A Joint Lone Star/ Big Van Venture

[bigvan]

As you may remember I took part in the Pipe Making Seminar at the Chicago show this year. I completed a brandy/billiard and started a second pipe I didn't get a chance to finish. I went from a block with a drilled rod (supplied by our friend Lone Star)...


To a finished shape and a basic stem


I finished the stem to about 90% of where it should be and started blasting the bowl. But this was a HARD piece of red briar, so I was barely making a dent and the seminar was ending. Luckily Ryan (aka Lone Star)offered to take it back to his shop and finish it up for me.
So here's what I got in the mail today...




I love smoothing out plateau and leaving the low spots.




The button work is ALL Ryan's


I wish I could say this was a 50/50 collaboration, but without Ryan's expert finish work this would have been a pipe full of sadness.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Wow, great tag team effort guys. You are the Simon & Garfunkle of pipes.

 

[ghost]

Very nice, but I say they're the Loggins and Messina of pipes.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Well, it beats Hall & Oats or Abbott & Costello I guess

 

[bigvan]

Actually we were going for a Mick Jones/ Joe Strummer thing.

 

[zack24]

Nice job guys!

 

[crk69]

Very nice pipe you have there, and good on Lone Star for the help...

 

[gmwolford]

That is a beautiful collaboration. I love everything about it!

 

[rickpal14]

I see Peaches & Cream in that collaboration!!! :D

 

[gwtwdbss]

Great job guys! How does she smoke?

 

[ssjones]

Very nice! I love a team effort, aka Butch & Sundance.

 

[cigrmaster]

Great collaboration, and a heck of a first attempt. I think you guys can be the Donnie and Marie of pipe making.

 

[bigvan]

"... a heck of a first attempt."
Actually Harris, this is the 4th pipe I've ever made. I hope that doesn't change your assessment.
-JJ

 

[judcole]

Nice!

 

[numbersix]

Excellent work - that pipe is very handsome.

 

[patiobum]

Very nice pipe you have there. Both of youse guys did well.

 

[cigrmaster]

jj..........oooooppps. lol
It is still a very nice effort no matter what number you are on.

 

[bigvan]

Thanks Harris.
Roth, it's not as shiny as it appears in the pictures. Also not evident in the photos is Ryan's "burnt cherry" finish (my description, not his). It's a darker red/brown which darkens to near black at the top. I love it.