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craig61a

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Apr 29, 2017
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I’ve been looking at the Sailor Pipes the last couple years or so. Not much to them. Interesting look.

I have some 7 year old maple that I cut on my property in northern Minnesota that I wanted to try for pipe stummels. I knocked this out in about 1/2 hour. Interested in seeing how well it smokes. I set out some Carolina Red Flake to dry a bit, and will fire this up later.

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scloyd

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May 23, 2018
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Interesting. I have a cherry tree in the backyard that needs trimming. I often thought about trying to make a pipe with a chunk.
 
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BROBS

Lifer
Nov 13, 2019
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Interesting. I have a cherry tree in the backyard that needs trimming. I often thought about trying to make a pipe with a chunk.
Totally can!
Side note: old dominion cobs sells reed stems so you could make a simple cherrywood bowl with pressure fit reed stem! Huck Finn style?

@craig61a looks pretty good! What did you use for the metal stem and bit?
 

mso489

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Feb 21, 2013
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For those not so adept at crafting a pipe, Nording makes a good line of these for reasonable prices. Eltang makes them too, but at a far higher cost. I'd opt for the Nording, but I have so many basic work horse pipes, I'm not shopping yet. There are many good moderately priced pipes -- cobs, Falcons, briars, not to mention beech and maple. But nothing beats crafting your own pipe for pure satisfaction, but I'm saying this vicariously!
 
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