Now that I see this....carving!

[NeverBend]

Thanks! Other than perhaps a poker and freehand, classic shapes are a bugger to get right. This is my attempt at a modern interpretation of a blowfish. It still has a way to go, but I'm becoming quite pleased with it.

Classics are the hardest, Barling curvet billiard perhaps hardest of all.

You're doing a fine job, pipe looks good and it will smoke very sweet. You mentioned wetting the briar to see the grain - you have Kennedy Barnes trick (although he licked them - yuuch!).

Enjoying the posts.