My #6 was just finished! In case of bad luck with the briar again, I had to rusticate it, but the result looks very fine for me!
This one was strictly made from the plan so I managed exact dimensions! Because I saw very early that I had to rusticate, I kept the dimensions I planed befor the first cut...
The rustication was made with a Dremel and 2 mm drillbit in hours of work! The Finish was stained with bright mahagoni, Danish Oil and carnauba. The stem is handcut of cumberland.
Some more pictures:
It's a smaller pipe, just 12 cm long, but 6 cm high. The tobacco chamber is 18 mm in diameter and 43 mm deep. Some issues on the bowls border from bad briar, but I didn't wanted to shorten it. Some stain ran into the tobacco chamber - but over all I'm very satisfied with this one...
Any comments or questions?
Greetings from Germany,
Heinz_D
Pipe #6: Rusticated
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- Location: Lexington, Kentucky USA
I did the rustication with a 2 mm drill bit and a dremel. It's a lot of work, but with rather fine results. Just cutting off about 2 mm with the beveled applied drill bit and continuing to criss-cross...
I tried to make a variate of an chimney, but the stem could be a little bit longer...
I tried to make a variate of an chimney, but the stem could be a little bit longer...
Greetings from Germany,
Heinz_D
Heinz_D
Heinz,
Very nice looking pipe. The rustification is really looks good, and I may utilize that technique (Dreml and bit) for my next pipe. Did you use a regular bit or was it a "grinding" tip?
The cumberland stem is nearly perfect from what I can see. How thick is it just behind the button? From one of the first pictures it looked somewhat thicker than I would prefer, but again it may be the photo.
I particularly like the color of the stain, it matches the cumberland very nicely.
There seems to be a slight symetry issue on the photo showing the bottom of the bowl(photo 5)...it seems to protrude differently on the right from the left. However, that may be just the angle of the photo.
All in all, I really like the pipe.
Very nice looking pipe. The rustification is really looks good, and I may utilize that technique (Dreml and bit) for my next pipe. Did you use a regular bit or was it a "grinding" tip?
The cumberland stem is nearly perfect from what I can see. How thick is it just behind the button? From one of the first pictures it looked somewhat thicker than I would prefer, but again it may be the photo.
I particularly like the color of the stain, it matches the cumberland very nicely.
There seems to be a slight symetry issue on the photo showing the bottom of the bowl(photo 5)...it seems to protrude differently on the right from the left. However, that may be just the angle of the photo.
All in all, I really like the pipe.
Blessing and Peace
Jamie
Jamie
Jamie,
the bit was a regular one in an equipment box. 4 different bits and a lot of other tools.
You're right with the stem - could be a little bit thinner behind the button... I didn't managed to do a perfect shape of the stem, want to say, the transition from the shank to the button should be plunging down a little bit more!
I just measured with a calliper gage: You're right again, but ther are two issues: The bowl is about 1 mm thicker to the left side and the curve from the shank is a little bit sharper on the left side too. If you look straight on the pipe you nearly can't see it but with the angel of the photo...
the bit was a regular one in an equipment box. 4 different bits and a lot of other tools.
You're right with the stem - could be a little bit thinner behind the button... I didn't managed to do a perfect shape of the stem, want to say, the transition from the shank to the button should be plunging down a little bit more!
I just measured with a calliper gage: You're right again, but ther are two issues: The bowl is about 1 mm thicker to the left side and the curve from the shank is a little bit sharper on the left side too. If you look straight on the pipe you nearly can't see it but with the angel of the photo...
Greetings from Germany,
Heinz_D
Heinz_D