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Dreadlock Holmes

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While I have had over 850+ different beers, I've only recently been exploring hard liquors. 💁🏾‍♂️🥃 Recently I acquired a taste for Elijah Craig Small Batch Kentucky straight Bourbon. As the bottle got lighter I started to think that this stopper might make a good pipe bowl.

The problem is, I have no idea what it's made out of. 🤷🏾‍♂️And despite E-Mailing Elijah Craig 📨 through their official channels, asking about the wood used in their wood cork stopper manufacture, as well as my hobby intent weeks ago...I have received no reply.

NOW I have heard of wood toxicity, oak being amongst them. 🤔 That might make sense, given that they are aged in oak barrels. Might be what they've used. I've seen folks make other things out of them, from rings to other stuff -BUT never a pipe.

I think I could use one, maybe two of these to make a single pipe bowl, and line it with pipe mortar (activated carbon, plaster of Paris, salt). They are selling these things on the web for some $8 odd (sometimes including shipping, sometimes not). At THAT price, I think I might as well pick up another bottle locally, maybe the rye.🧐

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AroEnglish

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That's an interesting idea. I would try carving a pipe from a kit first before taking on that project since there's a lot of unknowns. You might find that you like carving and take on this project after learning a lot of things. Or you find out you hate it and don't go down a road that would cause you more stress.
 
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Sigmund

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In the event you are successful I say ise good material for your pipe. You never know. It would be a shame to put hours into something that will give you problems.
 
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kcghost

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Take it to anybody who is really good at working wood and ask him what it's made of. In KC we have a guy who works in wood all day long and he'd know.
 
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