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by Vermont Freehand
Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:50 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, or Trade
Topic: SEM colored swirl rods
Replies: 5
Views: 3304

I take it this order will be seperate from the black rod order?

Reguardless, count me in for one rod of each color.

Let me know details and when you want payment.
by Vermont Freehand
Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Predrilled kits
Replies: 15
Views: 2786

I have some used 6" buffs (drill mountable), a sample chunk of tripoli and carnauba, and a pipe kit that is roughed out already with a cumberland colored lucite stem. I can sell the whole shibang for $30 including priority shipping. Let me know if you are interested. I can always substitute a p...
by Vermont Freehand
Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:04 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, or Trade
Topic: Ebonite/vulcanite buy?
Replies: 132
Views: 21520

Ya know Kurt, It may be helpful using a translator who is in Germany. Scott and I know of someone over in Germany who speaks perfect english and is extremely easy to communicate with. Maybe he could translate a letter or phonecall to SEM? Just a hairbrained idea, but let me know if you might be inte...
by Vermont Freehand
Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:00 pm
Forum: Pipe and tobacco Shows
Topic: NASPC 2008: show report
Replies: 16
Views: 5143

funny topic this has turned into!! I used to have hair down to my waist until a few years ago. It was straight and easy, I never had to cut it. I liked the low maintenence hair, all I had to do was put it in a pony tail (or a bun while I was using power tools), but now mine is short and needs mainte...
by Vermont Freehand
Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bad Briar
Replies: 37
Views: 3929

I have been dealing with Andrea at PME for years, and she has always made good on everything. I've taken a single XL block of tassilli and made a 3 pipe set out of it with ZERO flaws, but then again, that is the luck of the draw since no one can see into the block. But, you can read the block. Every...
by Vermont Freehand
Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:20 am
Forum: Finishing Techniques
Topic: jet black wood
Replies: 75
Views: 21185

I used to be a furniture maker and have used a fuming process to draw out the natural tannins out of wood for natural coloring. I have only done this with oak (turning it to a brown color), but maybe briar will have some reactions worth trying. The process involves making an air tight tent around yo...
by Vermont Freehand
Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pipemaking stand-off?
Replies: 6
Views: 1466

I have another auction going for the same batch of stems. They are going cheap, so consider bidding.
by Vermont Freehand
Sun May 18, 2008 9:41 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Briar Jewelry
Replies: 8
Views: 1944

Yes, I used the normal buff and wax method on all my jewelry. Here's some more jewelry pictures. These first 3 are a necklace I made a couple years back. The block it was cut from had the center of the burl in it and I lined it up with the shape of the necklace. Notice in the 2nd picture how the gra...
by Vermont Freehand
Sat May 17, 2008 6:32 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Briar Jewelry
Replies: 8
Views: 1944

Briar Jewelry

Hello Everyone, I decided to share some pictures of some briar jewelry I made a couple years ago. It's nice to see some beautiful briar grain outside of the pipe industry once in a while. This is my first time trying to post pictures on a forum, so I hope it works okay. This first picture is the cuf...
by Vermont Freehand
Fri May 16, 2008 5:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: VT Freehand for sale:
Replies: 6
Views: 1409

Hello Everyone, I decided to relist the pipe making supply store on eBay again. There was some interest about owner held financing from various people on this forum, but it was brought to my attention that a loan from a bank would be close to the interest I would charge, therefore, it would be just ...
by Vermont Freehand
Thu May 08, 2008 4:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: VT Freehand for sale:
Replies: 6
Views: 1409

Hello Everyone, As Frank noted, the business did not sell on ebay. I'm not sure if I'm going to list it again. I may just part out everything or I may be willing to set up a payment schedule and just do "owner held financing". Parting things out would be more profitable for me, but I have ...