Pipe Making supplies and sources

[Knucklehead]

This is a pipe I worked on today. Maks wants one out of Olive wood or Olive Oil I can't remember which, so I thought I'd practice on Briar first. I'm going for the matte finish and have one coat of Butcher Block Oil on it. More sanding tomorrow and more oil and I'll buff the stem. I wanted to go ahead and let PapaMaks be looking it over. I call mine Thor's Hammer. Maks will be named Thumb Tack.

 

[rainmax]

Thor's hammer is one of the most nice pipe I ever saw so, hardly waiting on Thumb Tack. I prefer high polish, but that I'll leave for artist and his freedom.
Every pipe I saw on your PMSAS is something special and one better than the other. Keep up the good job.

 

[indianjoe]

Great job Knucks,
I would say you are getting, but even your first one or two was great!

 

[Aaron]

Absolutely love it. I'm going to have to copy that one. Well done Sir.

 

[deluxestogie]

What a wonderful shape. It looks like something an older Hobbit would smoke.

Bob

 

[Knucklehead]

Thor's hammer is one of the most nice pipe I ever saw so, hardly waiting on Thumb Tack. I prefer high polish, but that I'll leave for artist and his freedom.
Every pipe I saw on your PMSAS is something special and one better than the other. Keep up the good job.

I'm trying an experiment with the butcher block oil. It's also called bar top oil so it should polish to a very high finish if I want to later. I want to make a dress pipe, (all black) and the concensus is that the factories and the successfully done hand made one are sprayed with black lacquer paint. I just don't like that solution. I am going to try India Ink for the black stain, use butcher block oil and then buff it to a high gloss. The butcher block oil should keep the buffing action from taking it down to wood grain. This pipe is an experiment on several levels. Your olive pipe with be high polish and natural, no stain.

 

[Knucklehead]

Absolutely love it. I'm going to have to copy that one. Well done Sir.

Here's the link: http://www.alpascia.com/detail.asp?detail=20643 If you enlarge or reduce the picture to match the measurements, cut it out and glue to stummel white side out, laying out the air and chamber holes is a breeze. At that point I also cut off excess wood on the band saw. It makes all operations easier and faster.

 

[Knucklehead]

What a wonderful shape. It looks like something an older Hobbit would smoke.

Bob

I heard you could just concentrate on the shape and poof! LOL

 

[Knucklehead]

Great job Knucks,
I would say you are getting, but even your first one or two was great!

Thanks InjunJoe. The pictures are much better than the pipes, and I can't even take a good picture!

 

[deluxestogie]

In the early 20th century, India ink was used commonly on furniture, some of which I've owned. As I recall, the ink produced black grain, but only darkened the rest of the wood.

Bob

 

[johnlee1933]

What a wonderful shape. It looks like something an older Hobbit would smoke.

Bob

I'm older. Maybe I could make it a Hobbit?

 

[Knucklehead]

In the early 20th century, India ink was used commonly on furniture, some of which I've owned. As I recall, the ink produced black grain, but only darkened the rest of the wood.

Bob

So no go? I better try a piece of scrap first.

 

[Knucklehead]

While searching for my India ink, I ran across some samples of an old hobby of mine. You can tell how old by the mice crap and chew marks. I like the John Donne as most people so often take the first and last line out of context. This was written during the time of the black plague in Europe and if you read it knowing that, you'll understand the true context.



This one is my life's motto. Nuff said. I made it into a plaque. I don't know who the author was, I attribute it to the Greek philosopher Anonymous, the world's most prolific writer.

 

[DonH]

Nice calligraphy, Knucks, and nice quotes! No wonder you're a good woodworker. If you saw my handwriting you wouldn't let me anywhere near your tools.

 

[Knucklehead]

Nice calligraphy, Knucks, and nice quotes! No wonder you're a good woodworker. If you saw my handwriting you wouldn't let me anywhere near your tools.

Thank you. Those are about thirty years old. Word got out and I started doing restaurant menus and tons of wedding invitations. The fun went out of that hobby very quickly. I dropped it and went on to something else. There's a screw loose somewhere when it comes to me doing something, even a hobby. I caught myself the other night ( about 2 am) while I was working on a pipe, doing a mental time through motion study to increase my pipe production and cut waste. I've moved equipment twice to increase work flow with fewer steps. I can't seem to relax. OCD or something. Definately crazy. On the flip side, my bosses always loved me.

 

[Knucklehead]

I'm laying out the pipe on Maks Olive Oil tree wood. It is some beautiful wood. I'll post pictures of the wood, but no more pictures until PapaMaks has the pipe. I have to keep him in suspense. Hahahahaha. The wood was protected by a very beautiful USSR Ushanka hat. I'll wear it in the winter and display it with my militaria collection the rest of the time. Thank you PapaMaks.

 

[Knucklehead]

Maks - read your PM's you crazy Slovene.

 

[Knucklehead]

OK I got papamaks pipe the "tack hammer" sent off to Slovakia. maks, check your PM and make sure I got the street address correct. The mail service put a big X over your return address and I could barely make it out. Thor's Hammer is still prettier than the Tack Hammer and my ushanka is a real man's hat instead of your girly man hat. lol Check your mail box once in a blue moon.

 

[rainmax]

Ok, they cal me from Slowakia it's not the same country. I hope you didn't send it there, cause I will smoke the pipe newer and be very bad for this forum, cause guys would newer see the picture.
Check your mailbox. I send three messages.
I have so little time lately, that I only do things for others. No time for me. The pipe probably looks gorgeous, cause I see from the picture, that you make exactly what I was dreaming of, but I couldn't ask.
Wood is nice. Isn't it?

 

[Knucklehead]

The Olive wood is beautiful. The pipe not so much. I've been knee crawling drunk for three days and I guess my hands were shaking badly or something. It looks a little bit like a pipe if you close your eyes a little bit and squint at it. The good news: you can maybe smoke tobacco in it. I think. I don't remember drilling the smoke hole.

Which is correct, Slovene or Slovenian? I want to make sure so when I sober up I can get it right.

Do you want to see the pipe pictures now or wait until after you open the box? I will polish it tomorrow, take pictures and then mail it to somewhere in Europe, I can't remember where right now.