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Need some ideas on reshaping a pipe

Kentos

B&B's Dr. Doolittle.
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So many moons ago I was into that huge poker pipe fad and bought this massive rough briar from Mark Tinsky and carved the behemoth above.
Fast forward 5 years and now it doesn't do anything for me.
So any ideas on what to reshape it to? I was thinking a volcano, maybe a shallow pot etc. The chamber must be 2" deep so I can cut it down a lot.

Any other ideas?
 
That's a lot of briar you still have left to work with. Maybe round the bowl some and do kind of a brandy?
 

Kentos

B&B's Dr. Doolittle.
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I just realized upon taking some test puffs that I never refined the stem too lol, never noticed how sharp the button was. Amazing what a few months of experience does to educate a person!
 

Claudel Xerxes

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With the way that the grain is flaring up and outward, I think that a freehand, acorn, or pickaxe would be sweet. What do the other sides of it look like?
 

Kentos

B&B's Dr. Doolittle.
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It's actually really decent grain that was wasted on me lol.
 

Kentos

B&B's Dr. Doolittle.
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I beveled the bottom so I might be pretty close to the bore. A volcano would lose the grain on the rim so maybe the pick ax would be nice too.
 
I think pot for ease of shaping and billiard for the challenge. That cross grain is perfect for that.
 

Claudel Xerxes

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Hmm...I have no clue how to discern that. I'll post more pics to get your opinion.
If that flame grain continued throughout the briar, then I was thinking it would be nice to just follow the pattern of the grain. Although, now from the pictures, I can see that the flame grain isn't on the other side of the pipe.
 
I think a Castello 55 would work nicely. The current stem could be shaped a bit more without too much effort to get the taper and the 55 shape is not too drastic of a change from the current status.
 

Kentos

B&B's Dr. Doolittle.
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I beveled the bottom of the pipe so there isn't enough material on the bottom to do that jutting chin shape, sadly. Not really digging smooth finishes anymore so I might rusticated.
 

Hirsute

Used to have fun with Commander Yellow Pantyhose
With that grain, a Dublin might be nice.


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oc_in_fw

Fridays are Fishtastic!
I was going to post that picture of Jennifer Lopez' rear, because it makes for a lovely pipe shape, but I didn't want to be redundant.
 
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