Viking pipe and stand

PipesByDesign · Post by **PipesByDesign** » Wed May 30, 2012 6:12 am

A guy commissioned this as a gift for a buddy of his. Lots of fun to work on. The ship stand is basswood with a briar figurehead and the part the pipe actually rests on is cherry.

HumblePipe · Post by **HumblePipe** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:39 am

Holy crap that is amazing!

Growley · Post by **Growley** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:50 am

Whoa...True talent there in the carving.

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:31 am

Nice work! Saw this on Facebook.

Charl · Post by **Charl** » Wed May 30, 2012 4:05 pm

cOOL!

The Smoking Yeti · Post by **The Smoking Yeti** » Wed May 30, 2012 5:58 pm

Do you know if said buddy plays Skyrim perchance?

mcgregorpipes · Post by **mcgregorpipes** » Thu May 31, 2012 2:12 am

i'm looking at your viking and i think he's angry at me..

nice job

Kenny · Post by **Kenny** » Thu May 31, 2012 3:22 pm

Wow. That's amazing.

How many hours does it take to create something like that? Looks like there has to be 20 or 30 hours of carving there?

Nice job though, really nice! I'd hate to smoke it though, as I'd be afraid to scorch his little Viking head!

Ocelot55 · Post by **Ocelot55** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:46 am

What a great pipe to take pillaging!

Truly great carving work. I'd like to see more like that from you!

baronstrasil · Post by **baronstrasil** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:16 am

NICE!!!!!

OregonCustom · Post by **OregonCustom** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:57 am

Thats amazing! Some things just make you feel woefully inadequate. Handling Walrus Oosik and now looking at your carving abilities I might as well just die.

PipesByDesign · Post by **PipesByDesign** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:34 pm

Thanks all for the kind words.

Carving time was around 30 hours, although that was spread over two months. Hard to squeeze in time for pipemaking with my work schedule.

I've got others on my website http://pipesbydesign.wordpress.com if you want to check them out. As much as I love making pipes like this I am trying to branch into more "normal" pipes that I can crank out in significantly less time. I still plan on taking custom work like this, but it'd be nice to have pipes I can realistically turn out in a day or less and maintain a steady stock of.

pzhan · Post by **pzhan** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:16 pm

Great work my friend.
you have the talent that I want to have. Helpfully, someday I can develop the talent you got.

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