Well I've been wanting to try my hand at carving a pipe for quite some time. I ordered a Jumbo Grade 1 Plateau block from Vermont Freehand a while back, and put my other supplies on a christmas list and my family came through for me on that. I still need to order some dyes when it's time to stain. But I'm off and running on this thing now. I started with this ginormous chunk of briar... pre drilled.
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I mean seriously... this thing is MONSTROUS!
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I used a coping saw to... well, you know, make it look kind of like a pipe.
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You know... I imagined this was going to be a lot of work, and using only a coping saw, files, and a wood rasp I figured I was in for quite an endeavor. But GEEEZ briar wood is hard as stone! And I gotta tell you... my arms are getting tired from all the rasping and filing and cutting and rasping. And I'm thinking to myself the whole time... "Why in the name of all that is holy did I purchase a briar block the size of a Volkswagon? But I'm having fun and I'm making progress, and heck, I might just pop a stem in this bad boy and smoke it as is. :D
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I wouldn't clench it though.
I mean seriously... this thing is MONSTROUS!
I used a coping saw to... well, you know, make it look kind of like a pipe.
You know... I imagined this was going to be a lot of work, and using only a coping saw, files, and a wood rasp I figured I was in for quite an endeavor. But GEEEZ briar wood is hard as stone! And I gotta tell you... my arms are getting tired from all the rasping and filing and cutting and rasping. And I'm thinking to myself the whole time... "Why in the name of all that is holy did I purchase a briar block the size of a Volkswagon? But I'm having fun and I'm making progress, and heck, I might just pop a stem in this bad boy and smoke it as is. :D
I wouldn't clench it though.