Bulldog Nosewarmer

wdteipen · Post by **wdteipen** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:44 pm

Here's my latest completed pipe. The shank ring is obviously black palm. The stem is ebonite. The overall length is just a smidge over 4". The pipe gave me some fits but turned out decent. There's a few things that could be better but I'll wait to hear what your thoughts are first. Critic away. Thanks.

Walle · Post by **Walle** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:12 pm

Simply grand, Wayne.
I love it!

Cheerio!
Walle

JMG · Post by **JMG** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:14 pm

I can see your face in the reflection of the stem. I screenshot it and now have it set as my desktop...the pip is nice, too, I guess.

wdteipen · Post by **wdteipen** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:51 pm

JMG wrote:I can see your face in the reflection of the stem. I screenshot it and now have it set as my desktop...the pip is nice, too, I guess.

That's my new holographic ebonite. I can put your face on it to. Of course, it only shows up when you look directly into so you'd have to buy one to enjoy the holographs.

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:02 pm

Now that is a very cute pipe!

Well done.

Rad

Boekweg · Post by **Boekweg** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:31 am

You get a "B+" for the effort.

Keep up the good work.

mredmond · Post by **mredmond** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:10 am

Wayne, my only critique is that I think I would like it better if it were all one finish. That said, we all know how that goes, so I think you did a good job with how you did the two different finishes. I really like the shape. Good work!

Micah

bandkbrooks · Post by **bandkbrooks** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:36 am

That's not Wayne's reflection. It's the pipe stalker come to steal the pipe. You should be careful of me...I MEAN HIM. Not me. Not me. Don't turn around.

Mike Messer · Post by **Mike Messer** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:58 am

Very cool pipe all around

, and I especially like the palm wood accent.

Maybe a bit hypocritical, coming from me, but you may have gone a little too far with the scuffy stem face and tenon (or not).
M.

billiard · Post by **billiard** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:47 am

I really love your usage of grain on this pipe. I know that may sound odd since its partially rusticated but that first pic shows how you made it work really well. So many of you make so many wonderful pipes that I try not to comment on them all but this one keeps drawing me back in to look

Wallaby · Post by **Wallaby** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:47 am

Nice looking pipe!

frazeeg · Post by **frazeeg** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:24 pm

The contrast between the blast and the smooth finish is rather striking and adds to the beauty of the pipe. Well done.

flix · Post by **flix** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:03 pm

Wayne,

It looks very good. I like the partial rustication, very tastefully done. One thing: it appears that the stem is a little too thick near the stem. I'm sure it doesn't look that way in person.

sethile · Post by **sethile** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:22 pm

Wow, Wayne, this is a beautiful pipe!

Your design looks great to me. I would not have thought an endcap would work on a bulldog, but I love it here. You nailed the placement in the block, your staining really pops the grain, and and the overall finish looks excellent.

Would it have been possible to have the stem diamond carry on from the diamond you ended up with in the shank before the cap? Seems like it would be tough to pull off, in terms of how to handle the recess in the cap. And it looks great the way you have it--just wondering if the flow from the shank to stem transition would look a little crisper if the diamonds matched up.

Really nice work, Wayne!

wdteipen · Post by **wdteipen** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:40 pm

sethile wrote:Wow, Wayne, this is a beautiful pipe!

Your design looks great to me. I would not have thought an endcap would work on a bulldog, but I love it here. You nailed the placement in the block, your staining really pops the grain, and and the overall finish looks excellent.

Would it have been possible to have the stem diamond carry on from the diamond you ended up with in the shank before the cap? Seems like it would be tough to pull off, in terms of how to handle the recess in the cap. And it looks great the way you have it--just wondering if the flow from the shank to stem transition would look a little crisper if the diamonds matched up.

Really nice work, Wayne!

Thanks fellas.

Scott, I agree that it would have been better if the stem was diamond shaped throughout but without a milling machine or something similar I couldn't figure out how to accomplish it. I considered it for a good while before resolving myself to the fact that it would have to be round. Going from a round shape to a diamond shape on the stem presented its own challenges.

sethile · Post by **sethile** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:02 pm

wdteipen wrote:Scott, I agree that it would have been better if the stem was diamond shaped throughout but without a milling machine or something similar I couldn't figure out how to accomplish it. I considered it for a good while before resolving myself to the fact that it would have to be round. Going from a round shape to a diamond shape on the stem presented its own challenges.

I bet the transition from round to diamond was a challenge! In terms of matching them, the only thing I can think of would be to shape the stem and stummel together, before adding the cap. Then cut the tenon on the shank for the cap. On the stem side of the cap it might work to bore a round recess in the cap like you've done here. Then cut a very thin disc of ebonite to epoxy onto the end of the stem to match it. Or maybe it would look good to just leave the faces of the cap and stem perfectly flush.

Actually, what you've ended up with looks great, and who knows what kind of mess you'd end up with if you'd tried matching up the diamonds!

wdteipen · Post by **wdteipen** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:45 pm

sethile wrote:
wdteipen wrote:Scott, I agree that it would have been better if the stem was diamond shaped throughout but without a milling machine or something similar I couldn't figure out how to accomplish it. I considered it for a good while before resolving myself to the fact that it would have to be round. Going from a round shape to a diamond shape on the stem presented its own challenges.
I bet the transition from round to diamond was a challenge! In terms of matching them, the only thing I can think of would be to shape the stem and stummel together, before adding the cap. Then cut the tenon on the shank for the cap. On the stem side of the cap it might work to bore a round recess in the cap like you've done here. Then cut a very thin disc of ebonite to epoxy onto the end of the stem to match it. Or maybe it would look good to just leave the faces of the cap and stem perfectly flush.

Actually, what you've ended up with looks great, and who knows what kind of mess you'd end up with if you'd tried matching up the diamonds!

What you've described would be a perfect solution. I could have shaped the shank and stem without the ring in place then cut a thin tenon to add the ring on the shank using pin gauges to fit everything flush and left a flush fit against the ring. I think that would be a big improvement on the design. Thanks for the insights.

Post by **Tyler** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:00 pm

wdteipen wrote:
sethile wrote:
wdteipen wrote:Scott, I agree that it would have been better if the stem was diamond shaped throughout but without a milling machine or something similar I couldn't figure out how to accomplish it. I considered it for a good while before resolving myself to the fact that it would have to be round. Going from a round shape to a diamond shape on the stem presented its own challenges.
I bet the transition from round to diamond was a challenge! In terms of matching them, the only thing I can think of would be to shape the stem and stummel together, before adding the cap. Then cut the tenon on the shank for the cap. On the stem side of the cap it might work to bore a round recess in the cap like you've done here. Then cut a very thin disc of ebonite to epoxy onto the end of the stem to match it. Or maybe it would look good to just leave the faces of the cap and stem perfectly flush.

Actually, what you've ended up with looks great, and who knows what kind of mess you'd end up with if you'd tried matching up the diamonds!
What you've described would be a perfect solution. I could have shaped the shank and stem without the ring in place then cut a thin tenon to add the ring on the shank using pin gauges to fit everything flush and left a flush fit against the ring. I think that would be a big improvement on the design. Thanks for the insights.

I'll offer a contrary opinion. I don't like shank caps that have the shank and stem the same dimension. The cap looks contrived in that situation. The caps look best, IMO, when the shank is bigger than the stem, like on the pipe in this thread. If you did Scott's clever method, it would be well made but, I think, worse looking.

Nice pipe.

jogilli · Post by **jogilli** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:01 pm

Wayne

I have to agree with Tyler..The larger dimension cap appeals to me more.

James

sethile · Post by **sethile** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:21 pm

Tyler wrote:I'll offer a contrary opinion. I don't like shank caps that have the shank and stem the same dimension. The cap looks contrived in that situation. The caps look best, IMO, when the shank is bigger than the stem, like on the pipe in this thread. If you did Scott's clever method, it would be well made but, I think, worse looking.

Nice pipe.

Oh I think you're right, Tyler! What I was imagining was the flow of shank and stem lining up better, but having the stem still be smaller than the shank due to cutting the tenon on the shank, which would bring it back to a thicker portion of the tapper than where the stem tapper is. Maybe it would be too subtle a difference though.

I really like this pipe. I found the rounded section of stem by the end cap a tiny bit distracting in one of the pictures, but the overall aesthetic of the piece is really nice. Very likely better than what I would have ended up with using the idea I outlined...

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