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If there's a bent bulldog/rhodesian, I'm all over that! $30 for a handcrafted piece is an amazing price.
I'm 110% IN! Keep this thread updated. I'll be one of the first in line to order one!
Coincidently, I picked this little gem up on eBay this morning, right before coming across this thread! Great minds think alike eh?
@ssjones it looks a lot like yours, but without the black/gold details.
Coincidently, I picked this little gem up on eBay this morning, right before coming across this thread! Great minds think alike eh?
@ssjones it looks a lot like yours, but without the black/gold details.
When I searched for what has already been done in the world of lapel pins, I saw tons of billiards, clay style pipes, bent, straight, profile, etched, sculpted. I wanted to try something that was different, new, fresh, modern, today. I am a huge fan of bulldogs and dublins. I have twenty five bullies, and I was immediately thinking of making a bully. But, I know that, that style is unattractive for a lot of guys. And, there were a few dublins out there in lapel pins. I tried a few sketches for half bent and bent Dubs, but they all sort of had a stylized saxophone look tho them.
So, I was thinking about which pipe shapes look fresh, new to me, and Rad Davis came to mind, Becker, Neerup, etc. So, the sketches I came up with where either one of the hybrids by these makers, or the bent Rhodesian. So, I liked this stem style combined with the Rhodesian. It had a modern, collector, artisan, high-end factory look. I know that this won't appeal to the classical pipe guy, but hopefully with guys on here, we can appreciate the collector hobby and artisan pipe spirit.
I did about five prototypes that I didn't like. Half pipes just look too blah. When I tried to make the pipe look like it was a 3/4 turn anything looks like a saxophone. I tried relief pipes, 360 sculptures just don't hang well when pinned. So, I finally came up with this.
I fully carved the pipe, but I had to twist and distort it a little to make it look more natural and yet still hang well. I wanted to be able to give you as much detail as possible.
it is a partially rusticated, bent, Rhodesian. I think the stem style is called a combination shape, but I've also heard it called a stopper styled stem. The finished pins will also all have a patina added to carbonize the relief areas to bring out the texture more, giving it more contrast and interest.
I know the stem is not proportionally lifelike, to make it that realistic, just doesn't look right in miniature. Plus, to cast it, the metal can't get too thin, or the metal won't flow into shape.
Things I like... where the pin comes out on the back it has the balance hanging at the perfect diagonal as you would hold this pipe. It has the illusion from one way to look like it has a full 360 bowl, and from the other direction the stem looks like it is projecting out. But, overall the pipe doesn't look distorted.
Now, a problem I'm trying to resolve before I say "fini". It weighs .75oz, which is too heavy to wear and brings up the price. I am going to drill out the back a little, and there is a process that I can use to shrink it a tad, but it adds a couple of days to this.
When I get the weight right, I will ship it off and then it will be two to three weeks. So bare with me please.
I'm working working working!!!
So, I was thinking about which pipe shapes look fresh, new to me, and Rad Davis came to mind, Becker, Neerup, etc. So, the sketches I came up with where either one of the hybrids by these makers, or the bent Rhodesian. So, I liked this stem style combined with the Rhodesian. It had a modern, collector, artisan, high-end factory look. I know that this won't appeal to the classical pipe guy, but hopefully with guys on here, we can appreciate the collector hobby and artisan pipe spirit.
I did about five prototypes that I didn't like. Half pipes just look too blah. When I tried to make the pipe look like it was a 3/4 turn anything looks like a saxophone. I tried relief pipes, 360 sculptures just don't hang well when pinned. So, I finally came up with this.
I fully carved the pipe, but I had to twist and distort it a little to make it look more natural and yet still hang well. I wanted to be able to give you as much detail as possible.
it is a partially rusticated, bent, Rhodesian. I think the stem style is called a combination shape, but I've also heard it called a stopper styled stem. The finished pins will also all have a patina added to carbonize the relief areas to bring out the texture more, giving it more contrast and interest.
I know the stem is not proportionally lifelike, to make it that realistic, just doesn't look right in miniature. Plus, to cast it, the metal can't get too thin, or the metal won't flow into shape.
Things I like... where the pin comes out on the back it has the balance hanging at the perfect diagonal as you would hold this pipe. It has the illusion from one way to look like it has a full 360 bowl, and from the other direction the stem looks like it is projecting out. But, overall the pipe doesn't look distorted.
Now, a problem I'm trying to resolve before I say "fini". It weighs .75oz, which is too heavy to wear and brings up the price. I am going to drill out the back a little, and there is a process that I can use to shrink it a tad, but it adds a couple of days to this.
When I get the weight right, I will ship it off and then it will be two to three weeks. So bare with me please.
I'm working working working!!!
I am going to have 30 made, and I will just sell on a first come basis once I get them finished. And, if I need more, I will have more cast. Not too late at all.
Michael - it is so illuminating and uplifting to read and see your process at work. I marvel at the creativity and thought that you are putting into that nicely artistic pipe. Looking forward to finding opportunities to wear it and show it off.
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