As Rich Balbino once commented; "Wood carving is the therapy that keeps me from going nuts." As a woodcarver since childhood, I always enjoyed carving little statuettes or just random artsy things out of discarded pieces of wood, but for the last year or so, my whittling abilities have been focused more and more on the Pipe World.  From Lord of the Rings to Zatoichi, and Georges Brassens, most great works that influenced my life had pipes included somewhere in there.  I simply try to help…See More