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RE #1 Go for it George. I am kind of proud of this one but I do want the next one to be better. I have thicker skin than you may think...and I really do want to learn.LatakiaLover wrote:Welcome, Richard.![]()
Rule #1 on the gallery board: Be sure you really want what you're asking for.![]()
Rule #2: Stop using crap wood like that.
d.huber wrote: As we've discussed and seen discussed, the arch in the stem from shank to button is a very Dunhill move. .
I'd love to see that LB's stem in hand. It doesn't look original to me.yachtexplorer wrote:Here is a 1950 LB shell with original stem. To my eye this has a slight "blimp/arch" to it. Not showing this to justify my choice here as I do not consider any factory made pipe as a rigid cannon to which I must pay obeisance.
Every German pipe I've had was drilled like this, almost like a throwback to porcelain pipe bowls.yachtexplorer wrote:I am curious what people think about the smoke passage placement.
A reason for having the bottom of the draft hole meet with the bottom of the chamber is that moisture/tar/tobacco particles will not clog the draft as easily if the bottom of the draft is lower than the bottom of the chamber. In the pipes I have smoked over the years the even chamber/draft tends to smoke better too. I never smoke a pipe all the way to the bottom unless it is first few bowlfuls, so the even chamber/draft is superior due to that for me.yachtexplorer wrote:I am curious what people think about the smoke passage placement. If you look at the fifth photo down (the mortise and tenon shot) Looking down the shank to the tobacco chamber you can see that the top half of the drill bit penetrated through to the chamber leaving a line in the middle of the drilling which is the floor of the chamber. This got the hole in the bottom of the tobacco chamber out into the bottom center of the bowl instead of emerging closer to the wall of the bowl. In the fourth shot down you can see that there is a step down into the smoke passage. It seems most pipes the bottom of the smoke chamber is on the same plane as the bottom of the bowl rather than being half the 5/32 drill bit width below the bowl as in this one. I think this should theoretically pull air around the bowl more evenly but it may present a cleaning problem. A pipe cleaner does sometimes stop at the far end of the step but a half twirl always let it easily push past that.
Those, or one of those made-in-Turkey meers. Which is not a favorable impression to elicit when trying to compete with uber-grade carvers.Sasquatch wrote:Every German pipe I've had was drilled like this, almost like a throwback to porcelain pipe bowls.yachtexplorer wrote:I am curious what people think about the smoke passage placement.
Never had to deal with that, but it seems the sort of thing that would happen occasionally. Especially with dry tobacco.
I don't prefer it because I've had a few crumbs get in there and render a horrible smoking experience, so I work the other strategy you mentioned - bottom of chamber hits bottom of airway.
There's always a slight "roll over" radius at that point for both aesthetic and technical reasons. Not having it looks wrong and is difficult to execute.Yak wrote:
When the lines are dead straight, they can look like a traffic accident at the intersection of Stem & Shank.
LatakiaLover wrote:There's always a slight "roll over" radius at that point for both aesthetic and technical reasons. Not having it looks wrong and is difficult to execute.Yak wrote:
When the lines are dead straight, they can look like a traffic accident at the intersection of Stem & Shank.
Blimpiness is distinctively different. It is material rising above a geometric line. (And yes, that Parks has a touch of it.)
That is how I do it too Wayne. I just chose not to take the chamber quite as low this time.wdteipen wrote:Looks like everything has been covered here. Welcome to PMF, Richard. It's great to see you here posting your pipes. I shoot for the bottom of the airway being even with the bottom of the chamber. I'm curious which you drill first; the airway or the chamber. Drilling the airway first and chamber second allows for more leeway in getting the two aligned just right, IMHO.