Re: ugly ebonite
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:40 am
I never thought my post would be analysed so critically lol.
Paul had some SEM rod sometime in 2009, possibly late 2008. Like other pipe makers noted the pattern was a bit muddy and the texture not quite right. He didn’t like it and I agreed thought my experience with ebonite at the time was limited.
Towards the end of last year SEM announced they had sorted their problems and sent pictures of the latest colours, the patterns and finish looked much better so Paul ordered some samples. We both tried them out thought Paul did most of the work. He was happy and I trusted him on that so late last year we put in a large order for both swirl and ebonite rod. I believe I went to collect it in January. I have tried a piece of all of the rods since then and I am very happy.
Please note I am not saying that everything from SEM is now great, I can’t be certain of that. What I can be certain of is that what I have tried is much better than the previous pieces I had and I am very happy with the results, Paul seems to be happy so far as well. I have only been making pipes for a few years so I certainly do not think I an expert on these matters (unlike some people) so someone more experienced like Todd may think differently, so I would certainly urge him to get a few samples and would love to hear his feedback on the matter, I am confident he will notice some difference if nothing else. I am quite prepared to be proved wrong on this matter though I hope that won’t be the case as I have about 8 meters of rod here to use lol.
Paul had some SEM rod sometime in 2009, possibly late 2008. Like other pipe makers noted the pattern was a bit muddy and the texture not quite right. He didn’t like it and I agreed thought my experience with ebonite at the time was limited.
Towards the end of last year SEM announced they had sorted their problems and sent pictures of the latest colours, the patterns and finish looked much better so Paul ordered some samples. We both tried them out thought Paul did most of the work. He was happy and I trusted him on that so late last year we put in a large order for both swirl and ebonite rod. I believe I went to collect it in January. I have tried a piece of all of the rods since then and I am very happy.
Please note I am not saying that everything from SEM is now great, I can’t be certain of that. What I can be certain of is that what I have tried is much better than the previous pieces I had and I am very happy with the results, Paul seems to be happy so far as well. I have only been making pipes for a few years so I certainly do not think I an expert on these matters (unlike some people) so someone more experienced like Todd may think differently, so I would certainly urge him to get a few samples and would love to hear his feedback on the matter, I am confident he will notice some difference if nothing else. I am quite prepared to be proved wrong on this matter though I hope that won’t be the case as I have about 8 meters of rod here to use lol.