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Nate, what does it take to be your friend ?
This pipe is one that really stands out to me, I cant crticize it in the least.
Just beautiful !
It screams balance and craftsmanship

Got my extra extra plus plus grade materials today.
The "extra" extra extra stuff was nice too !
Thanks again Ernie

Beautiful ! I love the rich colors.
The shapes you have put together are very well balanced to my eye.
Looks great

Maybe you could make some money on the side in PNG, offering refurbished estate gourds ??

Hand made in Yonggomugl by Septugon Timcozzi.
Cleaned, reamed and buffed good as new. Only 3 chickens !! wOW, what a deal !
This Gourd sold new for 2 wives, 5 chickens and a Cassoary !

Best of luck to you in PNG, sounds like quite an adventure stay safe over there.

Threadomancy? I though it was technically Necrothreadancing?
Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Unless you're Roger Wallenstein.

I could be wrong. But I would imagine most of the time when you are stealing someones shape, you are probably not stealing THEIR idea, only stealing an idea they stole from someone else ! While I've seen some pipes that are above and beyond original, most of them I have seen are just interpretations...

Thanks for asking that question. I suppose I'll be looking for the same thing !

Thanks Charl, thats the plan.
They JUST shipped my kits out yesterday,
so I'm trying to make sure I've got nothing to do this weekend but finish a pipe or two!

I can see all of the issues you point out, I'm just not sure they are problems.
To me, I see a beautiful well made pipe.
I wouldn't think the walls are too thin to smoke, but probably too thin for some peoples expectations.

Tobacco as a plant is pretty easy to grow. Like any plant, it has certain needs that should be met for it to do well, but a little research should tell you about fertilizing, suckering/topping, planting etc. I grew a few plants years ago, and the hard part wasn't growing them, but turning the leaf i...

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Thats what the "plus plus" grade means.
Talk to Ernie about his free E-Book,
"Big Bamboo, How to Have Fun and Make Money in the Sexy and Exciting World of Giant Grasses"

I'm interested in 10 of your finest Supreme Plus Plus Grade Double Crown Shangri La Organic Ozone Replenishing Bamboo Stickettes for beginners. Also, I'd like 5 of your Oversized Perfection Grade Water Repellant Emporer Ox Tips. PM me please, with payment details, etc. I assume this also comes with ...

Yeah Nate, I'm browsing more than searching. Reading the stickys, looking at pipe pics, reading the critiques. I'm kinda staying away from the tooling part of it all. Its somewhat over my head and out of my budget at the moment. I have a drill press, a cheap chinese lathe with a disc sander on the b...

Thanks Nate. I've been saving pictures of pipes that I like (but can't afford) for awhile now. Hopefully that will help with designing my pipes. I picked the pipe kits from pictures, so I have a few ideas of what I'd like to do with the briar when it gets here. And I'm trying to read through old thr...

Nathan; Thanks man, appreciate it.
Sasquatch; Pfffffttttt ! No. Miller Lite, what ?

Ernie, I'm really interested in how big the pieces of Fine Primo Ox horn are ?
How long are the bamboo pieces ?
I'm definitely interested in ordering some, just need to figure out how much.

Hello all, I didn't see a specific place for an intro, and hated to jump in here without some sort of hello first. First of all, after reading through a few posts here, you guys are awesome. Can't wait to spend some time around here, and I hope my pipes could someday be the works of art some of you ...