Great use of the grain and one of the best looking apples I've seen! And the scrimshaw! Wowza!
7th And Final Pipe in the Alaska Pipe Set (Alaska Native Themed)
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Great pipe to finish the set! I'm normally a sandblast man, but DAMN!, this one is a looker!
Congrat's and it's been fun following this project. You now have a family heirloom set that can be passed on for generations!!............................
Congrat's and it's been fun following this project. You now have a family heirloom set that can be passed on for generations!!............................
Great Looking Set. Bet it was a lot of fun putting it together within your theme!
Thanks for sharing all the wonderful back stories and pictures for all your beautiful pipes. I have Thoroughly enjoyed reading All the posts. I also enjoyed the anticipation of waiting for the next pipe post each time. Well done on a wonderful set of unique and inspired pipes.
Pure genius...the ideas, the execution, and everyone involved. Just amazing.
Beautiful scrimshaw! Lovely grains! You have an amazing 7 day set. They do represent your state very well.
All of them were amazing! The final pipe is really something.
Pretty impressive imagination and implementation.
Pretty impressive imagination and implementation.
Lots of highlights in your set, but this is my favorite, the wood the wood the wood!
Absolutely phenomenal finish to a truly epic set! As an Alaskan in exile, just knowing this set exists makes me proud.
Thanks, man! That means a lot.
Someone had to get a little diversity going up here, since your brother is rapidly filling the entire state with Polinski Oom Pauls ?
I‘ve been following each of your updates to this collection and my jaw dropped a little more with each post. I held back commenting based on the half-a-haircut principle, best to wait and see the final result in full. And what a collection it turned out to be! I can’t imagine a pipe commissioning project more fraught with risk- hard enough to get it right once, let alone seven times. And yet you ended up with seven truly special pipes that are even more special taken together. Amazing!
Any plans for a special case to house them?
We are currently building a new house. My study will have a custom built in desk with surrounding drawers and bookcases designed for pipes/jars/tins. For now, i’ll be building a floating shelf on the wall about a foot above the desk surface with seven magnets built into the bottom to secure the set (like a long, wall mounted, seven pipe magnetic pipe stand).
I may do something more elaborate later on but I think that will look good for now.
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Also, thanks for the kind words. The prospect was definitely intimidating at first, but also remarkably appealing. I figured if I took it one pipe at a time, took my time with planning, and selected carvers based on their strengths as it pertained to the details of each design it was doable. Definitely happy with the results.
The cooperation and patience of the artists was definitely key. They were all excited for the challenge, a couple even carving stummels a second (and in one case third) time because THEY weren’t happy with their first attempt, haha.
They assured me they could sell those anyway, but I still felt bad, haha.
The whole experience was awe-inspiring to be honest. These carvers are truly talented and inspired people, and I am truly humbled by the effort they put into getting it right.