The Seahorse

Here I am again trying to do a pipe that I haven't seen before - Just sitting down and trying to make something totally from thin air, that will be interesting to look at.  I don't normally like symmetrical pipes as much but I thought this had a neat sort of Art Deco feel.  A practical difficulty emerged in keeping the stem fitting flush given the extreme angle that the wood flows into the stem at - It caused the outer edges of the stem material to be thin and sharp.