Making a Weichsel Stem for a Kalmasch.

[RustiePyles CPG]

Well @Briar Tuck was kind enough to send me a bunch of cherry pieces to use for my stem. After letting them dry out for a while I finally got around to making the stem today. I used a pre-formed p-lipesque stem and a piece of faux ivory for thread reinforcement. The cork end is reinforced with an aluminum tube to prevent breaking. I gave it coat of boiled linseed oil to give it a bit of an aged appearance.

 

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[canucklehead]

That turned out great! Nice work.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Lovely pipe bro…but now I want to see the shelf of tins and tubs in the background. Looks like a codgers paradise

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Lovely pipe bro…but now I want to see the shelf of tins and tubs in the background. Looks like a codgers paradise

 

[Ahi Ka]

I need to change my undies. Wow

 

[Ahi Ka]

I don’t see an old tin of granger. Is that by choice or you’re still looking for one? My favourite is the pound box of edgeworth RR

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

I don’t see an old tin of granger. Is that by choice or you’re still looking for one? My favourite is the pound box of edgeworth RR

I have several new tubs of granger, full ones. Just haven’t found an old one .

 

[TheIronMonkey]

The cherry still looks so green and fresh. Will it be dry enough for normal use without imparting any vegetal flavour? How long do you think it will take to fully dry out and will that affect the fit much?

It looks great.

 

[Briar Tuck]

Very cool. That looks awesome, and I'm glad that the cherry wood pieces I sent worked out. Great job!

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

The cherry still looks so green and fresh. Will it be dry enough for normal use without imparting any vegetal flavour? How long do you think it will take to fully dry out and will that affect the fit much?

It looks great.

I don’t think it’s dry enough to use yet, but being mostly hollow now it will be soon enough. I wanted to work it while it was still somewhat green to prevent splitting. Drying/shrinking won’t affect to fit, the corked end is tenoned and glued into place.

 

[Ahi Ka]

I have several new tubs of granger, full ones. Just haven’t found an old one .

There’s this really cool auction website called eBay with lots on there.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

There’s this really cool auction website called eBay with lots on there.

I’ve never bought a tin off eBay, I enjoy the hunt. I’ve bought all of em at antique stores, estate sales, garage sales, etc. the only tins I could see myself buying online would be original ATC Rolly Polly (brownie) tins but they are very collectible and tend to sell for a lot of $$$. They’re normally out of my price range.

 

[Ahi Ka]

I thought that may have been the case. Awesome.

 

[UB 40]

You did really nice with the cherrywood stem and the mouthpiece and the adornment.

 

[UB 40]

Especially the screw on mouthpiece is a great deal. Never done anything like that.

 

[kcghost]

Wow, that was quite a bit of work, and you did great job on it but why??

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Wow, that was quite a bit of work, and you did great job on it but why??

Two reasons, first it’s what the pipe would have come with originally around the turn of the century. Second, because I could. I just enjoy old world craftsmanship and doing things the old way.