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i didn´t stain this one cause it´s a gem a block from paradise.

I think it´s beautiful pipe, a bit to say about the stem-bite need more materials to keep the pipe hanging from the jaw, as it is now you need to break a couple of teeth for keeping it hanging. Very nice work!!!

Thought i could make the point by posting the bulldog, i´m not in for critics towards your pipes just simply correcting the small misstakes we all do. Good that you understod my point. Looking at my last pipe and now at your's I think I know what you mean! The shape (your's) is very cool and the ste...

The first thing he said was that the cumberland didn´t fit the smooth finish, otherwice the pipe was really nice and it was similar to one of Bo´s shapes. Bo made them more tight in shape and had a more forward slant to the head. Ilike the pipe myself but knowing the facts of what´s correct to combi...

multicolored stems is for bamboo or sandblasts the grain is unfocused when there is more than the briar that is colored.

This is what i meant about using cumberland to smooth pipes it makes a effect unfocused of the pipes grain, the dog is quite nice if it weren´t for the cumberland. http://www.pipemakersforum.com/albums/contraststain/bulldog_001.sized.jpg http://www.pipemakersforum.com/albums/contraststain/bulldog3.s...

Is it Greec briar you use? The odds for getting problems along the road is higher with greec briar but if you get a type A block the greec is VERY beautiful briar. I have used about 400 blocks from greece and 350 or more of those have had some issues that needed rusticating or blasting. Perhaps it´s...

The disc on the big one is a HERMES 30 grit aluminum oxide disc with a 1 inch hole for mounting it to the machine. The fine grit disc is sheets of the same quality folded so it suits the disc and it is pressed to the back plate. 240, 340, 400 and 600grit

Sören closed down his factory and he picked me up at the centralstation, we were to make pipes together this afternoon just the 2 of us. Sören has 40 years of experiense in pipemaking and he makes 12 pipes/day. To see him work is to study mozart, he tought me some things about shaping on a sanddisc ...

I think your boat feeling comes from the high bottom line, if it were lower the feeling of mountain is more clear. I can almost bet on that the upper shape is made in a lathe and the jaws made it impossible to go further down, am i right? Heinz. Otherwice the shape it self is OK, the finish really g...

i see your point in rubbing of the stain at the high parts, it´s a nice blast and a nice pipe.. i like it.

I use a red alcohol stain, but i brush the wood first to whipe the dust out of the grain and heat it with hot airgun. When i stained the red i waite till it dryed a bit brush again to work the stain into the grain. Heat the wood again and use either black oil dye or leatherstain, several rounds and ...

Interesting, guess i have to try that one... Thanks!

I blasted a poker today and the details came out really good but the kraggy parts isn´t the easiest thing to do. I think the best way is to make a quick blast first so the ringgrain appears then fill the ringgrain with a dental drill bit then blast again. That is what i think and i am trying this ne...

The kraggy blasts how do they succeed making them? is there a ring rustication and then blast or how is it doned?

after making the grooves in the lathe i took a knife and cut the delring perpendicular to the grooves, i might have to work it harder to make it work...? Thanks for your advise Jeff you made yourself perfectley clear, all the way to the perpendicular word that i had to look up. So, you tought me two...

Super glue, i have tried a number of those with no good results. Delrin is to greasy in it self so glue doesn´t get the grip.

I got a new blast cabinette and i mixed aluminum oxide and glass and this is the result still needs some stem work. http://www.pipemakersforum.com/albums/smokepiperpipes/blacc.sized.jpg http://www.pipemakersforum.com/albums/smokepiperpipes/blacc1.sized.jpg Might be a bit to long stem too. ADVICE PLE...

What´s CA glue? i use araldite from the SAAB Faichild space-center it´s epoxy that is used in air planes. 24 hours before harden and if you heat the epoxy 6 hours after application you make it even stronger. But i need to make grooves and you don´t with CA glue so you made me curious...