the new guy

[bloodysafety]

Hey yall, just found this site while looking into hand-cutting stems. I have played around with corncob but am currently working in madrone. I'm extremely new to pipe carving and so am here to learn.id post some pix of my recent endevors but im forum retarded and cant figure out how to attach images!

[Sasquatch]

You need to host images on a site like photobucket and then basically link to them from here.


Welcome aboard.

[bloodysafety]

easy enough

my first and crudest. I have made better since but have yet to photograph them.
pacific madrone carved completely with chisels and sanded to 220. horribe! smokes well though

[hawky454]

Hey man, It's a good start! Most folks start out with pre-drilled briar blocks. Looks like you skipped that step and went straight into engineering your own pipes. Good job! Thats the hard part at first, you have plenty of time to learn how to shape and make them handsome. I think it's good to start out on different wood, for practice. Thats what I'm doing.

Take air.

[bloodysafety]

I think it's good to start out on different wood, for practice. Thats what I'm doing.

Take air.

i wish there was a "practice" material for cutting stems!! lol

[hawky454]

LOL.....Yes, stems are tough. I am slowly trying to master hand carving them. In the meantime, I took Kurt's advice and purchased some factory stems. You can get a dozen vulcanite stems fairly cheap at Pipmakers Emporium.

[bloodysafety]

yeah thats where i got my lucite rods. Here's Briar No. 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beerpowert ... 596638107/