Been super busy. Now I have a cold so smoking on hold. I had a custom pipe made for my birthday. I picked the design and stem color. Wasn't expensive like you would think. Much to be said for these guys that make pipes compared to factory pipes. Don't get me wrong I love my Petersons and Savinellis but this pipe here will always be my favorite. So much so I am having another made by him. He is gabespipes on Instagram and he has a dot com too. Check him out. Look at this bad boy. Yes that is pink in my stem. @onestrangeone I forget the name of the bulldog but I will look when I get home I actually have a question about the two pipes. One has a stinger and it screws in.
I also got this on a trade. Middle pipe is red and is a tiny Peterson. So awesome my wife says it is hers. The top is a BC and I forget the bottom one. They are all cleaned up and ready. Brother hit me with all those samplers too. Very kind but I done smoke non aro so not sure what I am going to do with them.
Well I couldn't resist and got another. Kind of hard to see but it is tree bark rustication and it is a great piece. This is a Series 1 and I put it next to my Series 2 so you can see the size difference. He also does a slanted version of either one.
Well I couldn't resist and got another. Kind of hard to see but it is tree bark rustication and it is a great piece. This is a Series 1 and I put it next to my Series 2 so you can see the size difference. He also does a slanted version of either one.
Finished my first you make it pipe from a brair blank. I wanted a big pipe so I left the bowl tall. Should take almost an hour to smoke this pipe out. I used alcohol based dye and wax over that because i want the wood to breathe. Now comes the breaking in part. I filled the bowl 1/3 and smoked that, next comes 1/2 and 2/3 and up to the top. I'm going to order a couple of more blanks because i want a bulldog. Also going to create some sort of texture after final sanding on the next one. I've got a sand blaster but it's to big for small work. Maybe a dremel tool.
Finished my first you make it pipe from a brair blank. I wanted a big pipe so I left the bowl tall. Should take almost an hour to smoke this pipe out. I used alcohol based dye and wax over that because i want the wood to breathe. Now comes the breaking in part. I filled the bowl 1/3 and smoked that, next comes 1/2 and 2/3 and up to the top. I'm going to order a couple of more blanks because i want a bulldog. Also going to create some sort of texture after final sanding on the next one. I've got a sand blaster but it's to big for small work. Maybe a dremel tool.
Damn, Rodger! THAT is awesome.
Looking forward to seeing your bulldog
“There’ll be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read ’em but all that’s gonna matter is that little dash between ’em.” -Kevin Welch
I used a dowel, a vise with leather jaw cushions, and a freezer bag 2/3 filled with sand and flat on a bench to pad the bowl during final sanding. Part of the fun is figuring out how to translate what is in my head to the work on the bench.
Smokes great. The blank comes with the bowl good sized and deep. The stem is also fitted nicely. Everything lined up good.I used a half bent blank. Got two more hb blanks and I'm looking at picts of Bulldogs.
I want to get a lathe and some tools and start tinkering with some blocks. It just seems like a fun hobby. Been watching videos on pipe making. Heading to the KC Pipe show in June and hoping to meet a few local pipe makers that I can learn from. @First_Warrior that looks great. Would love to have a pipe that I made myself. One day soon
I used nothing but hand tools to shape the pipe. Small saws, cabinet rasps in different sizes, and rattail files. If I was going to start with just a rough block and drill my own chamber and stem I would use my drill press and drill press vise instead of a lathe. I did use a lathe last week to bore a 3/16 hole 16" through a stick of end grain cherry for a NA ceremonial pipe.
Latest hobby block pipe. It' was going to be a bulldog but I didn't have the heart to cut down the nice deep bowl. Ended up a Rhodesian kind of form. Fits the hand nicely and I used a wood burning pen to add texture.
i have been wanting a small pipe for a 10 to 15 min burn. I carved one yesterday.
Great looking pipe, it looks like your getting your form down. What are you using for stain and finish?
I'm using a alcohol base aniline die for color and a hard wax on a buffing wheel for a finish because I want the wood to breathe. I have a pryographic unit and several pens so I used that for the pattern and the line around the bowl. The small guy is great for a little bowl of strong dark tobacco.
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Dammmmn!
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
Looking forward to seeing your bulldog
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
King Lear
Brett