Rustification Feedback?

[billiard]

Please ignore the pipe itself.

Early on I ran into a issue with the block and decided that it would never make a finished pipe of quality to get a spot on one of my racks so I just used it to work on a few of the issues I could use help with. I did a bit button (albeit thick) just for practice then blasted it with the heat gun and gave it as much of a bend the still fat stem could handle. I figure friends will smoke just about any free pipe you give them so if it salvaged it's better than tossing it.

Since I had a whole bunch of wood to mess with on what was to be a short fat nosewarmer (it's 4.25") I thought I could also use it to practice some rustification. I used a different technique for this one, well really just a new tool but this one has a handle so it is much nicer to use.

* Now, I realize some of you do not like rustification at all, but for those of you who will abide it: I would really appreciate your thoughts on it as I personally like it and think I might like to use it on a nicer pipe (if I ever make one).



Thanks very much,
Billiard

[taharris]

I'm not a big fan of rustication, but I think you did a nice job on this one.

The pattern is uniform and random.

My only comment is that I would rather the rustication be more shallow.
But that's just my personal preference.

Nice job.

[wdteipen]

I like it. I also like the pipe, FWIW.

[Traderbob]

Wow - that looks great! I love deep rustication.

[Tyler]

Looks good to me. Much better than most, in fact.

[RadDavis]

Nice!

What did you rustify it with?

Rad

[billiard]

Thanks very much for the feedback everyone, I appreciate it.

I just spent a bunch of money on a really good extra large block that I want to make a magnum with in this shape (though completed and not the super thick stem) and if the block doesn't hold up I am going to rusticate it like this then.

Nice!

What did you rustify it with?

Rad

Thanks very much Rad. It's one of those weird little homemade tools. I heated the end up of a piece of metal with my neighbor's torch then pounded it up, bent it, filed some grooves in it and sharpened it. I stuck it in a couple inches of a wood dowel and then wrapped duct tape around the end of the dowel for a little cushion. Looks pretty idiotic to be honest but what they hey.

I took the stummel and the tool with me to my son's football practice and as I sat there watching him play I just jabbed it in there and twisted it around a bunch. I only rusticated my finger one time in the process... and I think that should count as a sports injury

[TRS]

I took the stummel and the tool with me to my son's football practice and as I sat there watching him play I just jabbed it in there and twisted it around a bunch. I only rusticated my finger one time in the process... and I think that should count as a sports injury

Did you find yourself sitting alone?

[billiard]

Did you find yourself sitting alone?

It's pop warner (5, 6, and 7 year olds) so there was a whole bunch of mom's and little ones all around me... I actually did really well with self control part and kept the extremely loud profanity ridden rant to the inside of my pumpkin head!

[TRS]

"Yup, that's my dad over there; he's the one viciously attacking a chunk of wood with a prison shank."

[Tyler]

Ha! I almost always take a few blocks of briar to my 6-year old's soccer games/practice and stare at the grain and pencil shape ideas on the side. It's a perfect venue, other than the odd looks from concerned mothers.

[jogilli]

I like the rustification also.. and when I trod along w/my son to fencing I have a "bag on the go"... last tournament I attended.. parking was under an overpass next to a gym.. took my little bag on the go and sat out there for hours with knives.. sandpaper.. etc and shaped two bowl.. and smoked a pipe.. had my homemade leather apron on ... and smoked a pipe or two in the process... I think I heard "Mama, what's that man doing?"

gotta pass the time somehow.. fencing lasts about 3/4s of a day

james

[Boekweg]

Very nice pipe you have made there billiard!

[taharris]

It's one of those weird little homemade tools.

Hey Billiard, please post a picture.

[billiard]

Hey Billiard, please post a picture.

With respect sir, I would like to decline that invitation.I would like to use this tool for the next pipes I make that end up rustic and perhaps with a few more attempts it will give me my own personal style of it. Thanks much for understanding that.

Here is a well known carver's write up and demo of tools that I referenced when coming up with mine: http://fillenwarthpipes.com/rustic1.htm

Please note that I am not trying to compare\contrast\classify my work in any way in relation to his, and I realize many folks on here could duplicate mine. It's pretty easy to do, I just have been messing around with trying to find the proper tool for my personal usage for a bit now is all.

Thanks again for understanding,
Billiard

[baweaverpipes]

RUSTIFICATION: Its the action of making a modern or urban environment seem aesthetically traditional or rural. For example putting a wood burning stove and rustic floor boards into a modern city apartment.

Also, in China, many were sent into rustification, an internal exile.

[Sasquatch]

Bruce, that's Rusticification - totally different again.

[baweaverpipes]

Bruce, that's Rusticification - totally different again.

Sas, you been taking ignoramus lessons from eRemarkable or a wannabe hillbilly?
Rustification, yet another:

[Sasquatch]

JEEE Zuzzz.... I'll give you two dollas fifty for that there wreck right now, like, son.

[taharris]

Hey Billiard, please post a picture.

With respect sir, I would like to decline that invitation.I would like to use this tool for the next pipes I make that end up rustic and perhaps with a few more attempts it will give me my own personal style of it. Thanks much for understanding that.

No problem. We can't give away all of our secrets!

Besides, the informatio in the link you posted is what I was wanting anyway.

Thanks for the link.

Todd