Cooke #4

[fishnbanjo]

With this latest JT Cooke I now own 2 smooth and 2 rusticated!

 

[crimsonrat]

I'm confused, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that sandblasted? Or are you referring to the sandblasting as being a form of rustication? I don't know if someone would rusticate something to mimic the rings that he tries very hard to achieve. http://www.cookepipes.com/About.aspx

 

[elpfeife]

Very nice looking pipe. You got a winner there! Fire it up asap. :clap:

 

[fishnbanjo]

JT Cooke #1, Smooth Cavalier

JT Cooke #2 Rusticated or blasted Cauldron with smooth top

JT Cooke #3 Smooth Poker Sitter with Military style stem

JT Cooke #4 Calabash 1/4 bent Rusticated or blasted

 

[crimsonrat]

So they're sandblasted, then, right?

 

[tuold]

That poker is my favorite! I have nothing like that yet. Someday.
@crimsonrat, I have seen the terms rusticated and sandblasted used interchangeably so I understand the confusion. Maybe somebody will clarify. Can rustication apply to both carved and sandblasted?

 

[deuce26]

I've always though a pipe was either smooth or rusticated. Crimson can you explain the difference between rusticated and sandblasted? Beautiful pipes by the way.

 

[crimsonrat]

Rustication is generally made by taking some sort of homemade tool or dremel and gouging out pieces of the briar. Done a lot of times to hide flaws in wood, and by proxy, hides the grain. With sandblasted, they put it in a cabinet with a window on it and hit it with pressurized air and some sort of medium... i.e. walnut shells, glass beads, sand, etc... the soft spots in the wood are removed in a natural pattern, hiding straight grain, but revealing the rings, such is the case with the calabash shaped one. I'm a pedant, and it is a pet peeve of mine when I see rustication and sandblasted used interchangeably. Like when a Devil Anse pipe is called a Devil's Anse. It was named after someone, not one of Lucifer's posessions. And when brindle colored acrylic is referred to as Cumberland. I can get off on a tangent about "Cumberland" being a Dunhill name for red/black vulcanite, but whatever.

 

[crimsonrat]

Gotta disagree with you gig. I believe the light brown is blasted. A reverse image search brings up the original smokingpipes listing and you can see on the front, chin, and some of the bottom of the bowl the transition to birdseye: http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/united-states/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=137124

 

[tbradsim1]

. Cooke Sandblast.

same pipe from the back.

 

[dmcmtk]

Banjo, what a great pipe sir!!!

 

[tbradsim1]

Fish forgive me for hijacking your thread I just wanted to show examples of Sandblast, love your unique Cookes.

 

[sablebrush52]

The term that's getting bandied about these days is "micro" blasting, wherein the material used allows for some very fine control of the blast. Cooke's a master at it and Von Erck's no slouch either, though I'm pretty sure that Von Erck uses some rustication in concert with his blasts to get the effect that he gets.
Those Cookes are stunning!

 

[allan]

Fish
I just love your latest Cooke. The bend is just perfect
I would like to own a Cooke one day, but he primarily uses acrylic for his stems and I just can't tolerate the plastic
Enjoy that beauty

 

[psychpipes]

@fishnbanjo You sure have some beautiful pipes. I really like the cavalier.

@tbradsim1 I now have pipe jealousy. Love that pipe.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Beautiful pipes fish, as usual!