I am glad to read you all are fairly happy with Briar Grains. I just wire transfered money yesterday for some blocks of Yazid's briar. I too was buying from Jaum and found the same pits as you all have described. This is good news for me regarding BG. thanks
Robert Green
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- Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:31 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Briar Grain, Algeria
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1873
- Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:15 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Users of Metal and Wood Lathes
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3369
I was in this same fix a year ago. I bought a Jet metal lathe and have not regretted at all. I was looking at buying a Jet wood lathe with a Taig mini for stems and such. For the life of me I could not make-up my mind so my wife just pointed at the picture of the metal lathe and said buy it. I belie...
- Sun Sep 19, 2004 1:30 pm
- Forum: Pipes
- Topic: P&T Contest
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5835
- Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:42 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Reshaped silver and demmings bits
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1731
- Wed Jun 09, 2004 9:32 am
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Slot hole cutting
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3625
- Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:29 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Slot hole cutting
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3625
Slot hole cutting
Does anyone else have a hard time cutting the slot on the stem bit?
Any ideas on how to do this an easy way?
HELP!!
Robert
Any ideas on how to do this an easy way?
HELP!!
Robert
I cast my vote for turning pro soon. Soon might be several months down the road. I'm working on getting the quality to where I want it even though my wife feels my work is great I haven't got to the level I really want just yet but each pipe is turning out better than the one before. I guess the que...
- Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:52 am
- Forum: Finishing Techniques
- Topic: Rusticates finishes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7713
I'm a bit in shock folks. I'm back in the pipe groove again after twenty years and I remember from before that only drugstore pipes would have shellac or I thought anyway. You know the $4.99 specials.....This is amazing to read that the big makers pipes I once dreamed of owning had been shellaced. B...