My brother decided to take his pipe enthusiasm to the next level and is currently working on 2 poker pipes A poker style pipe for me and a volcano shaped pipe for himself
Mine was his first attempt at poker pipe making and here is where it's at thus far
Where it all starts (a $30 piece of briar):
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Some critical planning:
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A little drilling:
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And lots of carving, filing, sanding and shaping:
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And voila it's in it's final shape of our poker-rake ru/]poker pipe:
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Now for the color options He decided to darken the grain via a little chemistry experiment On Thanksgiving day he brought a bowl of vinegar which had been soaking some rusty springs for a couple days He also brought a baggie of grape tannins and we added that to a cup of water on the side He mixed the two chemicals to produce a jet black dye and then rubbed it into the briar It was then rubbed down with some steel wool and the grains were much more pronounced, leaving the rest of the briar only slightly darkened
His plan is to dye the remainder of the briar red, sticking with a red and black theme which is consistent with the colors of the suits involved in poker cards This is supposed to be my official poker playing pipe and should be finished by Christmas
[more pictures coming soon]
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