My 1st Hack-a-bowl

[thesmokindragon]

My first hack up, how many have you other carvers hacked before you got a "good one" :crying:
Hack#1

Hack#2

 

[pawpaw]

if a canadian has a long wooden stem would that be considered a mexican?

 

[thesmokindragon]

:rofl:
thanks brothers

 

[unclearthur]

Not bad. The bowl to stem transition is a bit abrupt though. 8O. It took screwing up a few blocks to get the hang of making pipes. I had done a few in cherry before trying briar. Briar is a whole different critter to work with.

 

[thesmokindragon]

I was after this Castello bent dublin-KKKK (better perhaps purchase...waiting for my pipe-making skills to improve to that level...I may never smoke another bowl :crying:

 

[thesmokindragon]

My Sav-510EX isn't a joke smoker (keep it with English-blends only) at only $5x.xx was after another pipe-maker's design of this style :wink:

 

[jsullivan]

Its nice know there are other guys on here that are starting the carving habit as well. There should be plenty of experience and help to go around. Thats a very nice bowl you have there dragon. beutiful grain.

 

[pentangle]

the lenght of the shank is one of the most important thing in a pipe not only for the beauty of the shape.Short shank will ever make condenses.Transition between shank and stem needs also to be perfected.As i told you in the past and as Unclearthur said also there are several steps to do to learning on making pipe.Jumping some step it delays the result an get some disappointment

Maurizio

 

[ejames]

Looks good but needs more shank.Got a piece of scrap you can turn to make a shank extension with? Or maybe some other type of wood.

 

[pentangle]

there's not briar enough to put an insert.Getting a plane surface on the shank wilt decrease the briar and no extension whould be possible without to enter into the bore chamber

 

[ejames]

You're right,once it was faced there would not be enough material to put an extension

 

[unclearthur]

BONDO!!!

 

[wildcat]

DUCT TAPE!

 

[baronsamedi]

Ya win some, ya lose some. Just don't quit and you'll be alright.

 

[ejames]

JB WELD ! I've used it to glue together two pipes with broken shanks,still smoking both!

 

[pentangle]

"JB WELD ! I've used it to glue together two pipes with broken shanks,still smoking both"

Don't think i whould like to glue a pipe just carved.Prefer make another and forget what happen as soon as possible because doing ourselves is doing for the best possible compatibly with our possibilities

 

[ejames]

I see your point Pentangle. But with the cost of briar why not save it it if possible? Would make a good yard or shop pipe! Dragon,if you don't want to mess with it I'd give it a shot!

 

[olderthandirt]

As it is, it resembles a Don with respect to the nub of a shank.

Go ahead and perhaps give it a quill type of stem and see what it does.

 

[pentangle]

Looks more like a plumber work 8O

short shank always make condenses

 

[olderthandirt]

short shank always make condenses

I wouldn't say always pentangle.

I've a Tankard and a Barrel from Petersons and have as yet to have any issues with either of them gurgling or ending up with undue condensate at the end of a smoke. Granted they both have about 3x the shank that smokingdragons "hack-a-bowl" has (-:

hmmm, no pic of the Barrel... must needs address that