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I guess I should first apologize for not being very active in the past couple years. Life gets really busy. I haven't had time to make any pipes. I thought that I had completely lost the spark. A couple of weeks ago I found a couple pieces of briar that I had put away. And this one I remembered...

Haven't been around much lately. Life has gotten way too busy. But I wanted to wish everyone here a Merry Christmas. Hope all of you have a great family filled Christmas.

Thought it was worth posting that today is the 70th Anniversary of D-Day. I feel that too many Americans forget about days that commemorates Americans fighting to keep our freedom. If we forget our past we will be doomed to repeat them.

Well, I finished this one Saturday. This was the shape that the block screamed to me that it wanted to be. I wanted to do a more classic shape, but the block just didn't want to cooperate, while sketching. So it is what is it. I'm kinda on the fence about it. One day I'm happy with it and like...

Hi everyone. I started this volcano right after Christmas. I stained it last weekend, but with temperatures this week in the single digits, I didn't want to stand in front the breeze of a buffing wheel. So I waited until today when the temperature got into the low 40s. I've got a good friend at...

Well my wife wanted to give me one of my Christmas prizes tonight so bad she couldn't stand it. So I finally said OK. Well I knew it was a tin of tobacco. I had asked for some Frog Morton cellar. But as I ripped the paper back, I found a 2oz tin of Hearth & Home Eggnog. It's Christmas, I love...

Hi. I've been working on this here and there for awhile. I'll pick it up and work on it awhile. Then put it down to do some other project. I decided I wanted it to be finished before Christmas. So here it is. Sorry I couldn't get my lighting right for the pictures. Thanks fer looking.

Well been fiddling with this one for a friend of my wife. He didn't want to put too much in it, so I got some Grade 2 blocks from Vermont Freehand. Overall grain was cool, but had some pitting around the shank and bowl facing the shank. Something happened when I drilled the shank and the hole...

Well here's one I've been working on a little at the time. It took a while to get the bottom just right so it would sit up with the stem in it. It was a fun pipe to make. I learn quite a bit on it. During this pipe I got some small files and this one was the first that I did a lot of hand filing...

Hi, I'm working on a churchwarden that I want to stand up even with that long stem hanging out there. I've kept the bottom of the bowl flat and canted it forward hoping to offset some of the weight of the stem. Right now it falls backwards if you look at it too hard. I don't want to put some...

Well being new to this still. I decided to get some grade 2 blocks from Vermont Freehand. This way I can practice and learn this hobby a little cheaper. Well I started this one and it was so much fun from beginning to end. The grain ain't as nice as a better grade block, but I knew it wasn't...

All right everyone here has always been very helpful. So I've got a question about my son's Ipad. When you turn it on the screen is black. It starts scrolling a dim light from the left side of the screen about a quarter of the way across the screen then goes black again and does it over and over...

When it's rainy and I can't get outside  get bored on the rare occasion that I don't have to work. So I end up getting creative to pass the time. I picked up some shells at the beach while on vacation. So I got to fooling with them today and ended up glueing up a little pipe stand. Thanks...

Well, I've been working way too much lately which is generally the case in the summer. So I haven't had much time to participate in the forum, and even less time for making pipes. Back in the spring I started a pipe that was supposed to be just a fun freehand type. I wanted to make like ridge...

First I must apologize, it's been quite awhile since I've contributed to the forum. The summer is brutal working in a brewery so I haveven't had a lot of time to do so. However I was on vacation this past week and while at the beach I found a tobacconist in Wilmington, NC named Davis & Son. It...

Wow. I got some Frog Morton Across the Pond last week and tried a bowl this morning. I loved it from the start. I see why spending a little more is better than settling for crap at the grocery store. untill now on the rare occasion that I did smoke it was Captain Black Gold. After a bowl of that...

Well here you go. Started working this block of briar and my goodness at all the pits. The bowl got a little funky deal going on because of pits. Then the shank had a huge pit in the side and I am afraid it may go into the airway. But I thought I'm still a beginner and need all the practice I...

Well I don't know why, but I can't don't like this pipe. My wife likes it but something about it just doesn't appeal to me. I reckon it may be the fact that I've been trying to work on it over the past 2 weeks. And in those 2 weeks I worked 12 hours everyday but 2 in which 'i was lucky enough to...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to put a band on a pipe stem. I've seen some in pictures and think it looks cool on some pipes. I would really appreciate any info on installing or where to buy. Thanks

I finally figured out what was going on with my camera and here are some better pics. Thanks for looking