@motie2 thanks brother. I have been sitting wondering what style to do next and I could come up with was use some of the monster blocks I have and make some monster pipe.
@Corey562 Hey Abb, do you know if anybody takes any extra steps in the drilling process to make sure the draft hole is as smooth as possible? The only thing I can think of would be to make sure the drill bit is freshly sharpened or new. Ever heard of anything different?
@Corey562 man I saw that post on Instagram. That second pipe is just beautiful. You did an amazing job balancing the color contrasts and the bowl and stem proportions. Absolutely well done.
It stayed warm today 40F-45F, so I ventured out to the shop to experiment. The bowls are the Beechwood cap from Cholula Hot Sauce bottles, these are small, but I have seen a bigger bottle with a larger cap. I need to get some. One has a stainless steel shank, the other is some dowel material I had laying around. The dowel was too open grained and not real hard, so it was a b!t(# to turn on the lathe. I shattered a couple before I was successful. The stems are MM mini’s, the pipe with the wood shank used as is, the SS shank one I cut the tenon off and made it an external fit. I loaded the SS one with some C&D “Espresso” and it smoked for, surprisingly, one hour, nice and cool, no gurgles, a great smoke. I am smoking the wood shank one as I regale my exploits in the shop🙂. So far it is smoking just as well and it’s already been 40 minutes, with more to go. I need to find the third cap I had…Felix snagged it when I wasn’t looking and “hid” it somewhere. I need use oak, briar or some other harder, more tightly grained wood for future shanks. The SS is probably the way to go though. The SS shank is threaded into the bowl, the wood shank is friction fit and glued with Elmer’s wood glue. I wonder if I can get some pothead to pay through the nose for a custom “weed” pipe? They just made Mary Jane legal for recreational use here in Montana. I’m not for it and voted against it, but if I could sell these for little guys for “big bucks”, I might as well profit from the crap too. Does that make me a hypocrite🤔. They do smoke tobacco surprisingly well and for a decent amount of time.
The wood shanked pipe has a slightly larger chamber, it smoked for a little more than an hour.
@utilityworker101 Helpful Hint?: I used a small hotair pencil (electronics tech.) to heat the glue (hot glue?) that holds the plastic caps in the wood to remove them.
@RockyMountainBriar LOL, no shit! LOL! That is really cool. I saw them on the other thread but didn't know what they were...Cholula caps! You could probably get $30 a piece for those on ETSY...you just need to eat a lot more tacos so you can get more sauce! Do you know what kind of wood they are?
Your last sentence in the first post is hilarious because before I got to it I was thinking to myself 'looks a lot like the pipes we kids made to smoke pot out of back in the old days'
@mfresa They don’t for me. Like I mentioned, Beechwood has been/is a fairly common “other” wood used for tobacco pipes. I think Peterson even used it during WW1/WW2? I did not try a virgina or Va/Per, they might smoke hotter if pushed and lead to a burn-out, but it wouldn’t stop me. Maybe I will give a virginia or Va/Per a try next? I think they smoked nearly the same as my briar pipes. I was surprised that I did not get any burnt wood flavor at all in the metal shanked one. The wood shanked one had some burning wood at the end of the bowl when it was mostly ash, but it was the end of the shank that protruded into the bowl (like a Missouri Meerschaum) that was “burning off”. I’m sure that will mostly end after a few bowls
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What Motie2 said!
You have wowed me again.
The wood shanked pipe has a slightly larger chamber, it smoked for a little more than an hour.
I’ll be saving the cap from my Cholula bottle and trying that. That’s cool!
Helpful Hint?: I used a small hotair pencil (electronics tech.) to heat the glue (hot glue?) that holds the plastic caps in the wood to remove them.
LOL, no shit! LOL! That is really cool. I saw them on the other thread but didn't know what they were...Cholula caps! You could probably get $30 a piece for those on ETSY...you just need to eat a lot more tacos so you can get more sauce!
Your last sentence in the first post is hilarious because before I got to it I was thinking to myself 'looks a lot like the pipes we kids made to smoke pot out of back in the old days'
Yes, they are Beechwood, a fairly common “other” wood for tobacco pipes.
I see his work and...
🤯 blows my mind!...
They don’t for me. Like I mentioned, Beechwood has been/is a fairly common “other” wood used for tobacco pipes. I think Peterson even used it during WW1/WW2? I did not try a virgina or Va/Per, they might smoke hotter if pushed and lead to a burn-out, but it wouldn’t stop me. Maybe I will give a virginia or Va/Per a try next? I think they smoked nearly the same as my briar pipes. I was surprised that I did not get any burnt wood flavor at all in the metal shanked one. The wood shanked one had some burning wood at the end of the bowl when it was mostly ash, but it was the end of the shank that protruded into the bowl (like a Missouri Meerschaum) that was “burning off”. I’m sure that will mostly end after a few bowls
All nice pipes. I especially like #2👍🏻
And #7... don't forget #7!
A BEAUTIFUL church warden!
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Well... they're ALL beautiful...