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Gone Fishin'
My first Blowfish...really some nice grain on this one...(You can tell I haven't spent much time at the beach this weekend- lot's of time in the shop!) -
I Am The Walrus
Pretty much a Dublin Sitter with a foot of fossilized walrus tooth and ebony...The pictures don't do a great job with the color of the fossilized walrus tooth. It's a very rich, cream colored ivory that you don't see much of...Jut some of the odds and ends I've had stashed for 30 years... -
Reverse Calabash Snappin' Turtle
Had a bunch of fun with this one..Really wanted to do a reverse calabash that wasn't clunky and didn't look like a riff on some other guy's design...Finished it off with hand-cut Cumberland stem....and finally managed to cut a button that I'm almost happy with...finished just in time for the... -
An Un-Natural Pipe
I just realized 8 out of 9 of the pipes I shaped in the past few weeks were natural finishes- time for a little color... (Note to self- wear gloves next time!- aniline dyes take days to wear off your hands...) Also- finally broke down and pulled my trusty Canon out of the closet to shoot these... -
Twisted Ram's Horn
Took one piece of really nice briar, a little gaboon ebony, some SEM Ebonite rod, a gallon of sweat, and a couple of beers to produce this one...Finally managed to carve a hand-cut stem that I'm fairly happy with... -
Cherrywood With An Orange Twist
Just finished this one- capped the shank with Osage orange and made the pipe holder out of Osage Orange as well. (Actually finished it yesterday but saw Dar's post on his Osage Orange Pipe and I decided to wait to post it until today. Great minds think alike!) -
Trying Some Bamboo....
My first pipe using bamboo...Worked out pretty well- also cut a Cumberland stem to go with it. Time for a cold one and a bowl... Edit: Corrected capitalization in title per Rule #9, L. Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine -
Ebonite or Cumberland?
Just finishing another pipe. Ferrule is 40 year old ivory, bark out. I'm torn between a Cumberland or Ebonite bit...What do you think? -
Eye of The Storm
I drilled this pipe last weekend and have been dying to get it finished- the only problem is I have a table I roll outside for all my heavy sanding- and it's been raining in Biblical proportions in Sarasota for the past couple of days due to the storm. Finally had a two hour break between rain... -
The Whale
Just finishing up on another pipe from the Italian briar- probably one more pass with a little hand sanding to refine one edge that's annoying me. Just curious on what you guys think- I was going to do a three color stain, but when I have a piece of clean briar with nice grain, my tendency is to... -
Tasty Piece of Briar...
Fairly happy with the results on a pipe I just finished today- nice little piece of Calabrian briar- Also my first stem shaped from the German ebonite rod- New tools, new techniques, and new challenges in that process- Oh well, it gets easier after the first hundred or so...:) -
After 30 Years, It Feels So Good....
Finally carving pipes again...I carved quite a few pipes back in the 80's when I owned a woodcarving shop in Opryland in Nashville, Tn. The park closed and was torn down for a shopping mall, I moved on and got a real job to support the family. For 30 years, I've been lugging a box of briar I...