Poker sitter pipe 5

[BigCasino]

A friend of mine mentioned that he was thinking about getting a cob after he got his new life insurance policy enrollment,his birthday is next month so I decided I was going to make him a pipe as a surprise, since he mentioned a cob I figured I would make him a pipe that looked similar to a cob so this is what I came up with
and as I was making it I kept sending him pics asking him questions about how he thought I should make this pipe so he designed his own pipe with out knowing he did so
here it is





Thanks for looking

 

[Knucklehead]

Hey, Harry that's awesome. Your friend is going to be tickled to death to receive that for his birthday. I like the design very much. (My birthday is next month)

 

[BigCasino]

Thanks AK
I actually broke that stem , since I don't have a tenon cutter I cut off the preformed one and was drilling it to put in a screw in type and the stem slipped out of the jig I made to hold it and it rode the bit to the chuck breaking out a chunk on the bottom.... it was my last stem so I need to order some more and fit a new stem to this pipe, I figured I would finish the pipe any way, that way I would get some experience if I ever need to repair a broken stem on a pipe

 

[Knucklehead]

I've been getting plenty of practice replacing stems. About every third stem I make I cut through to the dang airway and have to make a new stem for a basically finished pipe. PITA I'm trying to make them too slim I guess. I'm getting it figured out though. I should have stayed with acrylic longer, that ebonite is expensive. I want to cry when I ef one of them up.

 

[BigCasino]

Yeah crazy how much more expensive that stuff is

 

[DGBAMA]

Very nice work. Does the flat bowl base allow it to "freestand" with decent stability? I was thinking of attempting something similar so it could be set down without leaning against something or falling over.

 

[BigCasino]

Thank you , and yeah it sits real stable it would take a big hit to topple her over