Briar Pipe

It is a beauty!!!!! That bowl looks awfully clean – time to burn it a little.

Great job.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Wow! Sure looks like you did a great job. The picture quality is good, especially for a phone.

I don’t smoke, but I always loved the smell of a pipe. I hope you enjoy it!

-- "hold fast to that which is good"

Beautiful work.

-- Rick, Tennessee, John 3:16

Looks like a 45 minute smoker at least. Nice job. Don’t forget to season the bowl with navy rum to break it in.

-- The nicer the nice, the higher the price!

This is really quite a beauty! It looks like it will be a pleasure to hold and smoke.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Thats a so nice pipe, congratulations.
I allways dreamd to me a pipe, one day I must!
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Awesome pipe. What kind of finish did you use for a top coat?

-- Rob — I've cut it off twice and it's still too short!, http://www.witzkewood.com

Rob W: I used tripoli polish and carnauba wax.

I plan on making another one and when I do I’ll probably post the whole process in a blog. Partially to give back to LJ in any way that I can and partially so I can remember what I did lol.

Thanks for all the interest and support!

well done, excellent birdseye pattern in your briar. Did you make the stem as well or go with the preformed like I’m relegated to without having a lathe handy?

-- "Nothing is worse than a brilliant picture of a fuzzy concept"--Ansel Adams

Niiiiiice! I would love to make my own pipe. Where did you get the briar? What else could be used?

-- Div @ the bottom end of Africa. "A woodworker's sharpest tool should be his mind."

alaskadiver: Part of the stem was preformed but I had to shape the majority of the stem by hand with a dremel tool.

Div: I purchased a pre-bored briar kit from www.pimopipecraft.com as for alternative material I am not too sure. All i know is that in most cases briar is the preferred material of choice. If you’re interested I suggest looking at www.pipedia.org there’s a lot of really good information for anyone who wants to make a pipe.

aah thats a buty, congrat´s with the result
hope you will burn it well and it will give you many good advices over the years

take care
Dennis

oh man thats beautiful! I am always terrified to try staining things. Every time I do I stink it up. haha. Thats great work though man. And I also saw where you’re an M.E. Im workin on that too. Im just taking mechanics of materials and thermo and all that. :)

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S2artDesigns: Thanks. The staining process is actually very easy and since I use an alcohol base dye, it doesn’t penetrate very deep so if I make a mistake I can easily sand it down and start over. It just takes a bit of time though because you have to layer the stains.

I can send you the same procedure that alaskadiver gave me if you’re interested.

I’m currently getting my masters in Mech Engineering but I can vividly remember taking those classes as well. As you probably know woodworking REALLLYYY helps you relax after pulling an all-nighter to finish HW