Craft your own pipe?
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Great! I hope he’s got unlimited talk time on his phone. Bahahahahaha!
Besides all of the talks of oil curing methods, air curing is one of the most important types of curing. Just let it dry out.
Background information:
Curing - Pipedia
Interesting question. You might try the alcohol and salt treatment and see if that helps.
chasing's volcano is a good example of some of the work that has been done by members here. A few have turned out impressive traditional shapes on the first or early tries. Some of the people must have had a head start in woodworking, carving, etc. A few did beautiful pipes with really limited tools.
It's always looked like too time consuming a project for me to take on with other work I do, but I admire the level of work some have done.
It's always looked like too time consuming a project for me to take on with other work I do, but I admire the level of work some have done.
Homemade pipes can be quick, cheap, and ugly too, that is also fun. There are no rules, and you don't have to take it out in public. It doesn't have to be real briar or nice looking on your first try.
Hello,
I recently bought a briar blocks from Italy. Some briar blocks have green coating. I think it's because of the humidity of briar. The question is whether this is due to transport or just brair is wet. The website I ordered it from says that briar is drying 24 months.
What do you think about it?
I recently bought a briar blocks from Italy. Some briar blocks have green coating. I think it's because of the humidity of briar. The question is whether this is due to transport or just brair is wet. The website I ordered it from says that briar is drying 24 months.
What do you think about it?
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Hmmm, I don't get what you mean. I am new in this world...
Sorry, I suppose that is a bit of an insider joke. Very often people see some wierd growth on their tobacco and immediately post on here asking if it is plume (desirable) or mold (undesirable). I was implying that it looks moldy.
I wonder what this coating is, and what should i do to start working on them. Its beacuase I dont want to waste this wood.
I would use a stiff brush and warm water and try washing it off before anything else.
It looks like green mildew. Just brush it off with some water a detergent and you might sanitize it even more with a alcohol rub. Put the blocks in a dry place to dry out even more.
There is a lot of water used, while preparing and curing the briar, so mould can occur easily. To understand the curing process try pipedia: Curing - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/Curing
While working on the block the surface which is now showing mildew will come off anyways.
Where did you buy it? And what have you paid for the briar.
There is a lot of water used, while preparing and curing the briar, so mould can occur easily. To understand the curing process try pipedia: Curing - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/Curing
While working on the block the surface which is now showing mildew will come off anyways.
Where did you buy it? And what have you paid for the briar.
I buy on "thepipeoutlet.com"
Cost with shipping - 144,5 euro for 24 blocks.
Cost with shipping - 144,5 euro for 24 blocks.
In high school some buddies and I all made pipes for ourselves out of Osage, with long church warden stems made of copper tubing. We hammered out little flat mouthpieces and everything, and from what I remember they actually looked kinda cool. We didn’t know what we were doing but it was fun. Never really smoked them much, we were too busy smoking cigarettes and other rollable stuff, lol. I wonder if any of the pipes have survived, be neat to see now.
Check out Pimo Pipe Craft. I used them some years ago and they had (almost) everything needed to make pipes.