whitebar's kit pipe

whitebar · Post by **whitebar** » Mon May 03, 2004 5:29 pm

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

Post by **Tyler** » Mon May 03, 2004 10:59 pm

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

Gatorade · Post by **Gatorade** » Tue May 04, 2004 7:48 am

ArtGuy · Post by **ArtGuy** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:24 am

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.

marks · Post by **marks** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:46 pm

That's a nice piece of briar, and a great carving job.

BTW, I am curious as to how many pipes you had done prior to this (kit or otherwise), and how many hours you estimate you have in it.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue May 04, 2004 3:37 pm

Way cool pipe bud! You did a heck of a job on it. Reminds me alot of a Bari pipe I own, though not as tapered toward the top. Again, great first pipe.

hiway · Post by **hiway** » Tue May 04, 2004 6:11 pm

Great pipe! You made the best use of the grain. I like the shape and the style of shank. Lots of work there. Beautiful pipe.

Dave

whitebar · Post by **whitebar** » Wed May 05, 2004 12:58 am

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.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed May 05, 2004 9:16 am

A ringer! I thought so. Okokok, maybe not. But it wasn't your first pipe. I'd love to see your other work.