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Thanks everyone. I went ahead and purchased a few blocks. I'll cut those up as suggested in order to make a color matching catalog. As for practicing the sand blast matching technique, I still have tons of old junk pipes that I obtained from here and there. They are old factory no names with bad dri...

Thank you. I haven't thought of Manzanita. I could get a lot of stummel like shapes from that. I'll also start looking for some unfinished pipe or stummel lots on ebay. I'm sure there will be plenty more mistakes. This whole exercise I'm putting myself through is because I looked back on some pipes ...

Hello pipe world. Are there any cheap and readily accessible woods that are similar to briar in regard to density? I'm not trying to make a pipe. I'm actually just experimenting with a Foredom tool and burrs. Ultimately, I'd like to be able to copy a sandblast using the Foredom. I've been using the ...

Thank you kindly. I've been going through the forums here and lots of questions have been answered for me already. More questions keep arising. I am well versed in the High Grade Pipe Repair youtube channel. Truly amazing stuff. I look forward to getting the chance to know you folks on here.

Real name: Peter Age: 40 Location: Eastern Pennsylvania Years a pipe smoker: Four or five How you got into pipe making: I don't make pipes. I like to fix old ones. I see a lot of similarities between making pipes, fixing them and restoration. Honestly, I'm tired of screwing up and destroying old pip...