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Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 3:11 pm
by archaggelosmichail
Great pipe, great sandblast.
Does anyone know, if this wood requires the same process as briar in order to be "smokable"?
There are plenty of strawberry trees here in my place, so maybe I'll try it, too.
Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:46 pm
by Walle
Sorry, no sandblast on this one ...
It got a "driftwood finish".
The other one that I cut from this block is on its way to Rome in order to get sandblasted by Paolo himself.
I'll show ya.
Cheerio!
Walle
Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:05 pm
by cmueller
Has anyone found a place that sells this wood ready for pipe making? Also, has anyone made a pipe using the Madrone burl? If so--post picts. Thanks.
Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:41 pm
by Nate
I got some from Mimmo.
Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:57 am
by AaronC
cmueller wrote:Has anyone found a place that sells this wood ready for pipe making? Also, has anyone made a pipe using the Madrone burl? If so--post picts. Thanks.
These two are both madrone. Not that my pipemaking skills do it much justice. I purchased mine from
http://www.woodheadz.com Thats good to know that Mimmo has strawberry wood also.
Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:25 am
by Matt
DMI wrote:There are two tipes of Strawberry Tree only one of which is suitable for pipes and it's not found outside europe. I've read several reports on Paolo's experiments and they all seem very positive. From what I understand it is the wood of the tree which is used rather than the root, although that may be back to front.
http://www.beckerpipes.com/pubblico/not ... _azione=OK
David
i used wild arbutus here in california for some hookah type bowls and it works fine
Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:30 am
by Matt
archaggelosmichail wrote:Great pipe, great sandblast.
Does anyone know, if this wood requires the same process as briar in order to be "smokable"?
There are plenty of strawberry trees here in my place, so maybe I'll try it, too.
to prevent it from cracking, i work with freshly cut wood or fairly new and then i use it as soon as i can and it works for me
Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:35 pm
by Walle
Comrades!
Walle wrote:
The other one that I cut from this block is on its way to Rome in order to get sandblasted by Paolo himself.
I'll show ya.
Here it comes:
Apparently the wood is too soft to make smooth pipes out of it, because it gets dents too easy.
It's ideal for blasting, though.
Cheerio!
Walle
Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:43 pm
by d.huber
Nice one, Walle!
Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:51 pm
by Hudson
Glorious! Quite a successful collaboration, I'd say.
Thanks for sharing.
Re: Strawberry Tree
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:29 pm
by Thomas Tkach
So, is this stuff lighter than briar?