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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:27:19 AM EDT
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The inspiration is a Viking drinking horn.  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That is a huge pick-axe! Almost looks like a bull's horn  |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 12:28:49 PM EDT
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It ended up a little deeper than I planned - about two inches. I thought about cutting a bit off the top in order to get a more manageable chamber, but I liked the overall shape so much that I didn’t want to fuck with it.
The chamber is slightly tapered (i.e. wider at the top). |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 12:33:13 PM EDT
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Flakepipe for sure
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Posted: 1/1/2018 1:06:35 PM EDT
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Nice work.
I haven't made a pipe since I was in college. Where did you get the stamp for the trademark and serial number? I just sign and date my furniture, but a trademark would be cool. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 2:04:44 PM EDT
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It ended up a little deeper than I planned - about two inches. I thought about cutting a bit off the top in order to get a more manageable chamber, but I liked the overall shape so much that I didn’t want to fuck with it.
The chamber is slightly tapered (i.e. wider at the top).
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Posted: 1/1/2018 2:58:53 PM EDT
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Nice work. I haven't made a pipe since I was in college. Where did you get the stamp for the trademark and serial number? I just sign and date my furniture, but a trademark would be cool. The serial numbers are just from a set of regular punches ... which are hard to line up. 
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:01:52 PM EDT
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That thing has to weigh at least 5 oz, not exactly a clincher is it? |
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Posted: 1/24/2018 4:09:47 PM EDT
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Holy cow, DK, you’re a man of many talents!
I’m deployed with fellow Cola Warrior, the inimitable McEggins, and he told me about your pipes. I went looking for a thread, and lo! It is amazing. You certainly have a very artistic eye, and skill to match. I’ve been slumming around with a basic store-brand briar, but if possible, I’d love to talk about getting my hands on one of your excellent pipes! |
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Posted: 1/24/2018 4:42:06 PM EDT
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I'm actually in the process of making my first pipe, for my brother's birthday. It's harder than it looks.
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Posted: 1/24/2018 4:58:53 PM EDT
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I'm actually in the process of making my first pipe, for my brother's birthday. It's harder than it looks.
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Posted: 1/24/2018 5:04:18 PM EDT
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Same here, except this one is mine Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm actually in the process of making my first pipe, for my brother's birthday. It's harder than it looks. |
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Posted: 1/24/2018 5:26:53 PM EDT
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Holy cow, DK, you’re a man of many talents! I’m deployed with fellow Cola Warrior, the inimitable McEggins, and he told me about your pipes. I went looking for a thread, and lo! It is amazing. You certainly have a very artistic eye, and skill to match. I’ve been slumming around with a basic store-brand briar, but if possible, I’d love to talk about getting my hands on one of your excellent pipes! 
Send me an IM and tell me what you’re thinking of. |
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Posted: 1/25/2018 12:29:10 PM EDT
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Holy crap! What an amazing thread! I am the moderator of this forum and I just now saw this thread
 #EpicFailMe
You do some amazing work! Can you IM me your website? |
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Posted: 1/25/2018 12:52:28 PM EDT
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Great show .. I may give it a try one day.
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Posted: 1/25/2018 10:27:52 PM EDT
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Holy crap! What an amazing thread! I am the moderator of this forum and I just now saw this thread #EpicFailMe
You do some amazing work! Can you IM me your website? Since the website is (STILL ) not yet up and running, I guess it’s okay for me to say that the “company” is called Vinland Pipes. If you search for it, you’ll find a website that is still under development. It should be up and running soon, but I’ve been saying that for a while now. 
If you want to talk to me about making a pipe for you, just shoot me an IM. Right now, i’m trying to establish a reputation, not make money. |
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Posted: 1/25/2018 11:01:45 PM EDT
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Those look great!!!
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Posted: 1/28/2018 12:33:37 PM EDT
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It's finished. Just walnut, a 1/2" copper pipe cap, and a stem I had lying around. I think the dimensions aren't terribly well balanced visually, but it feels great in the hand. It's walnut, not a burl or anything crazy, but it has some curl and good grain flow. The color reminds me of the striations on the sides of canyons out west, almost wind carved. I wet sanded it to 800 grit then polished it with rottenstone and Danish oil. Now I'm applying Danish oil 2-3 times a day and buffing it on a soft wheel. I'm giving it to my brother on Thursday, so I'll keep doing this until then. The surface has great luminosity, it almost glows. |
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Posted: 1/28/2018 1:57:51 PM EDT
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That is very cool! I really like the lines, and the grain looks awesome.
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Posted: 1/28/2018 2:24:56 PM EDT
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Ever try anything like this?
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Posted: 1/28/2018 3:18:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI have not, but I intend to! I have a Freehand like that from Nørding that I purchased, but have not made one. I do have a lot of nice pieces of briar with good plateau, so I should totally get my ass into gear and try to make one. I like the organic flowing feel that pipes like that have.
I just wrapped up some pipes today, but am not happy with all of them.  I already had to sand the wax and stain off one of them and re-do it, and keep changing my mind on the stem for one of them.
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Posted: 1/28/2018 3:55:47 PM EDT
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That is very cool! I really like the lines, and the grain looks awesome. ETA: I definitely learned a lot about the making of pipes. I think the angle between the stem and bowl is too acute, I should have made it closer to 90 or slightly less. That angle was really difficult to finish. I actually used an auger to drill the angle out and a chainsaw file to shape it. |
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Posted: 1/28/2018 7:31:50 PM EDT
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Any you want to throw away, just let me know.
I'll dispose of it properly. 
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Posted: 2/3/2018 6:44:52 AM EDT
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This is my first foray into this forum. Nice work, DK. I've thought about giving this sort of thing a try. Most of my attempts at working with wood end up looking like abstract art, far from the tidy precision I envisioned at the start of the project, but I may piddle around with it one day.
I do like the shape of that. Good job. |
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Posted: 2/3/2018 7:17:12 AM EDT
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Back in the 80s there was a pipe manufacturer in my home town and i raided their dumpster many times
their pipes were for medicinal porpoises and many were rather non traditional I still have a brace of pipes from this era what you can easily do, to rescue problems, is band saw off the shaft and bond an alternate color wood to the bowl |
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Posted: 2/3/2018 7:27:56 AM EDT
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quick trip to the garage
 Attached Fileof course I still have these, 40 years later, because I have issues
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Posted: 2/17/2018 4:21:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI know your question was a while ago, but I did actually try something like that a few weeks ago. I think it turned out okay. Here are a few crappy pics.
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Posted: 2/17/2018 4:23:18 PM EDT
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This weekend, i’m hoping to get one done for doubleclaw.
ETA: 
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Posted: 2/17/2018 5:06:29 PM EDT
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Could you give us a little primer on on staining/coloring?
I particularly like that greenish billiard. |
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Posted: 2/17/2018 6:27:03 PM EDT
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Let's see a Hans Landa pipe.
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Posted: 2/17/2018 8:38:58 PM EDT
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Let's see a Hans Landa pipe.
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Posted: 2/17/2018 10:16:43 PM EDT
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Could you give us a little primer on on staining/coloring? I particularly like that greenish billiard. 1. Buying alcohol/methanol and aniline dyes 2. Mixing them to get various stain colors 3. Combining those colors on a particular pipe to get the exact color I want So between the huge variety of dye powders/liquids you can buy, and the mixing/combining that you can do yourself, you can essentially come up with ANY color stain you want. |
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Posted: 2/17/2018 10:22:18 PM EDT
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So here's how I stain a pipe:
First, I dab some black stain onto the serial number and trademark. I use a cotton swab for this. 
I give it a couple of rounds, so I get plenty of black dye into the depression formed by the punch/stamp 
Then, I sand (with a relatively smooth sandpaper - like 400) to get the excess stain out, and just leave the black stain in the actual marks. 
Once I have done that, I put on latex gloves, and give a very fine sanding to the pipe to prepare it for the stain. The reason for the gloves is to prevent any oil from my skin getting on the wood and possibly screwing with the stain. (Honestly, I am not sure how important this actually is, but I am paranoid and anal-retentive enough to do it anyway. Plus, I'll need the gloves for the staining, so might as well put them on at this step anyway). 
Okay ... so, onto the actual stain!
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Posted: 2/17/2018 10:33:34 PM EDT
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Here's what I use for staining. I buy denatured alcohol (or methanol) to use as the liquid, because it will evaporate VERY quickly. To mix into the alcohol, I typically buy powdered aniline dye (in whatever colors I need), but you can also buy liquid dyes, sometimes called leather dye. I prefer the powder, but occasionally buy liquid for a particular color/shade.
Based on what I think I'll use a lot of, I then mix various dyes to create some small "pots" (just cheap little containers I buy on Amazon.com) with various mixtures in them. Most of them are some variant of brownish or reddish hues, but I also have some green and blue mixes, for when I want to makes pipes in those colors. 
I'll often use several mixtures on a given pipe, trying to get to the exact outcome I want. For instance, this pipe I want to be a reddish stain, but I am starting with a nice rich brown as the base color. To apply the stain, I just roll up paper towel in a narrow small "brush" - I am sure there are expensive solutions I could buy, but this seems to work well and costs practically nothing.
Once I have a nice base color, I then added some more pronounced red. 
But, I don't want it to be TOO red, and look unnatural, so I add a couple of layers of a lighter brownish/yellow mixture as a final step. 
That concludes the stain. Of course it's somewhat time-consuming and detailed, and in each step you have to be careful to apply things evenly, and to not get too much stain on at any one time, etc. So this is just a brief summary, but it does take quite a bit of time and concentration. The final step is to polish the pipe and the stem. This basically involves a polishing medium - I use pure carnauba wax for the pipe itself, and tripoli for the stem - and then buffing it. Here's the wax and a picture of my cheap buffing machine. 
After some time polishing, you eventually end up with something that looks like a pipe.
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Posted: 2/18/2018 2:34:24 PM EDT
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Cool thread, DK. I enjoyed reading through the tutorial.
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Posted: 2/18/2018 8:20:16 PM EDT
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Btw, I just took some better pictures, so here are some pictures of the one I finished today:
 And here are a few pictures of one I finished back in late January. I like this one a lot.
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Posted: 2/19/2018 8:56:02 PM EDT
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Awesome work and thanks for the great write-ups & progress pics. Very cool to see. I got sent a couple in progress pics for one of the pipes I have but not enough to really put the process together. I'd like to make myself one someday, but the only experience I have with woodwork like that is a few knife handles. It looks like it would be hard to get right. I really like that volcano shape with the reverse taper shank on the last two.
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Posted: 2/21/2018 11:02:53 AM EDT
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Awesome work and thanks for the great write-ups & progress pics. Very cool to see. I got sent a couple in progress pics for one of the pipes I have but not enough to really put the process together. I'd like to make myself one someday, but the only experience I have with woodwork like that is a few knife handles. It looks like it would be hard to get right. I really like that volcano shape with the reverse taper shank on the last two.
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Posted: 2/21/2018 11:04:10 AM EDT
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In other news, I am getting ready to send a second pipe to someone in Africa! (an arfcommer, of course)
Soon, I will be able to claim to have a Global Pipe Empire!!
... I really need to get that website up and running. But since an arfcommer is graciously doing it for me for free, I don't want to be too impatient or demanding.
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Posted: 2/21/2018 2:35:05 PM EDT
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I heart this thread
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Posted: 2/22/2018 10:29:07 PM EDT
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Thanks for the staining pix.
All that reminds me of the way people used to use RIT to dye their refinished stocks on AK builds which is how I came to this site. |
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Posted: 3/8/2018 9:26:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I know your question was a while ago, but I did actually try something like that a few weeks ago. I think it turned out okay. Here are a few crappy pics. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/D15FD375-7233-4D1A-8F0E-39D0C251D31D-455133.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/3D748AAC-592F-4E8E-AF77-5E0425499E71-455135.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/7A9F78C9-B3A6-476F-BC21-42F4205E5E41-455134.jpg |
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Posted: 3/8/2018 9:29:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I know your question was a while ago, but I did actually try something like that a few weeks ago. I think it turned out okay. Here are a few crappy pics. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/D15FD375-7233-4D1A-8F0E-39D0C251D31D-455133.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/3D748AAC-592F-4E8E-AF77-5E0425499E71-455135.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/7A9F78C9-B3A6-476F-BC21-42F4205E5E41-455134.jpg |
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Posted: 3/8/2018 9:29:40 PM EDT
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Cmon, get that website up!
I've had a hankering for a blowfish style pipe lately. Might have to hit you up. Pipe shopping is worse than gun shopping. There is an almost infinite number of styles to choose from. I can kill a lot of time on smokingpipes.com. |
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Posted: 3/9/2018 10:39:07 PM EDT
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In other news, I am getting ready to send a second pipe to someone in Africa! (an arfcommer, of course) Soon, I will be able to claim to have a Global Pipe Empire!!
... I really need to get that website up and running. But since an arfcommer is graciously doing it for me for free, I don't want to be too impatient or demanding. |
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Posted: 3/10/2018 8:02:49 AM EDT
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actually if the intent is to sell crafts, etsy is the place to be,
as the most awesome webstore every built, out in isolation is out sold by a booth at the mall. |
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Posted: 3/10/2018 11:47:23 AM EDT
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actually if the intent is to sell crafts, etsy is the place to be, as the most awesome webstore every built, out in isolation is out sold by a booth at the mall. |
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Posted: 3/11/2018 3:06:37 AM EDT
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@DK-prof,
Have you tried making a churchwarden yet? |
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Posted: 3/11/2018 2:20:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Have you tried making a churchwarden yet?
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Posted: 3/11/2018 11:32:22 PM EDT
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Wow, I think I may have the bug. I gotta go get the tools to do this. Also? I'd love to get my hands on a genuine DK-Prof pipe!
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Posted: 3/12/2018 1:18:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not yet, mostly because I haven’t bought any of the stems. |
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