Pipes With Bamboo Shanks?
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I am a bamboo fan. I have samples form Stanwell, Vesz (2), Caminetto, Morrisette and Dunhill. I like the look, I like the weight. I don’t know what’s inside the cane but no problems yet with any of them. Cane is a super tough material. I fish with cane fly rods and they have taken a lickin and kept on tickin.
Bamboo fan here too, like @trouttimes love the look and the weight. Below is my collection so far, from Stanwell, Dunhill, Berggreen, Eltang and Chonowitsch. Some appear to have an inner sleeve inside the shank. The Eltang and Berggreen have carbon fiber tenons, the Dunhill tenon is vulcanite, part of the stem, and the rest are steel tenon. Never had any issue, just clean them like all my other pipes.
I’m assuming because this pipe is so tiny, is the reason it doesn’t have a steel liner inside the bamboo, because then, the tenon would end up being to small, and fragile.
Mine also has a carbon fiber tenon, about an inch long. It’s quite a tight fit so I rub a little bees wax on it. It’s actually organic bees wax too LOL
Hey, you never know, chemicals in a wax, might have a bad reaction to the tenon and bamboo. hmm. 
Mine also has a carbon fiber tenon, about an inch long. It’s quite a tight fit so I rub a little bees wax on it. It’s actually organic bees wax too LOL
Hey, you never know, chemicals in a wax, might have a bad reaction to the tenon and bamboo. hmm.
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Now then...
There are pipes with bamboo SHANKS, and there are bamboo PIPES
(with a titanium shank)
There are pipes with bamboo SHANKS, and there are bamboo PIPES
(with a titanium shank)
Now then...
There are pipes with bamboo SHANKS, and there are bamboo PIPES
(with a titanium shank)
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That’s a wild looker!
Is that yours?
Did he use a shower curtain hook for the shank?
That’s a wild looker!
Is that yours?
No.
It was one of the winners of the Kansas City club's pipe carving contest 6-7 years ago, when the requirement was to incorporate bamboo somehow in a structural way (not simply as an adornment, in other words).
Most of the entries had bamboo shanks, of course, but not Nate King's.
Turns out a bamboo plant has a root ball that's below ground and isn't mushy. It's as hard as what's above ground.
Then he thought "What the Hell" and doubled down on outrageously unique by making the rest of the pipe out of titanium.
(Yes, Nate is crazy, but it's the best kind of crazy)
Here's the winning 7 day set that year, for anyone interested:
Bamboo scaffoldings were the standard in Malaysia and Singapore when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s. It was still being used in Hong Kong when I visited in the mid 2000s. For all I know, it's still being used there and in other parts of East Asia today. I did see a worker fall off of one on my Hong Kong visit.
While true for some epoxies, there are a few that I have used over many years that have a long shelf life both before and after opening. It depends on the properties of the epoxy, and how it is designed.
I agree about the short shelf life of the cyanoacrylates, at least the ones I've been exposed to.
Do you get non-organic beeswax if the bees use plastic flowers?I’m assuming because this pipe is so tiny, is the reason it doesn’t have a steel liner inside the bamboo, because then, the tenon would end up being to small, and fragile.
Mine also has a carbon fiber tenon, about an inch long. It’s quite a tight fit so I rub a little bees wax on it. It’s actually organic bees wax too LOL
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Organic Beeswax Blocks - Rare Hawaiian
Enjoy using our certified organic beeswax in many uses! Available in 1 oz., 6 oz., and 1 lb. blocks.www.rarehawaiianhoney.com
While this is largely true, the stainless steel is sometimes used just at the ends of the bamboo, where it meets the stummel and/or the mouthpiece. If the bamboo is curved, lining it may not be possible.
Congrats to your nice Mike Bay Bamboo.I’m assuming because this pipe is so tiny, is the reason it doesn’t have a steel liner inside the bamboo, because then, the tenon would end up being to small, and fragile.
Mine also has a carbon fiber tenon, about an inch long. It’s quite a tight fit so I rub a little bees wax on it. It’s actually organic bees wax too LOL
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Organic Beeswax Blocks - Rare Hawaiian
Enjoy using our certified organic beeswax in many uses! Available in 1 oz., 6 oz., and 1 lb. blocks.www.rarehawaiianhoney.com
You really should have some patience with this pipe. As far as i know, you've only smoked it once. It needs maybe 10 more smokes before you can vaguely see if it really has a problem with condensation. That counts for every pipe in my opinoin.
As many before wrote: Bamboo Pipes don't need any special treatment or smoking, just smoke them as any other briar.
Steel Tube/ Aluminum Tenon: This topic is highly controversial. Some pipemakers favour it, some think it's bad for the smokeability. I also see that inner metal tubes increase the condensation because of the cooler surface of the material. This is the reason why most people remove stingers and condesation filters from old pipes. Metal tenons are also controversial because experience shows that the have more wear to the shank bore, and it's not so easy to repair a bamboo pipe with a loose stem (and metal tenon).
Carbon is a really good material, but rarely used. You can clearly see that Mike learnt from Tom Eltang.
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My humble single knuckle bamboos smoke just fine. One is a Bari apple with a curved shank. But Nording "Beaver" Hunter Series pipe is among my best smokers. Honestly, though, I can't say I recognize any difference in smoking properties between bamboo and non-bamboo. Still, it looks cool.
