Newest Briar Pipe Project

[Kyler]

I just finished my most recent pipe. The pipe was carved from a Mark Tinsky pipe kit. I currently have to use a pipe kits since I do not have the necessary tools to drill my own blocks of briar. I used a Dremel hand tool to do the carving & shaping. The shape of the pipe is a partial result of size & shape of block of briar. I carved it down to the final shape based on learning how to use the Dremel and based on the best way to bring out the grain. The final shape is medium size sitting freehand pipe. It should make it excellent porch or camping pipe.

The first pictures are the pipe after the first group of finish sanding. This is done to get a better good idea of the grain type of direction before final finishing.



These final pictures are after final staining & finishing. I used a two tone finishing approach with this pipe. The first step is to use a black aniline dye to stain the pipe at 3 different stages. This process is very time consuming by requiring the base pipe to sanded at 220, 320, & 400 while receiving a coat of dye between each sanding. After the base staining, I was able to sand lightly at 400 then stain with cardinal red, then do the same process again in stages of sanding & staining at 500, 600, & 1500. A final coat of stain was applied and then the pipe was brushed with XXXXX steal wool. All the pipe needs now its a fresh coat of carnauba wax. As you can see the double staining process allows for the grain to standout quite nicely.

[LadyTevar]

A very nice job on the stain, but I do wonder about the shape....

[Kyler]

Thanks I appreciate the compliment. The shape definitely not for everyone, but since I decided to go with a sitting pipe so that influenced the final product's overall shape & size. Here is a picture of the pipe sitting. When I used to sell pipe, many company's produced sitting pipes but many really didn't. You need a good sized stable base for a sitting pipe.

[aieeegrunt]

That's pretty cool stuff. My father in law gave me a Brigham pipe recently and I've been greatly enjoying it. What do you think of their filter system?