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by billiard
Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:42 pm
Forum: Stem Work
Topic: Working with real amber?
Replies: 19
Views: 4179

Re: Working with real amber?

Wow. What an adventure! I don't know of any modern pipemaker that has used it . It's very delicate, so leave more meat on the button than you would with vulcanite. I wouldn't use amber for the tenon though, I don't think it'll last. Thank you much for this info. The part of your comment I bolded th...
by billiard
Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:49 pm
Forum: Stem Work
Topic: Working with real amber?
Replies: 19
Views: 4179

Working with real amber?

My apologies if this has been asked before, my searching did not find it. I just came into a "block" of very bright, light, fairly transparent amber, though "glob" is probably more accurate. It is roughly 3" X 1.5" X 1.5" and when I make a pipe that it would benefi...
by billiard
Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Greetings
Replies: 6
Views: 596

Greetings

Hi, my name is Bill and I go by Billiard online, some of you may have seen me on other pipe related forums. I just wanted to introduce myself. I have been smoking pipes for a long time now. Not too long ago I started customizing some of my corn cob pipes and one thing led to another and I got a bit ...