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Red/White striped stem material?
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:44 am
by caskwith
Has anyone got something like this I can buy a piece of? One of my customers young daughters sent me a lovely handwritten letter and drawing a pipe she would like me to make for her dad. The design calls for a red and white striped "like a humbug" stem. Unfortunately I don't have anything like this but I am going to try my hardest to find some so I don't disappoint her.
Re: Red/White striped stem material?
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:33 am
by Joe Hinkle Pipes
Re: Red/White striped stem material?
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:38 am
by caskwith
In a pinch one of those would do I think, but really I need more stripes, this is my design spec
Re: Red/White striped stem material?
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:41 pm
by socrates
I have seen these on the bay.
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Re: Red/White striped stem material?
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:43 pm
by caskwith
Yeah I looked on ebay but I couldn't find a suitable striped blank.
Re: Red/White striped stem material?
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:35 pm
by d.huber
I've been looking for you but all I've seen are swirls or large stripes, nothing small and repetitive like in the drawing. Does your supplier for polyester have something like the clown rods you got recently?
Re: Red/White striped stem material?
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:10 am
by caskwith
No they don't unfortunately. Their selection of Reds in general is poor
Re: Red/White striped stem material?
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:17 am
by LatakiaLover
Chris --
You might give Jim Cooke a call. He casts his own acrylic stems all the time, and has done some really out-there stuff.
Re: Red/White striped stem material?
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:15 pm
by BobR
Are red strip inlays a totally stupid idea? I'm sure that would be challenging, or impossible?