My first home made pipe

[perogee]

So I decided that I wanted to try to make one of my own pipes, at least once. I got one of the bent pipe kits from pimo, and this is what I have gotten it to. I still need to wax it, but I am liking the looks of it so far.

[jakedasnake]

very nice

[[OT] Loki]

i like it

[EvanS]

I call bullshit - you bought that!!!

Just kidding - nice work Bro. I like it a lot. I am curious, did you end up there based only on the specific shape or did the graining catch you as well.

Please post those final pics, and keep it up!

[SR Mike]

Wow that is really a unique shape! I love it! It seems like a nice large body pipe for someone with big hands like me.

[tzaddi]

Congratulations, it looks great. Shoot us another photo when you get it all buffed out.

[hollywood]

That is a very well done first attempt! Very unique shape. Are you going to stain it at all before you wax and buff it? A little staining could really bring out that grain.

The junction between the shank and stem can be cleaned up pretty easily by laying some sandpaper(200 to 400 grit) on a really flat surface and then slowly sand that shank end across that until you have a flush fit with the stem and it will take away the rounded edges of the shank end as well.

Congrats! Look forward to seeing the final pics!

[Mister Moo]

Nice work!

I tip my hats to youze guys that have the tools and the eye to make a good looking pipe. (tip)

[tzilt]

That is really sharp looking! Nice work.

Kit from Pimo you say? I might have to look into that. Of course, my pipe would probably end up looking like a donkey knuckle but what the heck, you only live once.

[perogee]

I will admit that the pictured do not show some of the imperfections, it is a little "lumpy" , but I really like it. I had the shape mostly in my head when I had it in just block form, though it modified a little due to saw errors . For anyone also wanting to do their own, I suggest a LOT of patience. The grain really did not affect the final shape, I really just tried to stick to my mental picture, I was just really excited that it had such a nice grain in the block that I received. I have used just a little olive oil to darken it a little and bring out the grain somewhat, I decided that I would try to pace myself at least a little and not get all the stains and what not, just keep it a little more natural while I found out if I even could do my own.
I will try to square up the stem a little more tonight, and hopefully get it polished as well (I have to see if the pads that I got will work or if I need to get something softer, glad I thought to keep pieces as I was sawing ). If all goes well, I will post final pictures tonight.

I think, good smoker or bad, that I will always like this one .

And thank you for the comments and advice, much appreciated.

[SAjunidog]

That thing bears an eery resemblance to my childhood (who am I kidding, I'm still a runt) memories of this one super Mario boss, who was pink and threw eggs at you, but had that exact facial expression (chamber = mouth, etc).

That said, while I could never smoke it, since it'd creep me out, the grain is nice, and once you finish off the stem thats gonna be a very interesting pipe, congrats!

[perogee]

Allright, here are the final pics. Let me know what you all think.

[perogee]

And

[perogee]

Finally

[Tobit]

I love it! But, I'm a newbie so WTF do I know?

- T