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cats, cards and chaos - an introduction

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:01 pm
by tarock-briar
hi everybody,
Walle persuaded me to show some of my pipes in this forum. So here´s a very short introduction of me and my works. Very short because 1. my English is not the best 2. it´s very late (in Germany) - only my cats are still awake with me - even the snakes have gone to sleep.
I started making pipes in 1997 ... oh, please ... if You want ... read this on my website tarock-briar.de
May be there´s one thing worth to mention: To me pipemaking is an (never ending) improvisation on pipehead - shank - stem just like a simple 3-chord blues chorus.
I try to use the :notworthy: million years old approved methods :notworthy: of pipemaking to create some a little bit different shapes. And after more than 10 years of pipemaking I realize that my skills and my ideas are just at the beginning.



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oh shit, that´s wrong!!! :oops:

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one last - I have to finish - the cat is trying to shred my leg :evil: :evil: :evil:

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I hope You liked my intro

from latelatelatenight germany

christian

http://www.tarock-briar.de

Re: cats, cards and chaos - an introduction

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:20 am
by J. Winton
Welcome and thanks for taking the time to share your pipes. I took a look at your site and and its no surprise you're a friend of Walle's, your pipes are wonderfully unique. :) Too many pipes to mention but the rose was a real eye catcher!

Google Chrome didn't want to translate your site for me, ill have to try again later since im very curious.

Re: cats, cards and chaos - an introduction

Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:47 am
by LexKY_Pipe
Unique is a word often misused. But these pipes are unique.

Re: cats, cards and chaos - an introduction

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:48 pm
by Walle
This one is - among others tinkered by Christian - MINE, MINE, MINE:

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Christian is engaged in weird hobbies like pipe-making and insect-breeding specializing in locusts and mantis like those:

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No wonder that sometimes pipes and insects look alike.

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And: Believe it or not: This one´s a perfect smoker!

Cheerio!
Walle

Re: cats, cards and chaos - an introduction

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:46 pm
by SimeonTurner
Now I know where Walle get's his amazing/crazy ideas....he smokes a "special blend" in that green stem... :shock: :P :lol: