Thanks everybody for the nice words about my pipe holders. Today I'll show my first pipes.
This is the semifinished pipe block I used:
I decided to make a tulip shape pipe and after hours of work I understood that as a beginner I had to choose an easier work. Anyway this is the result:
I liked it, but going on in manifacturing pipes I understood it had lot of faults.
For an easier work I used this rough pipe:
and made an "à la coque" egg:
I coloured and polished only the shank and I kept a rough finishing for the bowl. The white part is painted with enamel, the removable yolk is wood.
The third pipe I want to show is the easier for a pipemaker: a freehand. I didn't drill the holes by myself yet so I used this:
I liked Poul Winslow freehands, but since I could not buy one I made this:
At the moment I didn't understand the mistake I made, I learned it afterwards from Tom Eltang who opened my eyes on a different way to build pipes. But this is another story.
This is the semifinished pipe block I used:
I decided to make a tulip shape pipe and after hours of work I understood that as a beginner I had to choose an easier work. Anyway this is the result:
I liked it, but going on in manifacturing pipes I understood it had lot of faults.
For an easier work I used this rough pipe:
and made an "à la coque" egg:
I coloured and polished only the shank and I kept a rough finishing for the bowl. The white part is painted with enamel, the removable yolk is wood.
The third pipe I want to show is the easier for a pipemaker: a freehand. I didn't drill the holes by myself yet so I used this:
I liked Poul Winslow freehands, but since I could not buy one I made this:
At the moment I didn't understand the mistake I made, I learned it afterwards from Tom Eltang who opened my eyes on a different way to build pipes. But this is another story.
