any rustic work.but need to sand it.

 

[buckeye]

well this pipe had a bunch of little specks of black on it. looked like pepper.

nice grain but with the flaws i rusticated it. will post picks after i buff it out.