For my first pipe, I have chosen to attempt a Billiard. The Billiard is a very classy pipe, as demonstrated by the classy fellows in Figure 1, and I hope that by crafting a classy pipe, I too may appear to have class.
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Figure 1. Classy Fellows Smoking Billiards.
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Figure 2. I purchased Greek Briar form Tim West.
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Figure 3. I drew on the Briar and drilled the Briar with my hand drill.
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Figure 4. I fit the shank with a stem from Pipe Makers Emporium. I shaped the tennon by attaching the stem to my hand drill and filing it as it spun.
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Figure 5. I cut the block with a hand saw.
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Figure 6. No major mistakes yet.
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Figure 7. I shaped the Briar on a grinding wheel and then filed and sanded.
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Figure 8. I stained the pipe with Fiebings British Tan Leather Dye (British Tan sounds classy).
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Figure 9. I then sanded and polished with White Diamond and Carnauba wax.
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Figure 10. Pipe side view.
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Figure 11. Pipe overhead view.
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Figure 12. Pipe side view.
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Figure 13. Pipe side view.
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Figure 14. Pipe bottom view.
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Figure 15. Pipe birdseye view.
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Figure 16. Pipe front view.
Thank you for your time. I look forward to comments, criticisms, and helpful suggestions.
Thornock