I just uploaded an image of an early kit pipe I made with a kit purchased from Mark Tinsky. The image is located in the new photo gallery and can be accessed here:
http://www.tylerlanepipes.com/modules.p ... ge&pos=-13
whitebar's kit pipe
whitebar's kit pipe
Stephen
Carving Pipes in the Oldest Town in Texas.
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Very nice!!
That is quite a pipe Stephen. I am impressed not only with the shape, but the nicely modified stem blank as well. I am very impressed with the symmetry of the shape, and I like the "undersided" shank/bowl jucture. The grain is also quite nice. You picked a good shape for that block.
Well done.
BTW, I took the liberty of editing your post to see if I could include the photo from the new gallery in the actualy post. Obviously, it worked! Thanks for being a guinea pig!
Tyler
That is quite a pipe Stephen. I am impressed not only with the shape, but the nicely modified stem blank as well. I am very impressed with the symmetry of the shape, and I like the "undersided" shank/bowl jucture. The grain is also quite nice. You picked a good shape for that block.
Well done.
BTW, I took the liberty of editing your post to see if I could include the photo from the new gallery in the actualy post. Obviously, it worked! Thanks for being a guinea pig!
Tyler
Tyler Lane Pipes
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When I first read the post I thought you wrote that this was you first pipe. I thought to my self "Cripes! That's his first!!" Very nice pipe indeed.
John
www.crosbypipes.com
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Thanks for all the positive comments. This was my final kit pipe and my 5th pipe ever carved. It took me quite a while as I was still learning at that time. I had absolutely no previous woodworking experience so I was having to figure things out as I went along. I'm guessing I spent about 30 hours on the thing in all. That's one of the luxuries of just doing this for fun instead of trying to make a living at it. The activity of creating and the relaxation that comes along with "playing" in my shop is as much a motivation for me as having another pipe to smoke.
Since this pipe, (which I carved in December 2002) I have been drilling my own briar and using acrylic stem blanks that I obtained from Larry Roush when he moved on to hand cutting his own stems. Just recently, I went to work trying my skill at a hand cut vulcanite stem. It really adds a lot of time to a pipe project but has been something new to challenge me. We'll see how it turns out when I finish the pipe in the next few weeks.
Since this pipe, (which I carved in December 2002) I have been drilling my own briar and using acrylic stem blanks that I obtained from Larry Roush when he moved on to hand cutting his own stems. Just recently, I went to work trying my skill at a hand cut vulcanite stem. It really adds a lot of time to a pipe project but has been something new to challenge me. We'll see how it turns out when I finish the pipe in the next few weeks.
Stephen
Carving Pipes in the Oldest Town in Texas.
Carving Pipes in the Oldest Town in Texas.