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Wow, looks great kyle

Yeah, kind of like burning livestock...its bad. Lol, wish I was turning it. I'm doing it with handtools, just taking off a milimeter at a time & test fitting it. Actually got the antler cut down to a band, & have it epoxied in place now, going to give it 24 hours to set up before I start shaping...

Well, got a mortise carved out of the shank, & I machined the antler to match, I think this is going to work out quite nicely when finished:

Here are some pictures showing what I am trying to do:

Well, I got some more basic shaping done. I thinned down the walls so its not so husky, & I began refining the shape of the shank. This pipe kit came with rather thin shank walls in my opinion, so now I don't have very much faith in its strength. I want to do something to build up the thickness...

Yeah, I hear you kyle. At the point I am at right now, I am just going slowly with some 120 grit on a dremel grinding disk, just removing miniscule amounts of material at a time, that way I can judge the strength & integrity of the wood carefully as I go.

Right now them stem is diamond shaped, but I think I'm going to shape it into an inverted teardrop, haven't seen that done before, so should prove interesting.

Thanks for the kind words guys! I think that if I had a table-mount belt sander, I'd be able to remove a lot more material in a much more rapid manner while still keeping good control of the pipe. Probably would be a lot easier (& safer) than using the orbital sander like I was today. lol, I...

I made a little more progress before closing down the pipe shop for the night. I have already noticed several mistakes I made, although I believe that I'll be able to repair them enough for the pipe to be servicable. On a side note, while the draft hole was perfectly positioned in the...

Lol, yeah, its just about realtime. I had taken pictures of the first 3 steps before I decided to take a smoke break & get some lunch. Figured its a good time to post my progress & see what everyone thought. I'll keep the updates up every hour or two.

Here I've put the wood rasps to use, further roughing in the general shape, & smoothing out the rough edges left by the coping saw: In case any of you were curious as to what my goals were for pipe style, I really haven't chosen one, I am just going to try to see where the wood takes me. I...

Here I have roughed in the basic shape with the coping saw: I have never tried to carve a pipe before, & I welcome any suggestions or comments. I don't expect that this pipe will look very nice at all, seeing as I have no clue what I am doing. Kyle's recent adventures in pipe carving piqued...

I finished the work week fairly bummed out, I've been putting in about 14 hours a day, & this morning my Doc diagnosed me with degenerative disc disease. I really just wanted to crawl in bed with a bottle of whiskey & make the day go away. My wife saw how down I was, so when I got home from...

Well, so far I am doing fine with them. I've learned about the different grind sizes, I only ordered 6 different types of snuff, but there is enough variation among those six to get a general idea of how wide the selection available really is. Some of the snuff is just generally a beast in the...

I carry the Fairbarin Applegate combat folder, its a great knife, has never let me down.

Well, I got the snuff a week or so ago, & I must say, I am really enjoying the McCrystal's mild Lemon, & the Winston S.S. a lot. I have tried the others, but I have almost finished a tin of the mild lemon, & it just seems to grow on me more & more every day. It has a nice nic hit, its easy on...

Its been quite cold here in KY lately. I was gifted 2 neer meer's in the last week (uploading pics as we speak), & I too had heard to avoid smoking in cold temps due to the risk of cracking from temperature fluctuations & uneven expansion of the porus meerschaum. Well, having imbibed maybe just...

So I finally got to try LBF. The previous smoke of the day was Escudo, so I was expecting something a little bigger, maybe a little more rough around the edges, but WOW, my expectations were dead wrong. I found escudo to be smooth & full of flavor, it had body yet was still extremely well...

I was just gifted a tin of this the other day, very excited after reading the label. Also received C&D's Burley Flake #2, looking forward to comparing the two, but honestly, I am quite enamored with anything made by Mr. Pease at the moment. I think I'll just dry it out from the git-go though, so...

I was rather recently introduced to Haddo's, & the initial joy & novelty still haven't worn off. Its stout, flavorful, & has enough complexity to continue revealing more of itself over time without being overbearing or pretentious. I would be thrilled if I could get it in a flake. :cheers...