pipemakersforum.com

Hello members

For those who actually, painful as it is, can't afford a real handmade Mänz... there is a line "designed by" C. Mänz.

http://www.pfeifenkonsulat.at/shop/index.php?k=195

It's just one model in three finishes....

groet
GJ

Hello Blackboot,

No pipe should aggressively be smoked, juist to my opinion. I own two Stannie featherweights. A 243 and a no-number sandblasted bamboo. I can't smoke these pipes. Maybe Todd is right, I should smoke shag-cut. Fact is that I prefer the flake-cut or ready rubbed....

@ Gig...

Could you please replace the pictures??

Thanks in advance...

Well, kbadkar, and all the others... I think it's time for a new wave...

Well, Gentlemen, the fun ain't over yet. This finish started by the name "Flotsam". Later on Roger changed it to "Driftwood" which means the same. He described it as "Bahnhofspennerunterhosenfinish". I won't translate this word because after that london Leatherboys thre...

What do you mean by "the buttons" and the "button lip"?? My dictionary doesn't help me to find out what you mean....

GJ

Well, a contest ...that would be nice!! Man o man...what have I done?? I just asked some information.... :o I'm in contact with a man who runs a hobbyshop that sell the wilesco steammachines. There is a catalogue of the specific parts necessecasry for a project like this. More info on: http://www.wi...

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1623/vulpen.gif I was wondering if the "real" steampunk pipe would excist. The answer is yes. An Austrian pipesmoker/collector send me pictures of a pipe that was made for the company Page-Hersey in Toronto, probably before WWII. The pipe is still in good ...

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1623/vulpen.gif Well, Roger warned that it could be worser than it still was. To my opinion he isn"t right. Actually I don't agree with him, for what it is worth.... In the 2 new finishes, Roger call them stage 3 and 4 he has made 2 Longfords, 2 Dromolands and ...

Well Todd, I think you're right. And I think that's the great problem of the big pipe-factories... the lack of inspiration. By so many "novelties" I think: I've seen that before. That's why I have great respect for those freehand carvers who try to make pipes by an idea, by inspiriation, w...

Well,.. I'm not sure of that. I think that Roger would advise to break those pipes in with C&D da Vinci. Fact is that I doubt if there is a difference between that and "the other stuff".. :roll: I am curious where the second pipe (third picture) has been gone. I was really in for that ...

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1623/vulpen.gif A well respected gentleman on this forum called Roger Wallenstein insane. To proof his insanity -or is he just a genius??- I'm writing this thread. A couple of months ago Roger gave me the honour to introduce his "graffity"serie in the 2 Ge...

Hi Daniel, In fact that was what I was thinking about. I saw some "steampunk artwork" and saw that very much is related to the steam-era or the victorian era. Why not, e.g. replace parts of the mouthpiece by metal-elements?? Or e.g. make a pipe that smokes "cooler" by a metal tub...

Well, thank you both... I've got to read and learn a lot of new things... thanks!

As I am a really newbie in this forum I'm wondering what is the definition of a so called "Steampunk" pipe. Are they, beyond the pipes of Daniel, more examples, pictures or threads about this item??

GJ

Hi Daniel,

I'm observing your style of making pipes. I haven't read all your posts and their comments. I like the "rough" surfaces of some pipes. I really like the "nature way"they look. If you call that steampunk pipes... than .. yes I'm waiting for more steampunk pipes.

GJ

Well... to my opinion you need just to be a little insane to survive in this crazy world. And as a gentleman said in de sixties: "That's one small step for Wallenstein, one giant leap for mankind"


GJ

Yesterday he'd send me pictures of the Summer-collection.. and he wrote: "finaly.. I can work on the Driftwood-finish. From now on I will only make pipes in this finish.. " If you can give me a hint what ingredients you would need to get this finish Daniel, I would be very thankful. As a r...

Well, to my opinion... I wouldn't call it trendy. For me is trendy a way to sell just pipes, doesn't matter what they look like. Some call Roger a dadaïst and I think that's the way he only wants to make his pipes (as he says on the video made by Otto&Kopp). I think that this finish is a result ...

Hello members, I became a huge fan of the Wallenstein "smoking objecs". In the discussions about colours and finishes he presented his "Driftwood" finish. I saw the pipe and was fascinated by the shape. I couldn't make the link the sea and this pipe/finish. Until I came at the se...