Drunken rustication

[cuchulain]

Last night I sat down at my desk with a glass of bourbon and a nice bowl of Meat Pie. This morning I awoke to an empty bottle, a pile of briar shavings and an unfamiliar pipe.
Piecing together what had happened, I apparently finished the bourbon and decided to rusticate my pipe. With a Buck knife. Evidently I carved all the varnish on the bowl off, then stained the bowl with some Kiwi Parade Gloss.
Now, generally I am not a fan of rusticated pipes, but it actually doesn't look too bad. Just.. carved, instead of gouged out with a chisel. The mostly black bowl is interesting as well.
The only concern I have is the boot polish. Is that safe or should I sand it down and refinish it? It's a drug store Grabow, nothing fancy.

 

[petes03]

Sounds interesting. Got any pics?

 

[cuchulain]

Unfortunately I do not.

 

[tuold]

Yeah, I'd love to see "before and after" pics on that one :D

 

[mso489]

The carving sounds great, the boot polish maybe not so much. You could try a bowl and see if the polish gasses

off a lot of fumes when it warms up. A lot of dyes and pigments are toxic if inhaled in any quantity. I'd sand it off

and just let the tobacco infuse the bowl. Unfinished pipes usually finish themselves nicely.

 

[gtclark]

That must have been one big glass...
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[cortezattic]

8O ...and I thought booze and tobacco mixed. I guess not so much if you're unsupervised. :lol:
Next time, we're making you the designated smoker. :lol:

 

[johnnyiii]

To funny. :P

 

[rangerearthpig]

That's hilarious! You've got to take a pic!! Did you survive the night with no Band-Aids or sutures?

 

[fadingdaylight]

Yeah, I would love to see a pic as well

 

[jeepnewbie]

:rofl:

 

[winton]

I would advise against combining alcohol and sharp blades.

 

[hawke]

Double vision pics accepted :nana:

 

[instymp]

Probably better than doing some gunsmithing.

 

[brudnod]

And you still have ten fingers?!?

 

[cuchulain]

I'll dig out the camera and take a few pictures for you guys. Still have all ten fingers.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Note to self: No bourbon while pipe smoking lol.

 

[lawmax3]

Remember booze and briar don't mix...err something like that.

 

[olewaylon]

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[yaddy306]

Mods, please delete this thread unless the OP posts some photos.