My First Rad Wannabe

troutface

Lifer

Oct 26, 2012

2,343

11,511

Colorado

• Apr 21, 2013

• #1

I carved this block about 25 years ago and threw it in a drawer and forgot about it. When I found it a few months ago I took it to the pipe club meeting to ask Simeon Turner if he would put a stem on it for me. When he looked at all the ring grain he got all excited and said we have to blast it. He blasted it and did the stem and natural finish. Glad I listened to him.

 

yohanan

Lifer

Oct 1, 2011

2,120

4,003

Old Belt/U.S.A.

• Apr 21, 2013

• #2

Very Nice!!! :clap:

 

ejames

Lifer

Oct 6, 2009

3,916

22

• Apr 21, 2013

• #3

Nice looking pipe and should be a great smoker!

 

bigvan

Lifer

Mar 22, 2011

2,192

12

• Apr 21, 2013

• #4

Now THAT'S an "artisan pipe". Sure, it helps that you had an assist by Simeon Turner, but the basic proportions of the bowl and stem are excellent.
Well done!

 

uberam3rica

Lifer

Sep 7, 2011

4,015

9

Capac, Michigan

• Apr 21, 2013

• #5

It looks good. I'd have to agree that listening to him was a good idea.

 

pitchfork

Lifer

May 25, 2012

4,030

606

• Apr 21, 2013

• #6

That's the best Troutface-Turner I've seen in some time.
Seriously, that's a nice pipe -- stem and bowl. Well done!

 

cervelojohn

Lurker

Apr 1, 2013

4

0

• Apr 21, 2013

• #7

That is a great looking pipe

 

tbradsim1

Lifer

Jan 14, 2012

9,102

11,061

Southwest Louisiana

• Apr 21, 2013

• #8

#1 with Big Van, Stunning, love it. :clap:

 

cigrmaster

Lifer

May 26, 2012

20,249

57,280

66

Sarasota Florida

• Apr 21, 2013

• #9

That is an awesome looking pipe, great blast, nice shaping, well done.

 

ssjones

Moderator

Staff member

May 11, 2011

18,424

11,326

Maryland

postimg.cc

• Apr 21, 2013

• #10

That great that it was saved all these years and then gets reborn into that shape, wonderful!

 

peckinpahhombre

Lifer

Dec 24, 2012

7,195

456

• Apr 21, 2013

• #11

I love it. What a cool story to have about how that pipe came to be.

 

bigboi

Lifer

Nov 12, 2012

1,192

3

• Apr 21, 2013

• #12

What a cool pipe. Thanks for sharing.

 

troutface

Lifer

Oct 26, 2012

2,343

11,511

Colorado

• Apr 22, 2013

• #13

Thank you for the kind words. I have dubbed it the "Drawer Pipe" and she is smoking as dry as can be. Over 25 years of aging the briar sure does wonders. Wish I had thrown a few more in the drawer :crying:

 

teufelhund

Lifer

Mar 5, 2013

1,497

3

St. Louis, MO

• Apr 22, 2013

• #14

Very nice pipe! There's always old briar blocks on the net somewhere if you start to miss having an unfinished pipe in the drawer or you could get a new block and wait. :wink:

 

fnord

Lifer

Dec 28, 2011

2,746

8

Topeka, KS

• Apr 23, 2013

• #15

It's beautiful, Troutface. Thank you for sharing the great story as well.
Fnord

 

durham270

(Bailey's Briar)

Jan 30, 2013

920

49

61

Kentucky

• Apr 23, 2013

• #16

Very nice indeed!

 

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deanp

Lurker

Apr 20, 2013

26

0

• Apr 23, 2013

• #17

Nice finish, and a great story.

 

gwtwdbss

Lifer

Jun 13, 2012

2,945

16

53

• Apr 23, 2013

• #18

I love that blast and saddle bit. Great job!

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

41,210

60,459

• May 2, 2013

• #19

Ah-ha! That's what we're doing with all these pipes (besides smoking them regularly); we're aging them!

 

ffmurray

Starting to Get Obsessed

Apr 14, 2013

107

0

• May 3, 2013

• #20

its a great looking pipe, both the carving and the finish are great