PIX of your STIX

[rodwha]

After coffee and a couple of chores I sat down and finished last night's endeavor. I didn't care for using the little piece of copper to make a cap so I took a quarter and used my knife as I couldn't find Karmen's exacto knife.



These have turned out much better but I still need a bit more work. The foot is always splayed and the other end (head?) a little loose.

I've been eyeing the 1/4 lb leaf options from LeafOnly. Sure would prefer a bit more character and I'm uncertain as to how these leaves will all work out (leftovers of this or that). I could always go for a Maduro wrapper! Yum!

I also tried something different with putting the filler together. In essence I used a leaf to roll the rest in along with a little bit of scrap to fill in places. This way I was better able to get a feel for it and to keep it together better while I preped the binder leaf. I'm pretty happy with the results for the most part. Getting the diameter right is hit or miss. I'm using 5 filler leaves, the max suggested for the mold. Some slightly overfill the mold and, as the one is, a little bit undersized.