See thread:
http://ranger.budgetauthenticity.org/fo ... hilit=pipe
Around the same time, my beloved furry companion, Shadow, decided my own MacQueen "Fable" pipe would make an excellent chew toy.
See page two of the aforementioned thread.
Inspired by Duathen's creativity and my own sudden lack of a functional pipe for Rangering purposes, I almost immediately sanded the finish off of the expensive briar wood chew toy, and promptly set it aside for a rainy day.
One 2500-mile move, two jobs, and over half a pregnancy later, I pulled it out this week and finished it. Well, basically I started it...and finished it.
The end of the stem was basically destroyed, so the first part was easy enough...carve it off. So it's about an inch, maybe an inch and a quarter shorter than it originally was. There's still a little bit of a split remaining, but the metal pipe in all MacQueen stems started at this point, and I dared not cut anything further off.
After that, a bit of hand-shaping of the outside of the bowl with some files, including some notched filework around the bowl inspired by the tang on one of Odigan's custom knives he posted awhile back, and we were pretty well on our way. A dozen matches, a pot of woodstain, a hand-wrap of raw sinew, and a quick "G" on the back with the woodburner, and we were set.
Hope you enjoy! The next step will, of course, be a waxed leather case for it that mounts on my quiver strap for quick and easy access, and the all-too-important companion pouch for leaf.
-Greg
But, really. Excellent, excellent work.
