Homemade Briar/Bamboo Stem Churchwarden Project

Interesting and successfull experiment, congratulations! :clap: Now that you're convinced about the long stem/cooler smoke idea, does this mean your next PAD will be a Churchwarden?
Too bad about the Liverpool/Lovat

It also lends itself to justifying pipes and tobacco over food and family, or maybe that's just me!

Wow, that looks great! Cool project, impressive work. I've been curious about churchwardens since I started piping, can't justify dropping the dough yet, but it's good to hear the concept is a winner. Hmm... Maybe next paycheck!

Nice DIY Churchwarden!! You may even be able to add a small bit at the end to make a little more comfortable in your mouth when puffing. Like an MM eaton style bit. Pretty nifty!!

Keep in mind that the notion that the longer stem cools the smoke more, is a yes and no. Yes, the smoke will be a tad cooler than a stubby pipe; however, nothing will cool the smoke below normal smoke temperatures. You'd have to suck it through ice for that. Also, keep in mind that the stem will act as a condenser coil in an air conditioner, in the effect that condensation will build up along the walls inside and then run down the stem and gurgle where the draft meets the chamber. The Danish masters fix this by drilling the chamber just a tad lower than where the draft meets, allowing that condensation somewhere to go to prevent gurgles. So, if the pipe wasn't designed to offset that, you might be making a bubble pipe.
Most churchwardens of the best designs, still must be sipped slowly. However, I do hear occasionally on here guys that love to choo choo puff those wardens, lol. Enjoy it how you want. That's a very cool looking pipe.

you are the MacGuyver of pipes my friend. nice work on the shrine-warden lol(just making a funny because of the long bamboo stem.)

By popular consensus we usually judge a "good" pipe by the draft meeting up with the chamber at exactly the bottom of the bowl. For straight pipes this is true, most of the time. However, since bent pipes tend to cause more turbulence, thus more of the smoke meets with the inside walls of the stem, causing a condenser, moisture forms. The Danish tend to bore the chamber just a tad lower than where the draft meets. This allows the moisture somewhere to go, so that the pipe doesn't gurgle with a bead of moisture constantly setting at where the draft ends. It just takes one drop of water to make for a miserable smoke. If that drop has somewhere to roll away from the draft, then the smoke is much more pleasant. The trade off is that a few flakes of tobacco don't get completely smoked, and this seems to drive some pipers mad.
Now, your pipe is straight. However, since the stem is so long, the same thing happens as their is more surface area on the inside of the stem. It might benefit from dropping the chamber down below the draft. But, keep in mind that, that would sacrifice a few flakes of tobacco.

Love it! Nice job!