Proud Father !!!!

[cajundad]

My son was home sick for a few days on antibiotic therapy for a touch of Right lobe Pneumonia recently . For the last 2 days he has been sitting in my shop working with the new dremmel set I gave him . I noticed him being quite secretive , so I crept up on him to discover he has been working on a gift for me . He took a corn cob from friday nights supper and made me a pipe . Cob bowl , shank made from one of his Oak promark drumsticks . And the stem was a blue swirl I had and never used . He asked for it recently , and I never thought about it and said sure . I was truly proud of this , and it smoked DARN good !! Here's my gift .

 

[cajundad]

The stem was glued to the shank , but the pipe cleaner passes strait to the bowl .

 

[guitarguy86]

Man that's awesome! Music in a pipe.

 

[cajundad]

He is 10 , and dried it in the oven . He said he wraped it in foil and baked it at 180 degrees for 30 min , then microwaved it for 30 sec. I may be biased , but brilliant ! He said he read it on a web page he found from google lol .

 

[joshwolftree]

You sir need to advise your son that he is now awesome...and you better figure out how he did it and get another stem ready...he turns 18 and you know what to get him

 

[pstlpkr]

:worship: Ten year olds Rock!

Quite ingenious using the drum stick for a shank.

It's awesome when your offspring begins to reason out problems and plan.

You must be very proud.

::

 

[joshwolftree]

so now you get to get him to teach you how to make one so you can make one for him when he hit's 18

 

[cajundad]

absolutely Josh , @ Lawrence , I sure am . He even told me that he knew the drumdtick would work because oak is a hardwood , lol . I got a shop full of tools and a lathe thats never used . Time to learn how to make pipes I guess ? Im still hooked on fixing the old ones though . Maybe he will be the pipe maker .

 

[john218]

Cajundad, your son is a very impressive young man.
I was thinking your son was in his twenties, until I saw your post giving his age. Now you have to get him some blocks of briar.
That pipe is a treasure beyond measure.

 

[cajundad]

Quite a treasure ! @ Doug , yes thats true , a pipe with a drumstick shank , another beautiful aspect of this gift !

 

[irishsmoker]

Now that is pretty awesome!

 

[gwtwdbss]

That is fantastic cajundad!

 

[crk69]

That is such a cool gift... Your son definantly has some skills. Who knows, maybe the next great pipe maker is living under your roof... Congrats and Enjoy!! ::

 

[tbradsim1]

You know I didn"t have my coffee and smoke this morning when I read this and wondered how did he make a shank with a drumstick , thinking chicken LOL, good hands , good heart ,you are a lucky man. The old cajun :clap:

 

[roudoudou]

Wow! Creative, problem solver, autonomous, good hands!!

I'm quite impressed! He will go far.
Yup, you must be a proud father.
PS: I hope that pneumonia is gone forever.

 

[cajundad]

Thanks for the kind words gents ! I'm truly blessed .

 

[fnord]

Your boy has mad skills and it makes me long for the days when we could sell our kids off as apprentices.

 

[captainprophesy]

Thats frickin awesome.. especially given the fact that he's 10. You sir should be very proud! :clap:

 

[fnord]

But what I'm really thinking is how that kid did his research and knocked something together for his old man. And, as a dad, what can be more special than that?
Keep him, CD. But teach him how to use that lathe and any other tool he needs.

 

[rotschefeller]

Now that is an awesome gift. A homemade pipe! Go give that boy a hug.