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Well, I just wanted to share a bit of my evolution in the world of pipes. Sorry for my approximative english, I come from Belgium.
I started a few years ago by restoring old estates and it has became a part time activity for me (about 1 or 2 days a week), putting back estates to life and getting them back on the market.
I have spent the money earned by this activity in tools and now, since a few months, I am mounting preturned stummels, which I wanted to share with you, not for getting free pub but just for reading your comments as I know that US pipemakers are doing very well and have reached a high level of craftmanship. Of cours,e I am still restoring pipes, becausde I love that but in the same time, I try to go on with moutning pipes too.
In the future, I will surely like to improve my skills and begin with hand carved pipes but so far, I prefer to improve my mounting abilities and develop varieties.
Below are some of my mounts made last year.
-One of my favorite rusticated pipe wich I adapted for 9mm filters:
-A Bent Dublin Shape stummel which I stained then cleared & mounted with a long brown horn stem:
-A Large Bent with partial rustication & vulcanite blue stem (well some people like, most don't :lol: )
-A large Lovat with light rustication:
-My very first sandblasted Billiard end of 2014, I had chance because the briar was young enough to sand deeply and offered a nice grain, I mounted it with a cumberland premolded stem:
-A Bent Egg with curious rustication and stain in grey, it seems like a stone but much lighter :wink: : this one smokes like a goddess:
-With this stummel, I really enjoyed the sand process, well surprised to get a ring grain, also mounted with a cumberland stem, you can see the stummel before and then finished:
Well, I hope that you appreciate it and maybe I will add some other but if you don't, that doesn't hurt me, I learn also by negative opinions !
Well, I just wanted to share a bit of my evolution in the world of pipes. Sorry for my approximative english, I come from Belgium.
I started a few years ago by restoring old estates and it has became a part time activity for me (about 1 or 2 days a week), putting back estates to life and getting them back on the market.
I have spent the money earned by this activity in tools and now, since a few months, I am mounting preturned stummels, which I wanted to share with you, not for getting free pub but just for reading your comments as I know that US pipemakers are doing very well and have reached a high level of craftmanship. Of cours,e I am still restoring pipes, becausde I love that but in the same time, I try to go on with moutning pipes too.
In the future, I will surely like to improve my skills and begin with hand carved pipes but so far, I prefer to improve my mounting abilities and develop varieties.
Below are some of my mounts made last year.
-One of my favorite rusticated pipe wich I adapted for 9mm filters:
-A Bent Dublin Shape stummel which I stained then cleared & mounted with a long brown horn stem:
-A Large Bent with partial rustication & vulcanite blue stem (well some people like, most don't :lol: )
-A large Lovat with light rustication:
-My very first sandblasted Billiard end of 2014, I had chance because the briar was young enough to sand deeply and offered a nice grain, I mounted it with a cumberland premolded stem:
-A Bent Egg with curious rustication and stain in grey, it seems like a stone but much lighter :wink: : this one smokes like a goddess:
-With this stummel, I really enjoyed the sand process, well surprised to get a ring grain, also mounted with a cumberland stem, you can see the stummel before and then finished:
Well, I hope that you appreciate it and maybe I will add some other but if you don't, that doesn't hurt me, I learn also by negative opinions !
