Strawberry Tree
- archaggelosmichail
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Re: Strawberry Tree
Great pipe, great sandblast.
Does anyone know, if this wood requires the same process as briar in order to be "smokable"?
There are plenty of strawberry trees here in my place, so maybe I'll try it, too.
Does anyone know, if this wood requires the same process as briar in order to be "smokable"?
There are plenty of strawberry trees here in my place, so maybe I'll try it, too.
Re: Strawberry Tree
Sorry, no sandblast on this one ...
It got a "driftwood finish".
The other one that I cut from this block is on its way to Rome in order to get sandblasted by Paolo himself.
I'll show ya.
Cheerio!
Walle
It got a "driftwood finish".
The other one that I cut from this block is on its way to Rome in order to get sandblasted by Paolo himself.
I'll show ya.
Cheerio!
Walle
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Re: Strawberry Tree
Has anyone found a place that sells this wood ready for pipe making? Also, has anyone made a pipe using the Madrone burl? If so--post picts. Thanks.
Re: Strawberry Tree
These two are both madrone. Not that my pipemaking skills do it much justice. I purchased mine from http://www.woodheadz.com Thats good to know that Mimmo has strawberry wood also.cmueller wrote:Has anyone found a place that sells this wood ready for pipe making? Also, has anyone made a pipe using the Madrone burl? If so--post picts. Thanks.
Re: Strawberry Tree
i used wild arbutus here in california for some hookah type bowls and it works fineDMI wrote:There are two tipes of Strawberry Tree only one of which is suitable for pipes and it's not found outside europe. I've read several reports on Paolo's experiments and they all seem very positive. From what I understand it is the wood of the tree which is used rather than the root, although that may be back to front.
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David
Re: Strawberry Tree
to prevent it from cracking, i work with freshly cut wood or fairly new and then i use it as soon as i can and it works for mearchaggelosmichail wrote:Great pipe, great sandblast.
Does anyone know, if this wood requires the same process as briar in order to be "smokable"?
There are plenty of strawberry trees here in my place, so maybe I'll try it, too.
Re: Strawberry Tree
Comrades!
Apparently the wood is too soft to make smooth pipes out of it, because it gets dents too easy.
It's ideal for blasting, though.
Cheerio!
Walle
Here it comes:Walle wrote: The other one that I cut from this block is on its way to Rome in order to get sandblasted by Paolo himself.
I'll show ya.
Apparently the wood is too soft to make smooth pipes out of it, because it gets dents too easy.
It's ideal for blasting, though.
Cheerio!
Walle
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Re: Strawberry Tree
Nice one, Walle!
Re: Strawberry Tree
Glorious! Quite a successful collaboration, I'd say.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Strawberry Tree
So, is this stuff lighter than briar?
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