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Thank you for your thoughts and opinions Effe and Oakbear.

Thank you Wayne for sharing your experience.

Thanks for weighing in on this Mark B. and pipedreamer.

Thank you for sharing your opinion Jeremiah. I appreciate the assistance.

I searched and found no answer...

I just recently made my first two olive wood pipes and am curious as to what the prevailing opinion is regarding bowl coating.

Just a thought... use an undersized end mill bit, then turn [down] the delrin tenon to fit the mortise after glue up.

I have smoked more than 50 bowls in this pipe now, and absolutely no problems. In fact, it's the 'English' pipe I reach for the most. On an unrelated pipe, I sold a morta billiard a short time back, and the customer burned it out on the first bowl. I've talked to both Nate and Steve Norse, they gave...

Real name: Rob Bartholomew Age: 44 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Years a pipe smoker: 22 How you got into pipe making: Early on, I couldn't afford the pipes that I really wanted at the local Tinder Box, the owner suggested I try carving my own from a kit... Snowball. Other interesting facts: I hold a mast...

Thanks guys, Steve is sending me some currently.

Thanks for the assistance.

Rob

When in the process is the most appropriate and effective time to stamp?

I assume sometime after sanding and before final buffing. I recently received my stamp, and I am about to complete a couple of pipes. I would like to proceed with knowledge, not the trial and error method.

Thank you.
Rob

Ambiguous commentary is a means of protecting oneself from the backlash of the truth. You know what is working and what isn't. Your reluctance to acknowledge it amongst your peers is tedious and cowardly. It is a matter of ego, whether the giver or receiver, the truth does not hide, but we become th...

I will.

Thanks Jeremiah, me too... he only has pen blanks currently... he said he hopes to have more in a month or so.

I am looking for a 2X3X3 inch block of morta for a customers request.

Any help is appreciated.

RobE

I started this batch of pipes mid December and completed them Monday, January 19, 2015. These were a lot of fun. I do have alternative photos of many of these. I was pressed for time so I didn't get all the required shots for a proper crit (no buttons or mortise/tenon shots). https://scontent-b-ord....

Nice pipe Mark. I wish my buttons and tenons looked that good.

Happy 21st Josh.
That is a nice way to honor the memory of your friend. (maybe an annual anniversary pipe.)

Thanks, guys. I really appreciate the kind words. Couple questions: Do you think the smooth band at the end of the shank is a touch too wide? Also, I'm thinking I removed a touch too much briar off the back (shank side) of the bowl near the shank...what do you think? Thanks. No on both accounts. I ...

I don't know what shape to call that, I like it nonetheless. Sometimes veering of the path and discovering the unintended is better than the projection anyway. The smooth bowl and the blasted shank work well together, providing tension. Would it be considered "Danish"? or is the shank to s...