shank & bowl
shank & bowl
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I've been enjoying learning about pipe making by reading the knowledge-filled posts on this site. Thanks to one & all :thumb:. If this has already been asked & answered, please point me to thread(s) that I overlooked.
I was curious about this particular pipe: http://www.knoxcigar.com/estatepipes.html
It's the egg shape at the top of the page. Is this pipe made out of two pieces of briar where the shank & bowl meet? If not, what technique is used to get the multi-colored band between the shank & bowl? :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
Thanks for your time, Steve
I've been enjoying learning about pipe making by reading the knowledge-filled posts on this site. Thanks to one & all :thumb:. If this has already been asked & answered, please point me to thread(s) that I overlooked.
I was curious about this particular pipe: http://www.knoxcigar.com/estatepipes.html
It's the egg shape at the top of the page. Is this pipe made out of two pieces of briar where the shank & bowl meet? If not, what technique is used to get the multi-colored band between the shank & bowl? :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
Thanks for your time, Steve
hmmm... that's hard to tell. I'd say it's one solid shape with something painted on or "bent" over the shank. I only say that because it looks like paint or plastic which would leave me to believe there's not a touch enough material there to support such a hefty shank. As far as how he'd do it...
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I'd be shocked if it wasn't two pieces of briar.
That is a great way to make a small block of wood into a large pipe. just make the bowl from the small block, and use a scrap for a separate shank. For decoration, and to make the transition look good, slap some acrylic in between.
That is a great way to make a small block of wood into a large pipe. just make the bowl from the small block, and use a scrap for a separate shank. For decoration, and to make the transition look good, slap some acrylic in between.
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It is probably mortised on both the stummel and extension with a tube epoxied in the mortises for a strong joint.
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It wouldn't really be safer, as even with a tube there is certainly still the press-fit aspect. Also, if there is a tapered bowl, there is plenty of meat left on the side of the bowl to glue in a tube that wouldn't be too close to the heat.random wrote:It looks pretty clear that it's two pieces, the grain on the extension looks way different from the bowl. Some kind of mortise/tenon joint. I'd never buy it, I don't like having epoxy that close to a heat-source. (I also don't care for the blue color but that's beside the point.) Of course the joint at the bowl could be a press-fit and not epoxied at all, which would be "safer" from a hot-epoxy point of view.
Let me clarify that by a mortise, I don't mean a necessarily larger hole than the draught hole. With a tube that fits in the draught hole, you effectively have a mortise, though not in the standard way we think of it.
As for the grain, that is unclear. I don't think that pipe is blasted. I think that is Vesz's rustication.
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