handMade pipes, Ukraine

xmhr · Post by **xmhr** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:22 am

Hi guys,
Want to show you my first pipe I've made from scratch for a friend.
It was designed in other way first but it was damaged when buffing. Chunk was cracked. I was so sad 'cause spent a lot of time for it but I decided to try replace it with bamboo. I know this is not a great work but I hope some day to amaze you with some pipe

Sandpits were uncovered suddenly and in very inconvenient places. Front and bottom sides of the bowl. After trying to remove I left them as is:

Charl · Post by **Charl** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:38 am

If it is your first, well done! Hoping to see more!

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:02 pm

I don't fancy the wide ring on the stem, it looks too "geometric" compared to the rest of the pipe, but for a first pipe it looks pretty good. Pity about the flaws, but that's part of pipemaking.

EDIT: What might look better is if you flatten the ring top and bottom, so that it's oval shaped and closer to the thickness of the stem at that point.

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:23 pm

Well done Mykola. I have to agree with Frank about the ring. Somehow it does not fit in with the rest of the pipe. Otherwise I like it. Nice first pipe and a very lucky friend. Can I be your friend too

xmhr · Post by **xmhr** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:43 pm

Thanks for your comments guys.
About the ring - I was told already about it by ukrainian and russian pipemakers. I just didn't want to crap it and finish asap. Before crack it looked like this:

Sasquatch · Post by **Sasquatch** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:39 pm

How deep is that little crack? You have lots of wood there - why not rusticate the front of the pipe and hide that fissure?

xmhr · Post by **xmhr** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:19 pm

I need to try rustication before applying it to a pipe. Little sandpit is deep enough, shape will be transformed if I try remove it (

xmhr · Post by **xmhr** » Fri May 15, 2009 3:00 am

Hello guys, here is my new "monster"...
It was designed as volcano but all the time something was going wrong. I bought a band saw (yeahhh!!!) but I need a little practice - top part was cut more than I expected in one moment ))
When I was drilling tobacco hole - drill bit had cracked, so I made new hole, but it is not centered. When I was sanding pipe and tried to remove piece of cracked bit I discovered bit too close to new hole so I had cut off the shank. I decided to finish this pipe because bad experience is also experience...

xmhr · Post by **xmhr** » Tue May 19, 2009 3:56 am

Just finished other pipe, "Tomahawk".
Overall length: 355mm
Bowl d.: 40mm
Bowl height: 50mm
Chamber depth: 36mm
Chamber d.: 22mm
Airhole: 4mm
Mputhpiece height: 4.5mm
Вес: 34gr (1.20 oz).