Pipe carving project

[pipmannen]

Thank you for all nice comments! Proper tripoli and polishing compounds as well as staining liquid is now bought, so hopefully I will finish this one tonight. Nikko: Yes I think I have, already got two more blocks waiting

 

[hobojoe]

Man-Oh-Man If My CFO saw that picture and the tools that you used,I would be banded

from all tool stores

Great Crafting

Joe St

 

[pipmannen]

I have now stained the wood. First coat black, second black brown and third golden brown. I sanded in between first and second coat. It was a bit tricky to know how much stain to add, sometimes I had to wipe off some excess with a cloth and the stain was a bit sticky. My biggest mistake was that I forgot to mount the stem before sanding the first coat :?, so the fitting of the stem isn't as good as before unfortunately, there is a slight gap and miss alignment, but now I will remember this for the next pipe. I still need to pollish it more ( the surface isn't perfect, it has some small scratches from the sanding ) especially the stem, and add Carnuba wax, but thats for tomorrow!

 

[ejames]

Your stains are "sticky"? What kind are you using?

 

[pipmannen]

I use alcohol based wood stain. I think I added a too thick layer, so I wiped the excess off with a rug and it got a bit sticky at that point. But it tried out nicely. I'm not too good in explaining this in English Next time I will test stain on a separate piece of wood first.

 

[juni]

Wow! That birdseye is amazing. I am very envious. :clap:

 

[seanz]

wow! thanks for sharing the experience with us :D

thats an amazing pipe :clap:

 

[jasongone]

beautiful sir

 

[pipmannen]

Thank you

 

[atuukson]

great work!
(snyggt jobbat mannen!)

 

[pipmannen]

Tackar

 

[pipmannen]

I consider it done now and move on to the next one

 

[olderthandirt]

Thanks for detailing the steps you took in applying the stain.

Smoke that pipe with pride!

 

[unclearthur]

Superb!

 

[ace57]

:clap: