A Study in Grain

[SimeonTurner]

Mike,

You are certainly a master of internet research. Pipes, however, are not made over the internet. They are made in the real world. In the real world, you lack experience and seem very naive. Pipemaking is not an academic pursuit.

TJ

What? What the hell am I going to do with this Ph.D in briarology and pipe engineering I bought from http://www.buyyourdegree.com? Dammit! I thought I'd finally found the secret to being a master pipemaker. I even changed my name to Jess Eltang Hansen Nordh in hopes of beefing up my street cred.

Hmmm...I guess maybe I should have just spent that time working on a pipe made from whatever briar I could get my hands on. Damn. That sounds like work.

[Sasquatch]

Simeon, in your case, buying the degree was probably as good an idea as any.

[KurtHuhn]

Pipemaking is not an academic pursuit.

Yep. Once you get past some basic stuff about how to line things up, there's very little that can be learned through research and Googling.

[SimeonTurner]

Simeon, in your case, buying the degree was probably as good an idea as any.

I'll sell you an honorary doctorate in full-bentology if you like. $50 and it's yours!

[Sasquatch]

Hey man, you are talking to the inventor of the Sasquatchatronic Super Tenon Anti-Gurgle Geometrics, show a little respect!

[FredS]

You guys remember that pipe Bruce posted at the beginning of this thread? That was a good looking pipe.

[bandkbrooks]

@ FredS. - lol.

[Mike Messer]

Mike,

You are certainly a master of internet research. Pipes, however, are not made over the internet. They are made in the real world. In the real world, you lack experience and seem very naive. Pipemaking is not an academic pursuit.

TJ

Todd,
Understandably, based on past experience, I think you misunderstood, and I'm not sure of exactly how I pushed your mad button, again, but this is the new me, and I'm not going to get into those bitchin' little fights with you, even though it might be entertaining to some of the forum readers.
You must admit, knowledge can be helpful in pipemaking. I have learned a lot from other pipemakers website how-to's, and in this forum, and the internet is a good source of tools and materials.
And a question... Do you know of any other good cutters, besides...
Mimmo - http://www.romeobriar.com/
Jaume Hom - http://www.briarblocks.com/
Yazid - http://www.yazidbriar.com/
???
I know of some briar dealers, pipemakers, and, correction, I do know of some other cutters, but I don't know much about them.

Keep it cool,
M.M.

[KurtHuhn]

There's a pretty good list on the Pipedia site:
http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Pipe ... d_Supplies

[Mike Messer]

The thing is, there's really not very much "bad wood" out there. Most reputable mills know how to properly boil and dry it. I've used Algerian, three different Italians, and Greek. I've only had one bad block in about 1,800 pipes. ...(edited)
Rad

Same question I asked Todd, do you know of any other good cutters?
Algerian - Yazid, I guess?
Italians - Mimmo and Who? and Who?
Greek- Who?

I've seen some other sources...dealers, pipemakers, and posibly some manufacturers. Some of the sites are a bit vague, and, correction, I do know of some other cutters, but I don't know much about them. Which ones have you tried, which were good sources, referred to above?

[Mike Messer]

There's a pretty good list on the Pipedia site:
http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Pipe ... d_Supplies

Thanks Kurt, I've seen it, but I did forget some of the sources listed there.

[m.c.]

... Pipemaking is not an academic pursuit.

Yeah, the secret is how to make your customers hell-bent on pipe-collecting academic pursuit.

[T3pipes]

This pipe really makes me want to start making pipes again! Truly inspirational.

the line along the top of the shank where the stem begins, ie the curve between them, doesn't look exactly right to my eye.

Might you be looking for the Golden Spiral in the curves? I don't believe he was going for that effect, but the curves do seem to have that feel to them as they have similar proportions.