Freehand Pipes?
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I don't think that a machined pipe could be defined free hand, maybe free shape if the shape is not ordinary.Otherwise how we could define a fully hand made pipe? That's my opinion of course and don't think that expose a diffeent opinion could be offensive or annoying .If so sorry i'm in a wrong place
Maurizio
Maurizio
To me, and I have been doing this for 40 years, freehand is a shape, not a construction method. A "handmade" pipe should bring a higher price but with that said, the market will bear what it will. Pipes are art, that you use. You can purchase a very good looking freehand pipe, at a price that won't cost you a car payment, and be happy. I knew what you meant nsfisher in your first post.
@hnryclay: you can't go wrong with a Nording, I have 3 with 2 more coming.
Bootleg, dude, that Celius is awesome! I covet that pipe. :
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EDIT: @profpar: nice link, I am going to get the checkbook.
@hnryclay: you can't go wrong with a Nording, I have 3 with 2 more coming.
Bootleg, dude, that Celius is awesome! I covet that pipe. :
:EDIT: @profpar: nice link, I am going to get the checkbook.
I don't care for the look of most freehand pipes. But that's just me. I remember back in the 70's when it seemed like everybody was trying to out do one another with weird shapes. A lot of them looked ridiculous, just to be different I think.
I'm sure a lot of the time it was just so the carver could use a flawed block of brair, and come away with a "masterpiece freehand".
No. I was glad to see some normality return to the pipe making community.
I'm sure a lot of the time it was just so the carver could use a flawed block of brair, and come away with a "masterpiece freehand".
No. I was glad to see some normality return to the pipe making community.
I guess freehand is an old term that is still just being used out of habit. When I started working in the business back in the late '70's, freehand was the terminology used for any pipe that didn't adhere to a standard shape, and I guess it still is for the most part(at least here in the US) as can be seen on the major e-tailers sites for pipes by Nording for instance. I know for a fact that these pipes that run $75-$100 aren't completely hand made, but the term freehand is still used. I thing freestyle, or freeshape might be a more accurate description of the pipe, but it seems old habits, or in this case nomenclature dies hard. Just my $.02.
Well i understand that probably there's a difference between Europe and Usa.The confusion is probably due to that.The best example is the James Upshall production for the most part rigorously of English style but the printing over the shank says " FH James Upshall + shape number" .The Uphall pipes could be made entirely by hand (?) the FH (free hand) means hand without help of any machine..........so Free ,also in the english standard shapes.
So we could say it's only a definition not important at all.When i buy a pipe for 30 $ new i can define it free shape because i'm sure no hand worked as free on that pipe.But if in Usa you prefer to call that pipe freehand , well nothing change at all.Surely a 30$ pipe it is worth what it costs freehand or freeshape
Maurizio
So we could say it's only a definition not important at all.When i buy a pipe for 30 $ new i can define it free shape because i'm sure no hand worked as free on that pipe.But if in Usa you prefer to call that pipe freehand , well nothing change at all.Surely a 30$ pipe it is worth what it costs freehand or freeshape
Maurizio
I bought my freehands in the 80's: a Nording,
a Ben Wade,
a Jobey
and an Edwards.
All are excellent smoking pipes, but big and heavy. None were more than $45.00 back then. I also have an oddball, a Rungstead Seafarer, again its a nice pipe, but really big. Of all these, I like the Nording best.
a Ben Wade,
a Jobey
and an Edwards.
All are excellent smoking pipes, but big and heavy. None were more than $45.00 back then. I also have an oddball, a Rungstead Seafarer, again its a nice pipe, but really big. Of all these, I like the Nording best.
OK what I have learned from this is that "freehand" refers only to a non-conventional shape, therefore no 2 will ever be identical be the characteristics of the original lump of briar are retained.
I think the term for a completely hand-made, no machinery used pipe should be Hand-Made or Hand-carved, period!
The current status quo is misleading for new players.
I think the term for a completely hand-made, no machinery used pipe should be Hand-Made or Hand-carved, period!
The current status quo is misleading for new players.
A lot of those turn up on ebay. I rather like the look of freehand pipes but I dislike the large bowls due to the problem of having screwed up hands and holding them can be less than comfortable for me. One other thing is in the 70's the stump on a stick style was popular. They just lacked class in my opinion. Sort of soured me on freehands.
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