So recently I got into smoking, and I made myself what I think is called a cherrywood pipe, (it stands up and has an angle cut to the bottom of the stummel I believe it’s called) I used pear wood because it think it’s ok ? ( I don’t know though if anyone has anything on it it’d be appreciated! ) for the stem I used some crappy old wood because I don’t have any maple that’s dry yet, I’m wondering if I could use oak? I know it’s cancerous, but that’s only if burned right? And if it’s the stem it should be fine I think? I don’t know, what do you guys think?
New Pipe Maker—A Ton of Questions!
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I would suggest you look on the pipemakersforum.com website. It is specifically for pipe makers even amateurs.
Gotcha, I was looking around the internet and couldn’t find a specific answer to the question that I had up in my first comment, for the stem of my pipe, can I use oak? Or is it still too risky because of the cancer risk?
Since you're interested in learning about making pipes I suggest that you check out this forum:
which is solely dedicated to pipe making and whose membership has a lot of professionals on it.
There's a spin-off group called "Pipe Makers" on Facebook, you'll get the same people and same advice there. Oak isn't super toxic (stay away from African hardwoods), things like walnut are worse on most of the indexes. But "getting cancer" really can't be your main fear if you are making.... smoking tools. This is like a mechanic who is afraid of oil.
just want to minimize all the risks though!Oh I have another question, this time about stains, is it just basically paint for wood? Can I use linseed oil? What’s the best stain for maple? Thanks!
Pipes are usually dyed with alcohol-based pigments. Maple might take regular wood stain but it's not known for it, really, it's pretty light colored and pretty densely grained. For real, look at pipemakersforum, there is an answer for everything there.
While there are a few pipeMAKERS here, this is primarily a pipeSMOKERS Forum
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You might get more help here
Mate, no apologies needed
Just pointing out you will get answers backed by actual experience if you ask the right people
If you ask the same question of me you’d get an opinion, which might just be an educated guess, rather than fact
ok so a more smoking related question this time, I’m looking to buy some tobacco, but the closest store is over an hour away, are there any reputable site you guys recommend to buy tobacco? Is it even possible?
Yes unless you living in WA. I think there are other states or cities too but Washington for sure.
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