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So I saved the shank/stem assembly from the carpenter bee damaged bowl. Bouldn't really find a block for the same shape but I had another on deck for a bamboo shank. I got lucky! Here's a few pics:







Regards
Dan
Gabrieli Pipes

Ok, briar craps out a lot, but here's one. This was a clam where the customer wanted a blast. The pipe was finishing out with great grain and no flaws, and I almost finished it smooth but I knew the customer wouldn't buy a smooth and I didn't want to make another one at the moment, so I blasted it. During blasting, a void that was in a section of briar no more than 1/8" thick and not visible from either side opened up and blew completely through. So, from blasting a smooth to make a sure sale to total loss in a moment. I stained it and gave it to a friend. Eh, whaddya gonna do.

Jack

Jack,
First, very nice pipe I like the 1/2 moon deal. I'm glad you show'd it,good the void didn't go through to the chamber and it's smokable. see I'm not the only one. Back to the bandsaw, good cutting!
Regards,
Dan
Gabrieli Pipes

Jack,

I spoke with a common friend, is that pipe going to who I think its going to? He told me hes expecting something

Ryan

Gents thats just the nature of briar ..we just screwed one up all by ourselves by shaping too close to the mortise ..I hate flaws in the brain..and no one to blame but ourselves..I mean flawed briar you can forcefully throw into the wall





Notice the streak of light in the upper left corner

Oh well at least its brother turned out better

BTW... Jack I really like the clam shape. Its my second choice to the you Euks' you do.


Ouch Love... ... Ive done that really sucks when it happen to a great piece of briar

Jack, you should have attached a lanyard on there and told the customer it doubles as a keychain, NO EXTRA COST!

That is disappointing. I have a wonderful piece of briar that I had SUPER high hopes for, and I wound up having to rusticate some spots and cut the whole piece down. It came out okay (I'll post some pix later), but not at all what I was aiming at. The allure and the danger of wood, I guess.

Ryan wrote:Jack,

I spoke with a common friend, is that pipe going to who I think its going to? He told me hes expecting something

Ryan

No, that one was back in July, I just pulled the pics for this topic. I don't know who is expecting what, I hope I haven't forgotten something.

Jack

Sasquatch wrote:Jack, you should have attached a lanyard on there and told the customer it doubles as a keychain, NO EXTRA COST!

Someone else had the idea of drilling a BUNCH of holes -- the Superleggera model.

Jack

JHowell wrote:

Sasquatch wrote:Jack, you should have attached a lanyard on there and told the customer it doubles as a keychain, NO EXTRA COST!

Someone else had the idea of drilling a BUNCH of holes -- the Superleggera model.

Jack

A Clam Doodler! What a great idea!

The name sounds a bit perverse though.

Rad (who is not a clam doodler)

RadDavis wrote:

JHowell wrote:

Sasquatch wrote:Jack, you should have attached a lanyard on there and told the customer it doubles as a keychain, NO EXTRA COST!

Someone else had the idea of drilling a BUNCH of holes -- the Superleggera model.

Jack

A Clam Doodler! What a great idea!

The name sounds a bit perverse though.

Rad (who is not a clam doodler)

. . . who doth protest too much.

JHowell wrote:

RadDavis wrote:

A Clam Doodler! What a great idea!

The name sounds a bit perverse though.

Rad (who is not a clam doodler)

. . . who doth protest too much.

I don't doodle clams. It's just not right.

Rad

RadDavis wrote:I don't doodle clams. It's just not right.

Which of course begs the question...WWRD?

What Would Rad Doodle?

I fear the answer to that question...

Hi, my name is Nick, and I doodle clams.

OMG! I just had coffee running our my nose!! That is hysterical!