Oak Pipe?
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I like make'in my practice pipe carves out of Apricot and Olive woods, so far they have all been fantastic smokers for me, even for practice pipes...once the bowl is burned up it smokes just like any other pipe I have made from Briar and I don't feel bad about chuck'in a $4. block of it into the woods...followed by some heavy words :
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Here is my Olive wood Jaw Breaker w/better stem on her...smoke'in up some nice H&H Classic Burley Kake
:Here is my Olive wood Jaw Breaker w/better stem on her...smoke'in up some nice H&H Classic Burley Kake
Pretty beefy looking pipe! Thanks for sharing! I may need to pick your brain on setting the stem...I currently have the bowl carved out, but haven't drilled the shank as I wasn't sure what to use / how do do it. I've been carving / shaping by hand, and have a dremel for sanding.
@cthulhu- Thanks brah, this one is a monster at 4.1oz, a 2-3/4" depth on a 1" tobacco chamber...but a damn good smoker so far for a practice pipe.
BTW: Our resident pipe-master Uncle A sent me this link (thanks Unc) when I was start'in out http://www.pfeifenfreun.de/bastel/bohren/index_e.html
I have done this Olive wood jaw breaker all freehand, even drill'in , which I have seen some masters do and think nothing of it, for me it is a two-three block/kill process at this point :-( other pipe-masters have also given me this advice on drill'in order; Always drill the mortise than airhole than tobacco chamber last in that order, so I listen...you can adjust your depth as you go along so they meet perfect depth wise ::
BTW: Our resident pipe-master Uncle A sent me this link (thanks Unc) when I was start'in out http://www.pfeifenfreun.de/bastel/bohren/index_e.html
I have done this Olive wood jaw breaker all freehand, even drill'in , which I have seen some masters do and think nothing of it, for me it is a two-three block/kill process at this point :-( other pipe-masters have also given me this advice on drill'in order; Always drill the mortise than airhole than tobacco chamber last in that order, so I listen...you can adjust your depth as you go along so they meet perfect depth wise :
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I have made 3 pipes from oak (from a single 10" branch)... not even burl :P and they smoke well!!
TBH as a newbie i haven't actually smoked briar so I can't compare
I've done all mine freehand with common houshold drillbits.
As for drilling order I have been drilling draft first followed by the Chamber. As I finished all three bowls before planning stems I drilled the mortis' last.
TBH as a newbie i haven't actually smoked briar so I can't compare
I've done all mine freehand with common houshold drillbits.
As for drilling order I have been drilling draft first followed by the Chamber. As I finished all three bowls before planning stems I drilled the mortis' last.
I've owned a couple of oak pipes, and have had no problems with the way they smoke. They do tend to colour a bit irregularly with use, and this at first scared the hell out of me, as I thought a burnout was occurring. But it's just a matter of colouring; no burnouts yet! And no unpleasant taste.
4dot, what was the source of your oak pipes? Has oak been used from time to time in the past for commercially
produced pipes, or is it strictly an artisan material? I have two Mountain Laurel pipes by an artisan carver, who has
carried over use of Mountain Laurel from its use during World War II when briar was unavailable. These pipes smoke
well and look very briar-like. It's apparently not that available, and most of this carver's work is now in briar.
The oak pipe project sounds like a good one, if the bad taste can be exorcised, or is already gone from drying and aging.
produced pipes, or is it strictly an artisan material? I have two Mountain Laurel pipes by an artisan carver, who has
carried over use of Mountain Laurel from its use during World War II when briar was unavailable. These pipes smoke
well and look very briar-like. It's apparently not that available, and most of this carver's work is now in briar.
The oak pipe project sounds like a good one, if the bad taste can be exorcised, or is already gone from drying and aging.
"4dot, what was the source of your oak pipes?"
Both oak pipes are from Poland: one from Mr Brog, and the other from a manufacturer whose name I don't recall - and it is unmarked other than the shape number.
Both oak pipes are from Poland: one from Mr Brog, and the other from a manufacturer whose name I don't recall - and it is unmarked other than the shape number.
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