what finish is this?

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adlai
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what finish is this?

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

this is the link for a ruthenberg on ebay. this finish is something more than just a sandblast finish. anyone know how to get this look?
it looks very similar to what wallenstein does with some of his pipes. i believe he calls his the 'driftwood' finish.
any ideas would be appreciated.
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Looks like sandblasting to me. You can get similar if you use a super fine media at high pressure and hold the gun rather far from the pipe.
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Fine media and you are looking at endgrain rather than growth rings on the sides of that pipe - it's a crosscut ebauchon.
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What finish is this?
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Swiss Army Pipe?
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baweaverpipes wrote:What finish is this?
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I don't know, but it's freakin' beautiful.

the Ruthenberg is a cross grain blast.

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baweaverpipes wrote:What finish is this?
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Quaalude blast.

I can see the music!!!
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baweaverpipes wrote:What finish is this?
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Done with a bifurcated autoflagelator. I had one, then lost it somehow in a move. Worked great...
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thanks guys. i like the finish. i don't see enough of them and have never seen one referred to as a sandblast. thanks for the quick responses.
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Look's like a beat up 60's hippy bus to me. :lol: yet the texturing of the pipe is neat!
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baweaverpipes wrote:What finish is this?
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Wavy Gravy!
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Should it have been made for this man? Should have been, but wasn't :(
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Whoa!!! :shock:

I like it, but the last time I saw anything like that there were a few micrograms of d-lysergic acid diethylamide involved... :mrgreen: OVER 20 years ago, I hasten to add. I think... Oh, hey, is that Jefferson Airplane I hear? Duuuuuuuuuuuude, I think I can feel the colors! mmmmm, colours.... :notworthy:
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adlai,

It is true it is just a sandblast finish on a crossgrain piece of briar. I have been doing it for years like that on crossgrains. :)

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