Finally made my first pipe today

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by 8ball917

Joe, you really should think about continuing with this as a hobby and selling them on puff. You are a stand up guy, and I'm sure a good amount of people wouldn't mind owning the two pipes you have made so far. BTW, the 2 pipes that you sold me before have become very serviceable, thanks again.

Thanks for the compliment Eric. I fired up the zulu today and it smoked perfectly all the way to the heal and the poker is going to a buddy for his testing and approval. I did get a clean pad this morning and buffed some carnuba onto them and here are the finished pics (excuse the carnuba dust I missed when I wiped them down)

[N7COF]

Congrats on making your own pipes

[tzaddi]

Well Joe, I can really see you shining. A great milestone. Congratulations.

PS That is one sweet hat

[nrg2]

What type of wood did you use/ where did you get the supplies?

[Z.Kramer]

Those are really excellent. I would love to try to make one of my own in the near future.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by nrg2

What type of wood did you use/ where did you get the supplies?

Briar from JHLowes J.H. Lowe Smoking Pipe Repair Parts and Supplies After all I've heard about how tough briar is I have to say I'd rather work a piece of briar than I would oak, walnut or poplar. I was really surprised

[Seniakpipes]

Pipe looks fine.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by Seniakpipes

Pipe looks fine.

From a pipemaker I'll take that as a compliment. You do some really fine pipes. I made a panelled billiard yesterday but I've got some touchup and finish work to do on it yet. I'll probably finish it today since I can't keep my hands off an unfinished project.

[dj1340]

Those are 2 very nice pipes. Job well done!!

[Seniakpipes]

Originally Posted by Mad Hatter

From a pipemaker I'll take that as a compliment. You do some really fine pipes. I made a panelled billiard yesterday but I've got some touchup and finish work to do on it yet. I'll probably finish it today since I can't keep my hands off an unfinished project.

Send me picture new pipe. I would like to see it.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by Seniakpipes

Send me picture new pipe. I would like to see it.

This project is on hold. I shaped it and tapered the rim and the bottom into perfect octagons but when I sanded the sides it threw all that extra detail work out of alignment. I'll have to think this one over and gather my patience before I go at it again.

[Mad Hatter]

Here are photos anyway, nowhere near finished now. Live and learn

[tzaddi]

Very nice to see how it is coming along. Learning is good

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by tzaddi

Very nice to see how it is coming along. Learning is good

I did get it finished except for the bottom. I ruined my angle for a 45* taper so I'll have to roll that one over. I hate the shank but I ended up with less to work with than what I wanted thanks to spacing off at the scroll saw. It was my intent to octagon it to match the bowl but i missed that boat by a long ways. The next one should be a breeze judging by how much I learned on this one.

[RichieR]

Originally Posted by Mad Hatter

I did get it finished except for the bottom. I ruined my angle for a 45* taper so I'll have to roll that one over. I hate the shank but I ended up with less to work with than what I wanted thanks to spacing off at the scroll saw. It was my intent to octagon it to match the bowl but i missed that boat by a long ways. The next one should be a breeze judging by how much I learned on this one.

I'd say you got a really good jump out of the starting gate, and your initial pipes are inspiring, while I wait for my PIMO book to arrive in the mailbox.

Where do you get those silver bits? And are they designed to just easily slip onto the shank...how does that work?

Anyway...keep up the good work, and maybe you should get a little blog going to document the progress.