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sandahlpipe wrote:Test your stains and finishes on scrap before you apply to the finished piece. You can adjust the color and intensity of the dye itself.

Thanks

does anyone happen to have advice on matching the dye of the bowl/stem? The briar seems to have taken a more reddish hue with the same concentrations, while the oak is darker.

Thanks everyone. The plan is to do a smooth poker for the next one.

DocAitch wrote:Welcome
Still not seeing pictures here. Where is over there?
DocAitch

I'm sorry I should have clarified. Sometime mentioned that they should be posted in the gallery, so I created a thread there.

Ha Thanks I'll check that out

Also doing this all from my phone so it's a process. Let me know if you want more angles or closeups. A little story behind this project. My brother and I are aspiring wood workers with a bit of experience and thought making churchwarden pipes for eachother would be a great challenge. I know their n...

Thanks. I moved pictures over there and fixed the issue.

I tried joining earlier to get some advice on this project, but for better or worse I've finished it now. Attached are pictures of the finished project. Throughout this process I've come to really enjoy working with briar and look forward to making a few more for myself in the future. This pipe was ...

Hey my name is Justin. I live in rural Kansas with a wife and two kids, and work full time as a paramedic. I got into pipe making simply because my brother and I are aspiring wood workers and thought building custom churchwarden pipes for eachother would be a great challenge. I originally tried join...