Re: How many freehands do you have?

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:09:53 +0100, isteen@xxxxxxxxx (Steen) wrote:

I have none - and no idea why it's called a freehand.
Enlighten me people ;-)

I think "freehand" is sort of a bad term, because it sounds like it's
implying that the pipe was made by hand. I guess freehand just means
that it doesn't fall into any particular traditional shape category.
Usually a freehand is a big horkin' thing with plateaux still on the
top. Others will have to provide links. Hopefully someone will.

Ian
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