tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post4219868696189339986..comments2024-03-09T04:53:54.412-05:00Comments on The Talbert Pipe Blog: New StuffTreverThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02652943318376670283noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-69092321976133368602007-09-12T05:13:00.000-04:002007-09-12T05:13:00.000-04:00Hi Trev, Suscinio is just waiting until my spare m...Hi Trev, Suscinio is just waiting until my spare money has accumulated a little more... so please don't get impatient. ;-)<BR/>In case you want to smoke it meanwhile, I'll even buy it as estate (at an estate price...?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-25275281769597547582007-09-05T08:43:00.000-04:002007-09-05T08:43:00.000-04:00That is the unfortunate downside of contrast stain...That is the unfortunate downside of contrast staining. If it's just one layer of red or orange or whatever, it's simple to reshape some part of the pipe and match the existing stain with a fresh coat to the altered area. When dealing with multi-layered staining, it's hell, because it's virtually impossible to get the same layered build-up to integrate properly with the edges of the existing stain, and you end up pretty much just having to sand the whole pipe off and start over again.TreverThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652943318376670283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-21527817905719383822007-09-04T21:44:00.000-04:002007-09-04T21:44:00.000-04:00It's just a hell of a great contrast tankard in an...It's just a hell of a great contrast tankard in any case!! Bravo. And besides, just our focusing our mental attentions on the pipe may get it more of a vibe and sold as is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-16306536115727326472007-09-03T14:36:00.000-04:002007-09-03T14:36:00.000-04:00That's interesting to hear. I thought the stem ne...That's interesting to hear. I thought the stem needed to be large from the side view just to avoid looking twiggy compared to the massive chunk of bowl! It does present a problem, though, in that it's virtually impossible to modify pipes with strong contrast staining like this and get the stain to match again where it was sanded and reshaped. Maybe I'll just keep it for myself....TreverThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652943318376670283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-31388988714554268462007-09-02T12:42:00.000-04:002007-09-02T12:42:00.000-04:00The Doc is right on. Although it possesses beautif...The Doc is right on. Although it possesses beautiful grain, there is something out of balance here...and it is the stem.Bruce Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158328065614385304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17653383.post-85197558309889045912007-08-31T19:27:00.000-04:002007-08-31T19:27:00.000-04:00Trever,My opinion, purely from a subjective aesthe...Trever,<BR/><BR/>My opinion, purely from a subjective aesthetic mind you, is that the Suscinio, though beautiful is (perish the thought) unbalanced. To my eye to wide diameter stem coming out of the shank looks perfectly proportioned from a birdseye view but from a lateral view, seems a tad steroidal and compete for attention with the briar. Of course, its a majority of one here, but I say leave it wide from birdseye perspective, trim top and bottom to reduce the drama from a lateral profile and attention will then be drawn back to the beautiful bowl. But, of course that might not be the problem at all and I could be completely wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com