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Its been a while since ive made time to get into the shop. I just finished up this pipe and it was a whole bunch of fun to make. Found a few pits and decided to blast it. Ended up with some nice ring grain. There are some more pictures up on the site ( www.russalanpipes.com ). Thanks for looking! ht...

Just finished up another blast. Not sure what to call this one. I love how this shape came out. Its partially blasted with a sharp ridge flowing off the bowl and continuing all the way around to the shank. The face of the bowl and shank were left smooth showing some great birdseye while the rest of ...

I was the lucky recipient of a a pair of these new arbors from Kurt. I stopped by his shop yesterday and picked them up. I got to work last night and I really cant say enough good things about the arbors. Perfectly round with no vibration. They will be extremely useful.

Looks nice kurt...very sleek and "space age". I like!

Wow...beautiful pipes. the bamboo is my favorite...just amazing! Well done love.

for the limited tools that you have available to you..thats a beauty! keep em coming!

This is a comparatively light blast...that is compared to some of the deep, craggy blasts that other carvers do. I think it gives a beautiful finish without seriously augmenting the desired shape. There are some carvers who do amazing deep, craggy blasts (ruthenberg comes to mind). To answer your qu...

Tsunami wrote:Oooooooooh! I like that! Nice Job!

Thanks...not exactly sure what to call the shape?

Well...I finally got around to rigging up my new blast cab and I have to say that I am impressed. I had this one stummel sitting around that I hadnt decided what to do with yet...so I blasted away. I love the way this one turned out and I love the stain. Let me know what you think. Maybe you can hel...

I love it Kurt...that is a very cool and unique pipe.....WELL DONE! Certainly a first for me!

Ryan wrote: Also Paul the owner of PME has had blocks x-rayed and cat scanned, he told me you cant see inside the block.

Forget staring into the microwave....a little radiation never hurt anyone!

I order the bulk of my briar from the Emporium and have never had a problem with any of it. On the other hand, a while back i ordered a bunch of briar from Tim West at JH lowe and didnt have one usable piece in the whole batch. I think that a flawless piece of briar is a difficult thing to find and ...

That is a beautiful pipe and a very nice take on the poker shape. It is a very nice piece of briar. Im sure your father will enjoy it.

It seems like olive wood is quite the fickle foe. Some stunning grain on that pipe though. Well done

I love that style of "coral" rustication as well. I have a feeling it is some modification to the typical "bunch-o-nails" tool. Either way..its a beautiful, very earthy and natural look

Kurt...I think we shop at the same woodcraft. haha. I stopped in to pick up a dressing tool for my grinding wheel and came out with a new skew and fingernail gouge...both off the markdown table. I could pretty much spend hours upon hours in that store. Definitely some good deals worth checking out.

The first one would look good in my (overfilled) piperack. Smile

I would expect nothing less. Your not using it right if its not over filled..haha.

Just joined the forum and thought Id put up a few pictures of my work. Enjoy! http://www.russalanpipes.com/Images/RA608right.jpg http://www.russalanpipes.com/Images/RA5right.jpg http://www.russalanpipes.com/Images/RA4right.jpg http://www.russalanpipes.com/Images/RA3right.jpg http://i302.photobucket....

Hello Gent's, I have been perusing this forum for quite some time now and have picked up a wealth of useful information. I have been making and selling pipes for a little under a year now and It has grown from hobby to full fledged addiction. I picked up some great tips from Kurt after trying my han...