Hi all,
Thought I'd show you the pipe I've made.
This project was originally a whim so I could have a churchwarden style pipe for around the camp fire.
I originally figured "two bits of wood, how complicated can it be?" .......... famous last words.
What started as a little research soon became a lot of research, as I realised their is a whole lot more to it than I thought.
So after lots of research, and still hoping to keep the cost down as much as posssible I decided on apple wood for the stummel/bowl and elder for the stem. Was quite pleased with this as I have been using apple in a lot of my own gear for the last year or so. Their is also a piece of reindeer antler epoxied to the tenon join as this area was a bit loose. The tenon fit on the stems has a layer of beeswax on the end to help make the join more air-tight.
Having originally worked on five stems, I lost two when the wire came through the side while clearing out the plinth.
The longer of the two shown is elder with beeswax poured down the inside to seal the insides R.E.: toxicity and stop the weird taste. The other (smaller) shown is an unknown wood with a harder plinth that elder, but still removable with a bit of work, and works great.
Having brought it into Peterson's in Dublin, they seemed to think it was a decent enough job and should work fine. They did inform me that the draw hole in the bowl was a little high up, causing a certain amount of wasted tobacco, and one side of the bowl is thinner than the others, so I need to watch that it doesn't burn through. They also ruled out the third stem as it was two wide and would burn the mouth off me!:tapedshut
So after that essay, here is the pipe and other bits. All done with hand tools with the exception of the bowl which used a power drill and a dremmel tool to round it out a bit.
and all bagged up. I made the pouch from some deerskin scraps and some suede cord.
I also made a rolling tobacco pouch a while ago, but didn't have the chance to take pics till recently.
The pouch is deer skin with latigo lace and a reindeer antler button and an apple wood pokey.
The symbol on the front is 1-2mm veg tan with my attempt to be ironic with the norse symbol for good health on it. turn out even more ironic as it didn't turn out quite right. (just like my health will cause I smoke!)
Their was also an apple wood bead on the lace, but it got sat on and cracked. lol
thanks for looking.
Regards,
Stephen
Thought I'd show you the pipe I've made.
This project was originally a whim so I could have a churchwarden style pipe for around the camp fire.
I originally figured "two bits of wood, how complicated can it be?" .......... famous last words.
What started as a little research soon became a lot of research, as I realised their is a whole lot more to it than I thought.
So after lots of research, and still hoping to keep the cost down as much as posssible I decided on apple wood for the stummel/bowl and elder for the stem. Was quite pleased with this as I have been using apple in a lot of my own gear for the last year or so. Their is also a piece of reindeer antler epoxied to the tenon join as this area was a bit loose. The tenon fit on the stems has a layer of beeswax on the end to help make the join more air-tight.
Having originally worked on five stems, I lost two when the wire came through the side while clearing out the plinth.
The longer of the two shown is elder with beeswax poured down the inside to seal the insides R.E.: toxicity and stop the weird taste. The other (smaller) shown is an unknown wood with a harder plinth that elder, but still removable with a bit of work, and works great.
Having brought it into Peterson's in Dublin, they seemed to think it was a decent enough job and should work fine. They did inform me that the draw hole in the bowl was a little high up, causing a certain amount of wasted tobacco, and one side of the bowl is thinner than the others, so I need to watch that it doesn't burn through. They also ruled out the third stem as it was two wide and would burn the mouth off me!:tapedshut
So after that essay, here is the pipe and other bits. All done with hand tools with the exception of the bowl which used a power drill and a dremmel tool to round it out a bit.
and all bagged up. I made the pouch from some deerskin scraps and some suede cord.
I also made a rolling tobacco pouch a while ago, but didn't have the chance to take pics till recently.
The pouch is deer skin with latigo lace and a reindeer antler button and an apple wood pokey.
The symbol on the front is 1-2mm veg tan with my attempt to be ironic with the norse symbol for good health on it. turn out even more ironic as it didn't turn out quite right. (just like my health will cause I smoke!)
Their was also an apple wood bead on the lace, but it got sat on and cracked. lol
thanks for looking.
Regards,
Stephen
