She's My First... My Precious

[waywardverve]

Hi all!!

Today I bring to you all my completed first attempt at pipe making!

She was carved from the branch of a white oak in my yard (Australia would you believe!).

As a complete noob to both pipe making AND pipe smoking in general I knew there was no hope for me to make my own stem so I set out and ordered a briarworks forever stem and drill/adjusted the mortise to fit.
Is she pretty?
P.S:edit: Also she smokes well... though only has a small somewhat conical bowl with a short smoke.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Very unusual and rustic

 

[allan]

Welcome to the forum , wayward
Very nice first try
How does it smoke?

 

[waywardverve]

Pretty well hahaha. Yeah I think it turned out pretty awesome for knife work.

 

[petes03]

Not bad! Welcome to the forum!

 

[fitzy]

Welcome to the forums. Cool pipe. Keep up the good work.

 

[tbradsim1]

You got talent son,I would like to see one when you have the proper tools,I like it, it's something an old Cajun would do, thumbs up.

 

[cortezattic]

Good knife work. :clap: Are you going to move to briar wood? Maybe a pre-drilled kit pipe?

 

[ejames]

That's cool! I like the little "feet"! I like to make pipes out of different woods.

 

[yazamitaz]

Welcome to the forums sir.
That is a great job for a first shot, and with a knife to boot. I look forward to seeing your progression since I am more than positive that this won't be your last

 

[mso489]

That's a lot of labor and a lot of learning curve. Congratulations. You're on your way.

 

[rmason]

Welcome and I admire your persistence to make a pipe with a knife, congrats she is a unique pipe to say the least but I like, good first pipe.

~Ron

 

[sfsteves]

A damn sight better job than I could have done ... I couldn't even make a decent pine wood derby car for my kid when he was in Cub Scouts ...
Two thoughts ... one, if it smokes well, it's a good pipe ... and two, you're going to learn from doing, so don't give up your efforts ... I'd love to have some semblance of wood working skill and make my own pipe ... somehow, in my case, I think it'd turn out to look a lot like that old pine wood derby car with a bore in it and a stem fitted on like a tail pipe ...

 

[flyguy]

Wow! With a knife? Way to go Wayward!

Welcome to this crazy forum!

 

[uberam3rica]

You certainly did a better job then I would have.

 

[simnettpratt]

Pretty cool for a whittled pipe. Looks like something a hobbit would carve too, but he'd have a wooden stem
What do you smoke in it?

 

[cigrmaster]

Welcome to the site. I would have lost at least a few fingers trying what you did.

 

[waywardverve]

Wow I didn't expect quite this much positive feedback :P I thought the pipe was a little bit quaint for that :D...
I have a second pipe carved with a straight 5" ebonite stem on the way which I will post when the stem arrives. The second pipe was less about carving a shape and more about stripping excess from the woods already pipe-ready contours.
Thanks a tonne all who have taken part!!
Edit: question: I used Kiwi shoe polish for stain... correct move? (taking location into consideration)