My First Pipe Attempt

[Roger]

Well, I finally finished my pipe. I tried at first but failed on drilling my pipe and the shank cracked.



Well that was a total fail!!! Anyway tried again and this is what I ended up with.

The Pipe stem connection is not very good, but adequate. The bowl is made of Juniper and the stem out of pine. I have to come up with a way to makeshift a lathe situation so I can do a proper mortise and tenon connection. I want to get some caranuba wax to finish it up and make the pipe shine better. The stem was the hardest to do, and the drilling on it was very difficult. I would like to buy a few stems and do some pipes that way.

I plan on firing up this puppy tonight and see how it smokes. The tobacco hole was made specifically small (5/8") because i wanted a pipe to smoke for just a small amount of time. I am happy with my first effort ahem... second effort. I will be doing a few more in the future.