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I stain carefully with a brush... I get stain in the chamber more often than not... I sand it out.uniquebriar wrote:Whats with the pipe makers adding dye to the baccy chamber i never have this problem i dont even sand my baccy chamber because i never mistakenly dye the whole pipe.
I carefully dye the pipe with a pipe cleaner.
I did after I took the photo. I just wanted it messy for your sake.wdteipen wrote:I didn't comment because you didn't sand your tobacco chamber.
Is there an article that covers the flow of pipes? I am having trouble seeing and understanding the flow of the shape on pipes. I want to get that down so I understand it better. That will open up my abilities quite a bit.Sasquatch wrote:It isn't really shaped like anything, I think that's the problem.
Even an egg in its most Danish forms has really sharp delineation between bowl and shank - the shape can flow but the shank shouldn't get wider right at the bowl.
The bowl dipping below the line of the shank isn't really "wrong" but it doesn't work at all on this pipe - you have a rigid straight stem, a rigid straight shank, and this melted bowl shape kind of hanging off. Again, you can do this any number of ways, as an acorn, a hawkbill, or an egg, but it has to have some flow and some continuity with the rest of the design of the pipe.
The shank looks pinched about 2/3 of the way from the stem to the bowl. So this isn't quite a straight shank, it has a slight reverse taper, but not enough to compliment the saggy bowl. Neither fish nor fowl.
So what you've got there is a pipe, and it's exactly what we all start off making - a mishmash of ideas and shapes, colors, textures..... shazam! It takes a lot of practice and a lot of thinking to start tying the aesthetic ideas together and making cohesive, beautiful pipes. So, go do another!
If I get enough in the bowl, I get quite the high while smoking. I just keep forgetting small amounts of the day, and my left hand shakes uncontrollably...uniquebriar wrote:Whats with the pipe makers adding dye to the baccy chamber i never have this problem i dont even sand my baccy chamber because i never mistakenly dye the whole pipe.
I carefully dye the pipe with a pipe cleaner.
Look at lots of pipes. After you've done that, look at more pipes. Not just any pipes, but high-grade artisan pipes that sell.Gershom wrote: Is there an article that covers the flow of pipes?
I've recently received a clear acrylic rod that I ordered just for the purpose of making a video about stem and button work. I'll try to get to that soon!What about the button? Any advice on that? It is a pre-formed stem, but I tried to enhance it a bit...
I am currently signed up to see the emails from smokingpipes.com but I get very bored with the mass amounts of common shaped pipes. Maybe that is my problem. How do you get over that feeling that "This is just another regular pipe?" I do enjoy looking at the abstract pipes, and find them to be very interesting. Is that bad? Common to Newbies? Sorta like enjoying aromatics until you get deeper into smoking, then learning the basic flavors of natural tobaccos?WCannoy wrote:Look at lots of pipes. After you've done that, look at more pipes. Not just any pipes, but high-grade artisan pipes that sell.Gershom wrote: Is there an article that covers the flow of pipes?
Start here: http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/
I've recently received a clear acrylic rod that I ordered just for the purpose of making a video about stem and button work. I'll try to get to that soon!What about the button? Any advice on that? It is a pre-formed stem, but I tried to enhance it a bit...
It is common, but not exclusive, for new pipiers to be attracted to the more outlandish shapes. For many, it takes a long time to reach maturity (in pipe years) before one can truly appreciate a nice billiard. I was the same way, and I despised billiards well into my early 30's. Now, I regard a well cut billiard as one of the most beautiful pipe shapes.Gershom wrote:I am currently signed up to see the emails from smokingpipes.com but I get very bored with the mass amounts of common shaped pipes. Maybe that is my problem. How do you get over that feeling that "This is just another regular pipe?" I do enjoy looking at the abstract pipes, and find them to be very interesting. Is that bad? Common to Newbies? Sorta like enjoying aromatics until you get deeper into smoking, then learning the basic flavors of natural tobaccos?
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