My first pipe kit project

[juni]

First let me say that I have no experience in woodwork and probably have my thumbs in the middle of my hands. :lol:
I started out with a block of briar with a stem.

Then I did some shaping.

And some more shaping.

Then I used some black stain and sanded it off and did the first coat of real stain.

And here is the final product.

I was unlucky with the grain on my briar, no birdseye or nice flame grain here.

I wanted a pipe with really thick walls so it would feel cool to the hand.

I had my first smoke last night and it smokes really well.
Would I do this again? Definitely. It is a great feeling to start from a block of wood and create something. Smoking a pipe you have made yourself (warts and all) is special.

 

[buckeye]

Great looking pipe for your first one.It will smoke great.

 

[patiobum]

Very nice. Good job !! :clap:

 

[olderthandirt]

probably have my thumbs in the middle of my hands

Aw, your to hard on yourself juni. Great lookin' pipe for the 1st one out of the "block".
Where did you purchase the kit?

 

[juni]

Thanks. I know now to do some things differently next time. :lol:
I got the kit online from a local store (I was too lazy to go there and pick it up).

 

[thesmokindragon]

Sweet pipe brah, looking forward to seeing the next....I can't stop carve'in once I started....

we gonna need a new one to add to TAD, PAD, etc ;-)

 

[yohanan]

Excellent job!!! especially for someone who has his thumbs in the middle of his hands. :clap:

 

[pentangle]

Well looking at the pic i notice a large amount of small black spots.Not having the pipe in my hands e due to the pic i whould assume that the black stain remained in the small craters of a non perfectly sanded briar.You have to sand for hours if necessary to get a polished surface.Before, only before you can stain and if you'll stain two times with a black stain to enchance the grain you have to sand again before the final stain.Remember that sand paper under a grain 1000 leave always invisible scratkes that become visible before stain and wax

ps: not a bad start my friend :wink:

Maurizio

 

[rigmedic1]

I admire your choice of style, as such a thick bowl should yield a cool, comfortable smoke.

 

[ace57]

Looking good. You will be making pipes the rest of Your life now. :clap:

 

[irish2fish]

Good job!! :clap:

 

[bambam]

That came out lookin Sweeet!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work. :clap:

 

[juni]

Thank you.
Pentangle: You are right, I stopped after 800 sandpaper. It felt smooth to me but left those black "dots".
This is so much more compelling than PAD. I already have the next design in my head.

 

[pentangle]

By the way i read in this forum the words "PAD" "TAD" what they means? 8O

Maurizio

 

[markw4mms]

By the way i read in this forum the words "PAD" "TAD" what they means?

PAD = Pipe Acquisition Disorder.

TAD = Tobacco Acquisition Disorder.

 

[pentangle]

Thank you Mark, was not easy to imagine 8O

 

[ontario]

would be proud of that pipe....looks great.

 

[spartan]

All you darn people carving cool pipes.... grrr. lol
Very cool that you started making your own! Soon you'll be drilling the holes the way you want them too!

 

[pentangle]

The problems will come when you'll try to drill a block and have all the bores perfectly centered and at the right height.Shank needs a 3mm air bore and centerered/aligned bore for the tenon but at the same time needs to be perfectly plain to have a optimal conjunction between shank and stem, with bo space and or light between them.A kit resolve the problem but is less funny to work on and have a less quality grain.At finally of course shape you whould like could be not possible to obtain