Falcon Pipe Thread dies

[Thorsrevenge1]

Hey everyone. I'm a Blacksmith by trade and amateur pipe maker. I love Falcon Pipes but hate the factory bowls. The custom bowls are so much better, except for how we have to attach them. While the various methods do work they are nothing compared to the factory threads. To that end a friend and I have spent the last year developing and prototyping a Falcon Thread tap & die. We have succeeded far beyond what we could have hoped for. To that end we wanted to make them available to the pipe making community. You can see my original post of the success on the pipe makers Facebook page. If anyone is interested we are taking preorders for the dies at this time. They will be precision machined from 4140 hardened steel with 1/4-28 threaded holes in the sides to add handles for hand threading. However they work amazingly well chucked up in a multi jaw chuck. Dies will run $160 apiece with a 6-8 week turn around for each batch. The batch minimum is 8. So we would need 8 orders before the order gets filled. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have.

[TreverT]

Have you got a first order full yet?

[Ocelot55]

For a measly $160 I'd be willing to bite on this.

[caskwith]

Have you got a picture of the threads the die makes on briar?

[Thorsrevenge1]

Have you got a picture of the threads the die makes on briar?

I don't as of yet I'm out of briar currently

[caskwith]

Ok, i'd be interested to see when you do. I have threaded briar for some projects and found the results to be rather rough with the briar tending to "chip out". Falcon threads appear to be milled rather than cut to avoid this.

[Thorsrevenge1]

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Here are two bowls made by Chris at Copper Beard Pipe Works (left, middle) compared to an older factory falcon. He has them completely dialed in now using the falcon thread die. It would also seem making the threaded area a bit long compared the the falcon allows it to seal without the use of an o-ring or gasket. Chris was the first shop to purchase a die and has turned out some amazing bowls with it.

[Thorsrevenge1]

Trying again to get the images of bowls made with the die to load