Pipe Making Journey pt. 1.

I've embarked on another project, this time learning how to craft smoking pipes out of briar wood.
The current pipe I have on the go, due to a lack of tools, is being hand carved out of a single block of briar using only a saw, a 3 3/4" wood-carver's knife and sandpaper.

This is my first, critique is expected. I am not making it to be beautiful, I just want to learn. I hope to keep people in the know about how it goes so that others can see how easy it is to start doing this.

All raw materials purchased from: www.pimopipecraft.com

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Howto & Style

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• tobacco
• pipes
• wood
• woodcraft
• carving
• smoking
• crafting
• briar
• pipe tobacco
• pipe
• making

[blinky23456]

i have just began work on my first pipe.....for tobacco smoking (harumph). i am making a replica of the pipe gandalf smokes in the lord of the rings trilogy. i plan to use a lathe to make the bowl and stem seperatly then steam and bend the stem and attach it to the bowl. i found a great bench top lathe at harbor freight tools for $130

[Autofac]

@blinky23456 Good work on starting your first, and a great pipe to model your first after, as well!

I am not familiar with Harbour Freight Tools, I'll google them. I know a buddy who used to make all wood pipes, stems and all. One of his tricks for getting a nice hole through a long stem was to super heat a piece of piano wire and then shove it all the way through. Works well if you don't have a drill bit long enough, then you can just steam bend the rest.

Any plans to document your progress?

[itachi1303]

Are there any other types of woods that you can use to make pipes?

[Autofac]

@itachi1303 Yes. Cherrywood and olivewood can sometimes be found used in pipe making.

The reason they're not always best is because they simply do not stand up to the heat of bowl the way briar does.

Pipes are sometimes also made out of clay.

[ALMYCorporations]

thats a pretty badass thing to do. anybody can buy something, but you decided to make one.

[Autofac]

Thanks man, figured I would give it a try. Totally worth it.

[tabacopipe21]

NICE............. LOOKING FORWARD TO DO ONE =)

[jmg1957]

well odne.

[6sixpounder6]

I've only made 3 pipes, but i have done plenty of woodworking. Even if you want to go all out and buy large power tools, it really comes down to buying a drill press, disk sander (belt sander works too) and a bandsaw. these tools prove very helpful for countless other woodworking tasks as well. and yeah, harbor freight is a great way to buy inexpensive tools.

[sonick808]

harbor freight will be your best friend in this endeavor. Definitely seek them out for affordable power tools that would otherwise break the bank. 50$ for a band saw ? yeah, seriously. They have deals like that all the time. I"m going to start the same hobby, but have llong been a harbor freight stalwart

[blinky23456]

yes i am framiliar with that method i have used it in the past to fit a handle to a newly made knife by heating the tang in a forge and pushing it down into a pilot hole, i have a few different ideas in mind for steaming and forming the bend in the stem. as for documenting my progress i may but when i work in my shop i tend to just jump right in so setting up a camera dosent even occur to me

[MrPyrocrazed]

thats cute i remember my first beer u jariatric fuck get a life dip fuck