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What material would I need to buy if I wanted to make a churchwarden with a completely wooden stem?

You can make a pipe with simple tools. Your best bet is to start with a pipe kit for the first one. If you contact Steve Norse (http://vermontfreehand.com) you can have him make you a pipe kit with a churchwarden stem on it. The tooling to turn a tenon and face the shank is where it gets dicey witho...

What about simply blending various types of organic tobacco like from this website: https://www.leafonly.com/pipe-tobacco-l ... bacco-leaf

There's not much organic options. I'll probably find out that the combo I had in mind (simply Burley and Brightleaf) isn't the best stuff in the world.

Im mainly wondering what the potential problems with drilling the airway would be. I'm kinda confused about how you would drill it in a bent stem, or shank. I have absolutely NO woodworking experience.... Ok. Well you drill a bent stem the same way you drill a straight stem. Then you heat and bend ...

How much work do you think would go into a churchwarden like this? I find myself really ONLY wanting churchwardens, for some reason any other style doesn't attract me, although I may see the light someday. it's easier to make a straight stem, instead of a curved one, right? This actually looks like...

Joe Hinkle Pipes wrote:Search for wood screw gimlets.

ahhh, thanks, that did it.

sandahlpipe wrote:Welcome to the forum!

Thanks!

Welcome. You should do your research on pipe smoking and cigar smoking. Very different than cigs. Yeah, that's what I think, A buddy from another forum gave anecdotal evidence to the differences, said he had smokers cough and raspy voice when smoking cigarettes and he tried organic tobacco from a p...

How much work do you think would go into a churchwarden like this? I find myself really ONLY wanting churchwardens, for some reason any other style doesn't attract me, although I may see the light someday. it's easier to make a straight stem, instead of a curved one, right? This actually looks like ...

Thanks for this post very interresting. The french pipemaker Pierre Morel says it is not possible to drill a pipe accurately without a lathe. I don't know who he is, but I've drilled pipes accurately both with a drill press and with a hand drill. Maybe he meant his own skill though. IAWJ. I've been...

Thanks! Yep, it's rather unfortunate when they cut it seen as it flares my slight allergies.

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