Damn son, I thought that my hands looked bad after polishing jewelry all day. You are in some serious need of a moisturizer.
Exotic Materials in Pipes
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Haha, that would be the pipemaker's hands, not mine. Mine look like a baby's bottom compared to his, aside from a couple recent knicks with the moose knife.
One of my last commissions with Rad Davis he made me a Dublin with a ring of 24kt Gold on the pipe, it is pretty cool.
I've got one of those from Scottie!One of my last commissions with Rad Davis he made me a Dublin with a ring of 24kt Gold on the pipe, it is pretty cool.
Shamefully, I don't know yet. Been to busy to bust it out. My other two Scottie's smoke like a dream though, so I'm fully confident. The rim is also a built in tobacco crumble catcher, haha. 0 waste loading!
Unusual if not exotic, Mountain Laurel was used in the U.S. and maybe elsewhere for briar during WWII, when briar was scarce because of battles in briar harvesting areas. The only carver I know of still making pipes of Mountain Laurel is Jerry Perry of Colfax, N.C., in the western part of the state. He offers pipe repair online, but he sells his pipes only at the N.C. State Fair in October at the Village of Yesteryear exhibit, and at the TAPS pipe show in April, also at the Fairgrounds in Raleigh. He also works in briar, maple, and in one case cocobolo. I have three or four of his Mountain Laurel pipes. The grain is not as lavish as briar, but it has a subtle glow and smokes as well as briar.
Made with oak from the ruins of 2000 year old Roman docks in the bottom of the Thames River.
Wow! I'm blown away by all these different pieces. Most especially the Dunhill Thames - I can't help but think back on the ghost wood from the American South that's seldom dredged up and used to craft exquisite violins.
I'm much more utilitarian with my selections, yet one day I wish to commission something that can not only last but has a certain soulfulness to it. Pipe smoking is much more than a mere hobby to myself and I'd like to make something best suited not only for my aesthetic preferences and palate but also what it symbolises. I can think of oak, maybe some black hills gold for the ring and a grainy stem to complement the darkened colour of the wood. Perhaps even olive wood in a classic billiards shape, fitted with a jade tenon and a marble-swirl stem. Something I can take out for a special occasion or even a nicely aged mason jar of tobacco I've cellared...
I'm much more utilitarian with my selections, yet one day I wish to commission something that can not only last but has a certain soulfulness to it. Pipe smoking is much more than a mere hobby to myself and I'd like to make something best suited not only for my aesthetic preferences and palate but also what it symbolises. I can think of oak, maybe some black hills gold for the ring and a grainy stem to complement the darkened colour of the wood. Perhaps even olive wood in a classic billiards shape, fitted with a jade tenon and a marble-swirl stem. Something I can take out for a special occasion or even a nicely aged mason jar of tobacco I've cellared...
They also released a set that had tampers featuring pieces of wood from the Titanic.
That's a tad disconcerting. I'd never want to use anything associated with a tragedy, especially of that magnitude.
That is a very nice collection, I used to have about 50 pipes w about 20 being in the 200-400$ range and my house got robbed and the pipes were stolen that was 5 years ago and I'm still heart broken and my collection never made it close to it's former glory
I've seen petrified mammoth tusk used as a spaceer between shank and stem. 1100$ piece can't remember who the artist was though
I have several more artisans and just as many meerschaums but the set pictured is very special to me as their carver was more family than friend and sadly he passed in the Summer of 2019. If they were stolen I would be devastated.
