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Thanks for to recommendation and the pictures. I'll definatly be on the lookout for some jars.

I think I'm about through with the sampler I received. What I have left is either 2-3 bowls of blends I don't like or half a bowl or left of stuff I do.

So I'm on the lookout for some bulk blends to enjoy on a weekly basis and jar some up to see how it will age. As well as trying out those tins I bought.

Won some more pipes on the Bay. So hopefully I'll figure out what I like and get get a really nice Briar in a year or two.
 
GearNoir said:
Nice pipe! Simple, understated, but somehow still elegant!
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Thanks Gear, that's one of my knock around pipes. I bought 10 pipes for $.50 each plus $5 shipping ($10 total) from RNA Treasures. These were all new/unsmoked vintage pipes but they all needed fixed (obviously they were factory rejects at some point). Most of them, including the one above, had a hole in the shank that needed repaired and they all had voids that needed filled. But once they were fixed up, stained, and buffed they look pretty good. I ended up salvaging 7 out of the 10. 6 of them smoke very well, while 1 has a poor draw. Not great pictures, but here are some of the ones I fixed up.
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Fenster said:
Thanks Gear, that's one of my knock around pipes. I bought 10 pipes for $.50 each plus $5 shipping ($10 total) from RNA Treasures. These were all new/unsmoked vintage pipes but they all needed fixed (obviously they were factory rejects at some point). Most of them, including the one above, had a hole in the shank that needed repaired and they all had voids that needed filled. But once they were fixed up, stained, and buffed they look pretty good. I ended up salvaging 7 out of the 10. 6 of them smoke very well, while 1 has a poor draw. Not great pictures, but here are some of the ones I fixed up.
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I’d say you got a hell of a deal, lol! What does one do to repair such holes? Did you have to do anything else to finish them? They look great!
 
GearNoir said:
I’d say you got a hell of a deal, lol! What does one do to repair such holes? Did you have to do anything else to finish them? They look great!
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Well, I repaired them a few different ways. the Dublin pipe in the first pic had a large hole (too big to fill) that went all the way threw, so I cut the bad section out and glued in an piece of "Cracked Amber" Kirinite (an acrylic), clamped it and waited for glue to cure. Then re-drilled the draft hole, sanded, buffed and stained it. The 2 pipes in the middle both had smaller holes that went all the way through the shank so I filled them. To do this I placed 1 layer of Teflon tape on a metal pin that was the same size as the draft hole, then I slid the pin down through the draft hole. I then took one of the pipes from the bunch that could not be fixed and I sanded the heck out of it until I had a pile of Briar wood dust. Then mixed the briar wood dust with super glue and quickly fill the holes with the mixture. Once the glue was dry I removed the pin, sanded, stained and finished them. The fill areas are noticeable but they just look like blemishes in the briar. The little pipe in the last picture had a large hole and bad cracks in the shank, so I cut half the shank off and added back a piece of dark green acrylic to the end of the shank (its hard to see in that low quality picture). This piece was glued and clamped on, after glue cured I re-drilled the hole sanded, buffed, and stained it.

I really had no idea what I was doing, I was just kind of making it up as I went along, but for what I payed I figured it was good practice and if I would have gotten 1 good pipe out of the whole bunch I would have been happy and it would have been worth it. As it turned out I got 6 good ones and 1 that is smokable but I am going to take a shot at fixing the draft issue when I find the time and ambition.
 
Ok guys, so i got a couple pieces of Briar off the bay a couple weeks ago. My plan is to make 2 bent pipes. beyond that i have not settled on what shape i want to aim for, but looking at what i can see of the grain i think something like an apple or brandy may look really nice. anyone have any thoughts or ideas i may not have considered?

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These would the 4th and 5th pipe i've made, but the first from Briar. The first 3 were made from some red oak i had laying around. the first one i was a bit off with the drilling and gave it to a co-worker to use as a prop piece for their steampunk stuff. the other 2 came out pretty good and i kept one and sent the other to Doug to get the opinion of someone who knew a lot more about pipes that me. aside from smoking a bit hot it actually smokes better for me than the $30 czech pipe i picked up from a local tobacconist. I started with the idea of a Dublin but ended up going with more of a poker so it'd be a sitter. This is the one i kept. I think some of the heat issues may be due to the direction of the grain since it heats up mostly at the front or above the shank.
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uacowboy said:
Ok guys, so i got a couple pieces of Briar off the bay a couple weeks ago. My plan is to make 2 bent pipes. beyond that i have not settled on what shape i want to aim for, but looking at what i can see of the grain i think something like an apple or brandy may look really nice. anyone have any thoughts or ideas i may not have considered?

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These would the 4th and 5th pipe i've made, but the first from Briar. The first 3 were made from some red oak i had laying around. the first one i was a bit off with the drilling and gave it to a co-worker to use as a prop piece for their steampunk stuff. the other 2 came out pretty good and i kept one and sent the other to Doug to get the opinion of someone who knew a lot more about pipes that me. aside from smoking a bit hot it actually smokes better for me than the $30 czech pipe i picked up from a local tobacconist. I started with the idea of a Dublin but ended up going with more of a poker so it'd be a sitter. This is the one i kept. I think some of the heat issues may be due to the direction of the grain since it heats up mostly at the front or above the shank.
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Nice looking cuts! I’m a fan of the looks of the churchwarden style myself.
 
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