Dang!  I had started one, and it is up in Montana at the moment.  I am carving an Eagle head on it, but the bowl is not on an inverted "T" stem, should I add a little protuberance to the front of the stem, under the bowl?  Unfortunately, there isn't much room, as the bowl is already drilled, and pretty much shaped.  Didn't know there was a gender matter in these things, just pretty much thought it was strictly a male privilege.  Dang, now I have to try to redesign a protuberance on it.  Crap!  May just have to scrap the whole thing, and just carve the eagle head, by itself.  My Girlfriend would be happy with that.  I had thought of making the pipe with the eagle head facing the wood stem, and maybe something on the bowl itself, as a gift, and not for my Girlfriend, but now may have to.  It would never be used, as neither of us smoke, but I thought I would give it to someone who would use it.  I have someone in mind, but now, I don't want to insult them.  And now, I may have to forget the whole thing, unless I have enough to protrude a bit to be sufficient.  How much does it require to be masculine.  Yeah, size does matter, I know, 

 but how much? 

  Thanks for any info on the matter.  On the Pipe, on the pipe! 
 
 
                                    Wayne