Just finished my second tamper. This time I made it a little smaller as the first one won't quite fit all my bowls. This one will fit into all the ones I have, I think, except for my Huck Finn. I think the grain looks really awesome on this stuff.
Second Tamper Down, Zebrawood This Time
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Thanks Anthony! I think this is a little better size. The first one got down about 1/3 of the way on my country gent today and my Sleepy Hollow went out twice within a minute and I could not figure out why, then I realized that the diameter was a little too big, but I hate to change it. Works great in the meer, my Grabow and a few others, just not the cobs.
Thanks Scott, I just really love working with wood. Feels satisfying to make something.
Thanks Scott, I just really love working with wood. Feels satisfying to make something.
Siiiick! And if you ever realize you are a super assassin with amnesia and people start attacking you...improvised weapon!
Seriously though, nice work. Beautiful grain.
Seriously though, nice work. Beautiful grain.
Glad you think so, but might be a while. I'm starting out at the very bottom using very meager, yet productive tools. My Dremel is sure getting a heck of a work out! Hopefully I can increase my arsenal as time goes along.
Thank you sir! I truly appreciate it!
Yeah, I really just wanted something more unique to tamp with. Almost everyone uses a czech tool or pipe nail, including me. I watch a lot of the Bremen Pipe Smoker videos and he always has these most excellent tampers that he makes, so I thought, why the hell not. He's got some woods I haven't been able to find yet, but I will at some point. Would love to get my hands on some of that bog oak he uses.
I do plan on it! I'm kinda hooked on carving briar now, after my first version, but I really want access to a good lathe or to be able to get my own some day. For now, I could be satisfied buying the kits and carving them up and maybe getting a fellow pipe club member who has a lot of stem blanks teach me how to turn my own stems. The ones on the kit work, but they're just so bland.
You know? I could be! I mean, who knows what's hidden in my brain covered in dust and cob webs! :lol:
Thanks again! This Zebrawood does have some really nice grain. It's always a surprise too, as the dark grain doesn't always reveal itself until you're carving it. The smell isn't the most pleasant, but nothing like a good pipe filled with Sleepy Hollow burning slow won't fix. :
:I appreciate that! Right now, they're more of in a hobby/practice/developing technique and for personal use until I get better and learn what works and what doesn't for carving them out. Also, I'm experimenting with different woods as I go. Who knows, maybe I'll start selling some of them once they look really good and I get better/faster at producing them. Might could even send a few out that I make to get rid of them at some point so they're not cluttering up the work space. :lol:
Thanks! I really love how the zebra wood looks with the darker grain. Putting the spiral on it made the grain shine even more. It's a great wood to work with as you don't really know what to expect when you carve it, until you do, and then the grain just surprises you.
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