Here I am, not having finished or smoked my first homemade pipe that I am already getting two more. This time from a local pipe maker using Greek briar, so hopefully should be pretty good wood. They are both pre-drilled, and drilled perfectly straight. Both have fairly cavernous cylindrical bowls so I want to use them for VaPer flakes exclusively.
What I'd like to do is to make a sitter poker with a slight angle for the chunky poker block, and a zulu type with the plateau block. I know it won't be proper zulu since they are mostly drilled with a slightly obtuse angle but that's my plan anyway.
I dabbed a bit of water to see the grain, I like both the birdseye grain of the poker as well as the curved grain of the plataeu. Pity the block was not cut from the other side so the grain could follow the stem but can't do anything about that.
Really looking forward to some recommendations, including for colouring. I'm thinking I may not get PAD, but instead PMakingD
What I'd like to do is to make a sitter poker with a slight angle for the chunky poker block, and a zulu type with the plateau block. I know it won't be proper zulu since they are mostly drilled with a slightly obtuse angle but that's my plan anyway.
I dabbed a bit of water to see the grain, I like both the birdseye grain of the poker as well as the curved grain of the plataeu. Pity the block was not cut from the other side so the grain could follow the stem but can't do anything about that.
Really looking forward to some recommendations, including for colouring. I'm thinking I may not get PAD, but instead PMakingD