New Pipe and New Pipe Sock

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New Pipe and New Pipe Sock

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I got a rod of that expensive cumberland in and I also picked up the little dremel blade for the button that Rad linked to the other day, so the next time I get free time I am gonna spend the day doing nothing but going real slow with that rod and see if I can get a stem or two out of it.

Today though I thought I deserved a little bit of play time after a 60 hour work week, so I tried a bunch of new stuff, made mistakes, learned lots, and in the end made something resembling a pipe:
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But wait that's not all!

I know how you guys have some incredible pipe socks, boxes, baskets, etc that you deliver your new pipes to your customers with. Now I do respect and appreciate that, please don't take me wrong :)

I thought I would make myself a pipe sock for my new pipe so when my customer recieves it he too will experience the same happiness:

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I put the pipe in the sock and gave it to my wife, in a couple days I will feel like smoking my new pipe and she will deliver it to me in its new sock!

Thanks,
Bill(iard)



PS, having no intentions of ever making pipes for sale I might as well have some fun with it ;)
PPS them little buttons on the camera make the pipe different colors and stuff... I dunno what the little buttons do so I just randomly push them...
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Re: New Pipe and New Pipe Sock

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Very good. Love the pipe sock....HILARIOUS!!!! LOL. Thats a factory stem then? Nice basic pipe! Thats the look I'm going for with my next block.
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Re: New Pipe and New Pipe Sock

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hawky454 wrote:Very good. Love the pipe sock....HILARIOUS!!!! LOL. Thats a factory stem then? Nice basic pipe! Thats the look I'm going for with my next block.
Thanks for the comment and glad to hear someone else shares my odd sense of humor. I can still see just shy of 1000 things wrong with my pipes, which is why I haven't asked for a critique yet, and figure I might as well just have some fun with them (e.g. the sock).

Yes, that's a pre-formed stem. I just put a tenon on it, took down to size, opened, and thinned it. It was sporting my own stem but when I was using my 12" sanding disc I made a very stupid rookie mistake and in the blink of an eye I sanded about 1 quarter of my button off (from the side).

I have it loaded with Wilderness to have after this bowl of HOTW I am DGT'ing from last night.

Cheers,
Bill
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Re: New Pipe and New Pipe Sock

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It's all about enjoying yourself! I have yet to try wilderness. I've been wanting to for some time now.
Go hang a salami I'm a lasagna hog.
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