New Pipe

BDP · Post by **BDP** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:53 am

Hot off the buffing wheel and served up fresh...

ckr · Post by **ckr** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:55 am

Brad,

That is definately hot. Smokin' !!

chay · Post by **chay** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:03 am

Very NICE!! I love it.

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:58 am

Nice! I love the stem/shank treatment. Is that all stem ring, or is there a shank extension there?

I just rough shaped a similar one yesterday. It's going to end up fully blasted though. The ring grain isn't ideal for it, but I ended up not having a choice.

LexKY_Pipe · Post by **LexKY_Pipe** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:33 am

Beautiful. I'd love to see some different angles of this pipe. Can you post some other pix?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:17 pm

Very cool bud. You are a monster!

sethile · Post by **sethile** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:49 pm

Wow Brad, That's an awesome Volcano! I've never seen anything like it. I love the flow of it--especially the effect you get with the curved concave bottom. The dark blast is perfect for that, as well as the shank. The curve of the shank beautifully matches the curve of the bottom, especially beautiful in the angle of the pic... Man, what a piece! I'd love to see more pics of it if you take them.

mahaffy · Post by **mahaffy** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:23 pm

Gorgeous!

magruder · Post by **magruder** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:06 pm

Brad,
As I said before, this is a great looking pipe.
You're on fire these days!
Best and Merry Xmas,
Steve

BDP · Post by **BDP** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:45 am

A couple of you have asked for some extra pics, so I have added them to the original post.

Thanks everyone for the pat on the back. This one was on-again off-again for several weeks, with a bad bout of artistic constipation somewhere in the mix. Glad it is done!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Happy Hanukkah to any Jewish friends out there!

All the Best,
Brad

marks · Post by **marks** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:04 am

Brad, as usual, outstanding.

sethile · Post by **sethile** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:39 am

Thanks for the additional pics. It's beautiful, Brad! I can see why it took a while... Lots of different things to see and think through on this one. It certainly seems to have benifited from its birth pains!

LexKY_Pipe · Post by **LexKY_Pipe** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:40 pm

Yes, thanks for the added pix. As the commercial says, "Rewarding, very rewarding!"

flix · Post by **flix** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:37 am

Brad,

Very beautiful work, looks like someone's going to get a family heirloom when they get that one.

One thing missing from your post is the underside. I'm dying to see that! If you wouldn't mind, that is if it isn't gone to its home yet...

Oh, and one more thing: how long did this gem take to complete?

--Michael

BDP · Post by **BDP** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:59 am

Flix,

Sorry it took so long...Watched topic messages must be going into the spam file or something... Here's a pic of the bottom:

The back side had some remaining plateau burl left, and that is why it is uneven. The blast along the edges was more evenly deep than it appears in the photo.

Hard to say how long it took because I worked on it on and off over a period of time. I'd say three full days. It is now at home on the east coast.

Thanks for the gracious feedback,
Brad

flix · Post by **flix** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:20 pm

Hey Brad,

Your picture doesn't show up. When I tried to "view image" this error popped up:

Not Found
The requested URL /pohlmann/Rich Volcano 022.jpg was not found on this server.

What's up with that?!

I really like what you did with the shape, very elegant!

Hope to see a fixed up picture,

--Michael

BDP · Post by **BDP** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:19 pm

Try 'er now...

B

flix · Post by **flix** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:25 am

Wow! I've never seen anything like that before! A bit mindblowing...

Karol · Post by **Karol** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:39 am

outstanding

geigerpipes · Post by **geigerpipes** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:05 pm

Brad

That is one cool volcano my freind...and a lovley stain and finish...looks a little slim from the back pic compared to the rest but that may just be the photograph

Happy dustmaking

Love
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