I should make it very clear that not only am I not good with my hands, I have absolutely zero experience in pipe making. I'm sure that I have several generations of great-grandfathers watching me in amusement and making bets on how long it takes me to destroy it. There are carpenters and wood-workers on both sides of my family, but apparently that talent skipped a generation. Although...I did build the porch that you have been seeing bits of in my photos. Those specks of paint you see are from the kids practicing their "arts & crafts."
Anyway, I got rid of all the corners and now I have something that actually looks like it might be a pipe. That's it for the sawing. Now I go into the file phase. I'm hoping to turn this one into a poker.
The cut-off bits of briar will be saved so I have real briar to do staining experiments with.
