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From my research it seems that your pipe was made by Verguet. Comoy in France, that's all I know.
The company looks to have been started in 1914 also.

Is that a bushel of pipes or a gaggle?
I can see you've been very busy, nice!

I have no doubt that he'll be very proud of that pipe sir.

Walt, I can say with all confidence your no expert............your better then that!
Just beautiful work on ALL of'em sir!

Thanks guys and gals, I mixed up a small batch and coated the bottom of the bowl and it seems to work well in that it cured pretty fast. Strangely, when I tested it on a piece of wood and sped the drying process with a heat gun it dried without shine but, letting it dry normally produced a shine whi...

Any coating works great as long as it doesn't contain asbestos (which, in the past, was a real ingredient in some company's bowl coatings) or any other truly toxic substances. I don't think that sodium silicate falls into that category. Clean briar doesn't need a bowl coating, but you can add one a...

I have a little "Scottie" pipe I started a few weeks ago that has quite a few flaws in the bottom of the chamber that run through to the bottom of the bowl....damn near whistles when you blow through it. I put a thin coat of water glass just on the bottom of the bowl and have been smoking...

if you're just looking to protect the bottom bit, try the pipe mud http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/pipe-mud-and-pipe-cement-warning-giant-post I put some in the bottom of a shop pipe I had shaped dangerously thin and after 30 or so lights it's pretty indistinguishable from a normal cake.........

As for the original question, Todd Johnson did a comparative study on bare briar versus briar coated with the sodium silicate and the bare briar ignited much quicker than sodium silicate. I have heard enough horror stories of how people abuse pipes to see at least some value in the added layer of p...

BTW, I've ordered the Water glass, Pumice and Carbon and intend on giving it a coating.
It is not a pipe that I have carved, it's an estate pipe that can't be readily replaced and this is why I wish to do it.
Controversial or not, my pipe, my choice.

I got my first Castello awhile back, packed it full of Carter Hall and smoked a real gentle bowl. Next time up, I packed it full of Mac Baren Mixture Flake, sandblasted while I smoked, and burned the fucking bejeesus out of it. Spiderwebbed that sucker good! 434 bowls later, it's STILL just fine. I...

Sodium silicate is tremendously effective protection against heat. It's pretty well inert, and it's not like you are eating the pipe anyhow. Other guys prefer buttermilk. Other guys prefer nothing. Other guys prefer sugar solutions, ash mixtures, clay mixtures.... whatever. I would suggest it's the...

I read here but, could not find it again where one particular well known pipe carver preferred Water Glass over any other ingredient in bowls coatings and was wondering why. Not ever using a bowl coating I'm unsure that a chemical that is used in sealing concrete and adhesives is such a good choice ...

To say the least I'm not always the sharpest pencil in the box and have at times wondered why I could see a video or podcast in this case play and not hear it only to find I've forgotten to turn my speakers on or the volume on the video was turned down.

Neat little lathes they are, I have one just like it....err, mines all there though. Craftsman 109.2063 You can pick up the original 4 jaw chucks pretty easy and cheaply on eBay if you keep an eye out for under $100. Looks like you'll need some other parts as well. If you haven't already check this...

Neat little lathes they are, I have one just like it....err, mines all there though. Craftsman 109.2063 You can pick up the original 4 jaw chucks pretty easy and cheaply on eBay if you keep an eye out for under $100. Looks like you'll need some other parts as well. If you haven't already check this ...

d.huber wrote:The slowest, most painful, idiotic way to cut a tenon anyone has ever tried anywhere.

I think this said it all.

That's one sweet look'en lathe sir.
I have an old Craftsman / Dunlap from 39 and I like it a lot, just wish it was bigger.

Beautiful wood sir

The only thing I can see wrong is that the last pipe (freehand) isn't mine.