I know, I know, this will illicit a few comments of repulsion. I know, some just hate metal and stones on a pipe. I think that this is a majority viewpoint for the many that find beauty and elegance for the simple craft of the wood in it's pure form. But, please humor me and my customized pipes. At least, I hope that everyone is at least a little amused. ...at least a little.
This came to me as a nasty pipe stummel via the fleabay forjust a couple of dollars. I practically sanded this down about a millimeter on all surfaces to bring it back to where I could see the grain. I cut a new stem for it, drilled it out to my preference of a wide open 4.3mm draft, and added this lapidary work.
I enjoy doing this. I buy them with full intention of making them into something else. This one became a semi-bent bully, with the small slope of the stem. I also added this marquise shaped stone into a bezel that is friction mounted into the briar with pegs into the briar. The stone has been one of my favorite opals for a while now. When I roll it in my fingers, it looks like a shard of a piece of magic. A shard of a window into a world of color and red fire. In these pictures, you don't get the full effect of the fire of the stone. The camera sees through these illusions of lights and colors and shows you the real surface of the stone. This is what makes selling opals online a huge challenge, ha ha.
Anyways, this opal is a Yowah opal from Australia. The characteristics of these opals is that the silicates are formed inside this boulder stone, which is an iron rich ore. And, that magic window thing.
I fired it up last night after putting the final buff on it. I know that I'm weird for loving the first bowl in an uncoated pipe, but to me it gives me an idea about how the briar is going to react with my favorite blends. I know its just more of an intuition thing as to what blend works best with a pipe, but I do enjoy that fresh pipe taste. And, this one smokes itself. With such a wide draft that the natural flow of air in the room keeps a steady flow of the savory goodness flooding my taste buds. She will be nice comfy clencher for sure. The first smoke was St. James Woods, and she took to it like a dream. And, I enjoyed occasionally taking it in hand and gazing into that little oval window into the world of magic fire. A pipe with two fires.
I hope you enjoyed my rant and maybe even pictures of the pipe, ha ha.
Happy Smokes!! :
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This came to me as a nasty pipe stummel via the fleabay forjust a couple of dollars. I practically sanded this down about a millimeter on all surfaces to bring it back to where I could see the grain. I cut a new stem for it, drilled it out to my preference of a wide open 4.3mm draft, and added this lapidary work.
I enjoy doing this. I buy them with full intention of making them into something else. This one became a semi-bent bully, with the small slope of the stem. I also added this marquise shaped stone into a bezel that is friction mounted into the briar with pegs into the briar. The stone has been one of my favorite opals for a while now. When I roll it in my fingers, it looks like a shard of a piece of magic. A shard of a window into a world of color and red fire. In these pictures, you don't get the full effect of the fire of the stone. The camera sees through these illusions of lights and colors and shows you the real surface of the stone. This is what makes selling opals online a huge challenge, ha ha.
Anyways, this opal is a Yowah opal from Australia. The characteristics of these opals is that the silicates are formed inside this boulder stone, which is an iron rich ore. And, that magic window thing.
I fired it up last night after putting the final buff on it. I know that I'm weird for loving the first bowl in an uncoated pipe, but to me it gives me an idea about how the briar is going to react with my favorite blends. I know its just more of an intuition thing as to what blend works best with a pipe, but I do enjoy that fresh pipe taste. And, this one smokes itself. With such a wide draft that the natural flow of air in the room keeps a steady flow of the savory goodness flooding my taste buds. She will be nice comfy clencher for sure. The first smoke was St. James Woods, and she took to it like a dream. And, I enjoyed occasionally taking it in hand and gazing into that little oval window into the world of magic fire. A pipe with two fires.
I hope you enjoyed my rant and maybe even pictures of the pipe, ha ha.
Happy Smokes!! :
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Not a bad looking pipe at all, in my opinion.
