@Charles , the caldelli is nice, but the dunhill makes my heart skip a beat. I saw the wooden hinges and immediately wanted to buy the thing. By the way, Drew Estates makes some of their cigar boxes the same, way, and when I used to smoke them (gave them up for a pipe), I collected those boxes. They are made from mahogany, and you never have to worry about the hinge pulling out. Take the labels off of them and they make nice boxes for thumb drives, iphone cables, etc.
Here's a display rack project I'm working on. Got the 4 base plates at Goodwill for a buck. Already had the dowel rod and scrap from other projects. Not totally completed, but you can get the idea... The double racks I haven't started to finish yet...
Thank you @Charles I appreciate it. @mfresa I think it's just plain old white pine. I've seen them pre-made and selling at Hobby Lobby. The one double rack on the left was not going to stain well due to some bad looking grain, so I got this wild idea to rusticate it as I would a pipe, stain it black, lightly sand it and possibly restain the sanded areas a light buckskin. So far, I have rusticated and stained it black. I'll take a pic and post it shortly...
Ok. Here's the one double rack I've just rusticated and stained. Still needs light sanding, restraining, waxing buffing, etc. But here it is at early stage...
mfresa Thanks. Word of advice if you ever try to do this. Don't get the wood wet. I learned real quick it doesn't handle it like briar. This wood is soft and bloats up and tries to mis-shapen it. Also, since it is a soft wood, it takes the stain too deep to sand down for a two-toned stain like I wanted. So here it is before waxing, etc...
@pipeman83 I was actually looking for a cheap narrow shelf at Goodwill to use as a base for a pipe rack when I came across this pack of 4 taped together for a buck. That's when I said well lets give these a try... There fairly easy to do and the bases are already routed... Kind of a no-brainer...
I'm working on a cabinet but I chose oak instead of maple. What a b%%ch to work with. Grain is too coarse so the engraving looks bad. Will have to start over after I find some maple.
@mfresa I know what you mean. I refurbished an oak medicine cabinet as pipe storage drilling seating holes through the shelves took FOREVER along with a lot of smoke while drilling...bhai
Thanks @pipeman83 I"m taking about 32 of them to the St. Louis pipe show in hopes to sell most, if not all. I refurbish pipes as a HOBBY and so this is the first time, and probably the last time, I will do this. But I needed to cull out some of the collection by selling pipes I really never smoke. Not a thing wrong with them, I just have too many... (if that's possible)...
My best friend has a wood shop. He built me this as a gift a few years ago. I used to live in Alaska and, though it's not a great picture, the doors at the bottom feature a moose and a grizzly bear. The last picture is my tobacco storage. A simple antique marble top table with drawers.
Just finished sanding and staining my last display pipe rack project. Still needs a final very fine grit sanding once dried. Then waxing, buffing, etc. I'll show the final when completed...
@motie2 You are correct sir. And for me a big bonus is the smell is not overpowering like most other stains. Here's the final pic of my little display rack project. For one buck and scrap stuff I already had, I don't think it turned out too badly...
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Here's the final pic of my little display rack project. For one buck and scrap stuff I already had, I don't think it turned out too badly...