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Those are beautiful pipes!

Thanks guys.
All the handles are Elephant Ivory except the wooden one of course. . The wood is Tamboti.

I have not posted for quite a while. Here's part of the reason why. I really MUST make some time for pipes. http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll212/bladelogic/_MG_2259.jpg http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll212/bladelogic/_MG_2215.jpg http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll212/bladelogic/_MG_2247.j...

Not huge but some nice people hangs around here:
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...dagga pipe, well what can I say. WTF!! How do you know that word?? :shock: LMAO. Friends this side of the pond ............and a lucrative "tobacco exchange" system going. Really glad to see you around again Chris. I'm sorry, Streamline I overlooked your post. The secret is to get the ...

That's really awesome Kurt. The guy who get's it will definitely be very happy.

Sorry, I have to agree with Frank's opinion about the fluting. Irregular might be okay if that's the way you like it but the taper on the shank should be the other way around and not thinning towards the bowl.

NOW STOP POUNDING ME WITH THAT DARN HAMMER!! That's actually meant to be you pounding me with the hammer! :lol: The Oil Covered Goth is right, your knives attest to the fact that your craftmanship is anything but crappy. LOL. The hammer is not really my weapon of choice ;) Thank you for the complim...

If a pipe expanded and contracted as extremely as your slabs, the stem would constantly be falling out or gripped too tightly in the mortise. Consider that a pipe undergoes both heat and moisture during smoking. It sounds like a couple of factors are involved, not least of which is what Sasquatch m...

Thanx for all the replies guys. Strangely enough the problem seems to have remedied itself somehow (at least for now) . The slabs were cut fresh from what seems to be very dry wood. It was raining, humid and cold on the day I cut the wood and yesterday was the first warm day in a long time. By yeste...

I used some briar to make handle slabs on two folding knives and although I took a lot of care not to get it wet or overheat while sanding down and shaping it warped rather seriously and also seem to have shrunk slightly even before the knives are completed. The slabs are 3.2mm thick and screws onto...

Yeah, I've been following this "steampunk" discussion with great interest. But I haven't had much to add to it thus far, except to say that I'm leaning toward the idea of a "steampunk pipe" being one that has the appearance of being "over-engineered". It consists of mo...

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Beautiful work.
I guess one would be able to smoke tobacco in it too?

Lookin' good. Personally I think the shank should be a whole lot thinner and the tobacco chamber larger. Otherwise, well done.

Very nice looking first attempt. Looking forward to seeing more.

Interresting.

Looks nice from where I'm sitting

Never made a stem like this but I turn my own caps. Basically it's made from solid roundbar. I first drill a hole of the same diameter as the tenon right through and then open it up with a boring bar to the diameter of the shank. It is wise to chamfer the outer edges of the shank slightly to ensure ...

Nice work LJ. You are indeed very talented. Hang in there, I have never met an artist that became famous overnight.