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Thanks for your input, Walt. I agree that there may be harmful ways of bleaching/staining pipes, and I would like to find the "best" way to do it, which would mean the right compromise between safety and effectiveness. Ultimately though, nothing is 100% safe, and we are smoking tobacco, so...

Has anyone tried bleaching briar?

I'm currently working on a Cutty, which is supposed to emulate the look of an old clay pipe, and I got wondering what it would look like if I also tried to emulate the colour to some degree... Thoughts?

Thanks!
Greg

Not sure if anyone has come across this little video, but it's a brief insight into the Dunhill factory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYnTrQDhGTk

Cheers,
Greg

That clears things up nicely! Thanks, gents.

Greg

Hi Folks,

All the bowl coating recipes I've seen have no quantities on them; they just list ingredients. (For example, this one.) Are they typically mixed in 1:1 ratios? Is it something you just have to figure out for yourself? Any tips from you guys who regularly coat your bowls?

Thanks,
Greg

Thanks for the feedback, folks!

It was, indeed, a pre-drilled block.

I was attempting to copy a picture I found online, if that gives any context: http://www.finepipes.com/images/Dunhill ... Author.jpg

Cheers,
Greg

Hello Folks, This is my third attempt at a pipe, and my first briar pipe (the previous two were maple). It was a request from a friend for a bent author. It's all done by hand since I don't yet have a lathe. Your comments and criticism would be most appreciated. http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g13...

Thanks Dave! That answered a lot of questions. But I'm still wondering what makes cigar tobacco so different from pipe tobacco that such a different level of humidity is required for storage... Could it be the curing process or the type of tobacco used? I'm afraid I'm not much of a cigar smoker, or ...

Hello Folks, On a recent trip to my local tobacconists' (Blatter & Blatter in Montreal), I noticed several large, beautifully painted tobacco jars that were on sale. They also have a substantial selection of cigars, and presumably humidors. It got me thinking, what is the difference between the ...

Yes, best of luck with the clock! It's great to change up the sort of hobbies one is working on to keep things fresh and interesting.

I myself also have a plan to build my own clock movement from scratch. Maybe some day when I've had enough of pipes for a while, I'll make like you.

Cheers,
Greg

I know this is an old topic, but it's no doubt still as relevant as ever. This article on increasing use of tobacco pipes in US colleges might be of interest: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123509294170728733.html Maybe there is hope for a future generation of pipe smokers. I myself am probably you...

Does anyone know if there's been any follow-up or challenge of this legislation?

Greg

Thanks! That's just the sort of thing I was looking for. I'll give it a try.

Greg

Hi Folks, I was working away at my first pipe, which you can see in the photo below, and I realized that the stem is probably too loose. Is there any clever way of fixing this, or is the choice between living with it or getting a new stem? FYI, it's a pre-molded vulcanized rubber stem I got from Pim...

Hi Folks, Beautiful pipes! I really love the way the dynamic grain twist helps the Lifeform pipe look alive! I was wondering if someone might be able to clarify, what exactly is a condensation chamber? Is it just a gap between the stem tenon and the pipe mortise where vapours condense? Or something ...

Beautiful! How did you get the two colours (red and yellow) in the stain?

Cheers,
Greg

Well, the preferred material is ebonite - as in an integral tenon made of the same material as the rest of your stem. However, if you do not have the tooling to cut integral tenons, delrin is a great way to make professional looking tenons that fit every damn time without fuss. I see! But Why delri...

Please forgive me for reviving an old topic...

I am curious, why is delrin the preferred material for tenons?

Thanks,
Greg

Hi Folks, I'm new here, so I apologize if I'm continuing to stir the shit in this thread. Before I continue, I will defer to the wisdom of those who have been doing this longer than me, and say that I have not yet made a single pipe, so I am probably the least knowledgeable person here. Now, it seem...

Hi Folks, Interesting discussion. I'm also just getting started in this art, and I have a potentially naive, related question: Do you finish the inside of the bowl, or just let the carbon do its magic once you start to smoke the pipe? I ask, because it seems that with a good, moisture impermeable se...