Pipe

[Still Waters]

I was wondering if any members have hand carved a tobbaco pipe from wood?
Or if anyone has any links to sites with simple guides?

[Eric_Methven]

I've done wooden pipes before, but always with power tools, so they don't qualify as hand carved. I've done one by hand from antler though. Smokes like a dream.



Here's the pipe along with a wooden bowl and spoon I made and a leather baccy pouch. (A 50gr pouch of StBruno fits nicely inside).

Eric

[Earlyturtle]

Wicked pipe there Eric. I was just looking at the pipe in Mors Kochanski's bushcraft and thinking about giving that a go sometime.
This is an unrelated (to Mors Kochanski) tutorial: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze...ipemaking.html
Have you seen this one already, Still Waters?
EDIT: Sorry, just noticed that site's not about hand-carving.

[gregorach]

There's a thread about my hand-carved wooden pipe here.

[atek]

Hi, my glass pipe has recently been damaged and I figured out a way to fix it nicely with milliput epoxy but I am worried if the poxy will be able to take the heat and if it would be safe to use. if anyone has any knowledge on that please let me know. Thanks.

[Peat]

I made this pipe from (left to right) cherry, leather, oak, copper and holly!



I used an electric drill for hole down the shaft, and a dremel style tool for the bowl. A lot of work, but very satisfying to make a composite item like this.

[outdoorpaddy]

Great pipes guys, my past attempts have failed miserably but I'm thinking of trying again sometime. By the way Peat, as nice as your pipe is, Holly is actually poisonous so would go easy on that pipe. Great work though!
cheers

paddy

[Peat]

Cheers for the heads up, but I couldn't find any evidence for it.

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/arc...p/t-40412.html

http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims...sonous%20parts

[Laurentius]

Something I am tempted to have a go at using old bramble roots even though I don't smoke.

[Toddy]

Would anyone be interested in goose egg sized burrs for making a pipe ?
Himself took a wander and brought me back some for carving, but they're a bit too small for kuksas, but I reckon they'd do a pipe bowl.

cheers,
Toddy

[crosslandkelly]

There is a good video on Hobbexp channel, on youtube. How to make a simple bush pipe.
Hope it helps,
Colin.

[Man of Tanith]

Would anyone be interested in goose egg sized burrs for making a pipe ?
Himself took a wander and brought me back some for carving, but they're a bit too small for kuksas, but I reckon they'd do a pipe bowl.

cheers,
Toddy

Yes i would be very interested if you can spare them please?

[Man of Tanith]

Also want to say that antler pipe is amazing Eric

[HillBill]

Aye Mary, i'd take one if possible. I have some Briar Burl blocks for knife handles but they are a bit small for a pipe bowl.

What would you like for one?

Some nice pipes there guys.

Would anyone be interested in goose egg sized burrs for making a pipe ?
Himself took a wander and brought me back some for carving, but they're a bit too small for kuksas, but I reckon they'd do a pipe bowl.

cheers,
Toddy

[Toddy]

It's pouring here but when it dries up a bit I'll nip out and bring them in from the shed and get a photo taken.
I started to take the bark off a couple and the 'grain' is absolutely wonderful looking I think there's nearly a dozen of them.
I know I won't use them though, so I'll divide them up and pass them along.

Mark, I think it's more I owe you, no worries

Sam, I still have a tent up my loft to come to you. Life just gets a touch fraught and hectic at times I've stuff to come down to Debs too, so I'll need to see who's travelling that direction.

cheers,
M

[HillBill]

Thanks Mary

I'll PM you my addy later, just heading off to Malham for a little wander about.

[Toddy]

I think some of these are best thought of as Cadbury's mishapes
The writhing grain is beautiful though



and a close up of the grain



cheers,
M

[Rumcelt]

Hi

Is burl from white heather?
When the grain is close it is called a birds eye grain.
use to smoke a pipe all the time then gave up tobacco, I still have all my old pipes.

Reg
Rum

[Man of Tanith]

Mary
Oh yeah Tent i'd forgotten bout that
if i can bagsy a burl that would be great

[Colin.W]

Great pipes guys, my past attempts have failed miserably but I'm thinking of trying again sometime. By the way Peat, as nice as your pipe is, Holly is actually poisonous so would go easy on that pipe. Great work though!
cheers

paddy

made me smile. all the £millions the health advisory council and other gov. medical experts have spent tell us all of the dangers of smoking and the main concern is holly is not the sort of wood you should be putting in your mouth

[Toddy]

Makes you wonder though..........it would be a brilliant way to keep an ember of fomes or suchlike alive and burning slow to carry fire on a journey............how long do we think folk have 'actually' smoked ? Original tobacco is no where near as addictive or polluting as the modern heavily adulterated cigarette stuff.

I hasten to add I'm not advocating it; just wonderin'

cheers,
M

[calgarychef]

I imagine the first pipes must have been fire lighting aids, then some brainiac decided to inhale (unlike Bill Clinton) and it's been downhill ever since.