A little project

[Paulie2876]

Is there a special stain for pipes excuse my ignorance as I'm thinking of sanding and staining a cheap estate pipe I bought

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I use this and thin it down with a little methylated spirit. I only use a little at a time and keep the diluted dye in a jar for later

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[Decky]

Thanks paulie for keeping me right

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[Paulie2876]

Another project poker done, think I'm going to redo the first poker I did as I'm not really happy with it

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[oskihen]

Paulie, that is mighty fine mate, well done you [emoji106]

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[Paulie2876]

Paulie, that is mighty fine mate, well done you [emoji106]

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Thanks Jim, I'm really happy with it

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[ValeTudoGuy]

Great thread!

[cj121]

Yes, totally agree and great work too Paulie

[Emaresee]

Fantastic work!

[Paulie2876]

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. I decided to stick with the poker shape for the moment, in order for me to get some much needed practice I am using some less expensive woods, the first being maple. Not entirely happy with the result as it seems to char very easily.


I also fixed the first kit I done as I made a few mistakes with it:
Before


After



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[Emaresee]

Cracking efforts! Taking orders when....??

[the pondering moose]

Cracking efforts! Taking orders when....??

What he said! That's a great looking pipe. I doff my cap.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Fruit woods should be better IMO and theres also Box wood which along with Cherry are probably the two most common pipe woods after Briar.

I could probably muster up a bit of Cherry and/or Walnut if needed.

[Paulie2876]

At the moment I am obviously a novice in this fine art, but as soon as I am a bit more proficient I will probably consider selling some of these pipes.
I am using some pearwood for my next pipe another poker, (I'll be making a few of this shape before moving on to other shapes.) I also have some cherry wood that I will be making pipes from and I intend buying some olive wood too with the intention of making pipes.
The briar pokers are kits that I bought on ebay for around ?25, I think I might keep these for sentimental reasons, but everything else I would consider selling as long as it's good enough.

[Decky]

Well done you paulie you have the gift

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[Paulie2876]

I made a couple of mistakes on this pear wood piece, but decided to carry on with it. I drilled the chamber too deep by 2-3 mm as well as the draw hole not being straight. It looks not bad, but I don't know if it will smoke well.

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