Youtube Repair Project #3 just added -- Ornamental Shank Reconstruction
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Watched the whole set of episodes and I'm bummed the airway is "different". But it was fascinating to watch.
George, you said you were going to radius the "horn" at the hard corner at it's stem end, that would have been interesting to see. It looks like the edge was only "softened" very slightly? The original horn extension in video #1 appears to have a more domed shape at the end, or is it my eyes?
In the original pipe, did the briar sleeve only go as far as the trim ring?
In the original pipe, did the briar sleeve only go as far as the trim ring?
Yes, I stopped the video. I meant in the other direction, towards the bowl of the pipe. My understanding from what you determined, was this briar was part of the trim ring/horn extension assembly when the pipe was made, and not the shank's wood having been turned as originally thought? That it effectively formed a briar sleeve for the tenon. So it "plugged in" to the mortise drilling in the shank?
That seems to have been the case. An odd way to go about it, for sure, but the only method that allowed the sleeve to exist AND have an "elbow" in the airway at the base of the shank.
How much of all that was planned and how much was improvisation to salvage the design we'll never know, of course. :lol:
How much of all that was planned and how much was improvisation to salvage the design we'll never know, of course. :lol:
Agreed. Have you ever worked on any of the older Larsen pipes? They used the steel tube in the shank mortise into the horn, with a separate reinforcement piece at the military mount end.
You can see on the sandblasted pipe, the outer ring was done a little bit better. Just one of several differences in these hand made "catalog" shapes. Shape 48 by Sven Knudsen, both from the Larsen Copenhagen period.
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