Carving a briar pipe kit
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Here is a video of me carving a briar pipe kit I got off of ebay for $10. It has a flaw in it, which is why I got it so cheap... but I figured it would be a fun, skill-building project that might turnout to be a family heirloom..jk.. not really;) All in all, it was fun to do and even if you're not a pipe smoker, it can be an interesting small project to work on for that pipe smoking relative or just as a small and interesting woodworking project. As always, thanks for watching!
#briarpipecarving
#diypipecarving
#howtocarveapipe
#countrysquireradio
#homesteadonomics
The podcast's that I mentioned are the Moustache & Blade Podcast (shaving, grooming, guys stuff) and the Country Squire Radio podcast (pipe smoking and related topics). Just incase you're interested in checking them out!
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I have been a pipe smoker for 49 years. That is a nice pipe. You did a great job.
Be careful with the stain you used. Some stains don't take well to the heat of a pipe and will have issues on warming up. Also, be very careful not to get any inside as, even if it doesn't hurt you, it will likely affect the taste of the tobacco. Yes, I smoke pipes and just started carving my own from blanks. But my first was carved with carving knives while I relaxed in front of the fire place like the old man I am.
That’s a helluva job, great video…to the point, very nice
Thanks for posting this. I've been wanting to try one of these kits and I like that you did it without a lathe.
The grain is gorgeous, looks great. Well done. I just received a kit for Christmas so I’m out here looking for some guidance, glad I came across this.
Push sticks are definitely your friend. My middle finger is a bit shorter on my right hand
That thing turned out beautiful, well done! The crack adds some nice character to it.
The end result was fantastic. Great color and a classic design. You should be very pleased with your work.
+Ryan Smith Thanks Ryan! I do like the traditional designs of things and this shape just spoke to me! It also smokes nice too... as far as I can tell being a novice:) I plan to do a couple other pipe videos but just gotta get my ideas in order first!
Thanks for watching!
Joe
It turned out pretty good for sure. Good job.
elvis1943 Thanks Elvis!
A friend of mine bought one of those kits and didn't carve it, he walks around smoking this block of wood and tells people he made it in 8th grade shop class, it's pretty funny, great job, the pipe looks great 👍🏆.
great job,nice quality..
I did a hang crafted pipe in my dorm all on briar with a knife and sand papers used press for the chamber but looks awesome! need to step up my arsenal
Impressive again. Beautiful wood grain.
Man.....AWESOME WORK!!! Honestly u have inspired me to get my own blanks now, thank you....great work sir!!
absolutely amazing. great job. looks awesome.
Nicely done! Great video 👍🏻
Cool deal! I started carving briar pipe from a kit as well. I landed on your channel since I'm looking into collecting rain water for my garden. I won't be able to setup something extreme as your in my middle TN subdivision, but I'm hoping to set up a rain barrel+olla irrigation system.
Excellent, I'm currently doing one of these myself and found this very interesting. Well done 👍👍👍
That's an excellent first try right there. Wow
Awesome project. Much respect!
There is an epoxy that gunsmiths use called Acraglass gel that works like a dream with wood. Its advantage is that you could have mixed the sanding dust from the pipe with the Acraglass to fill that imperfection and it would have taken the stain so your repair would be, largely, undetectable.
I'm gonna check into that Don... thanks! i have an old gun stock that is cracked and that might be the trick:)
homesteadonomics , It will definitely work for that. Larry Potterfield of MidwayUSA has some videos here on UA-cam that'll show the best way for fixing a cracked stock. Midway doesn't sell the Acraglass but they have a product that is just as good. Brownell's sells the Acraglass. MidwayUSA and Brownell's are both great companies to do business with. I was a gunsmith for 29 years and had them both on speed-dial.
Nice pipe. I wouldn't have bothered filling the imperfection. Many pipe smokers, myself included, think the imperfections give the pipes character.
That came out really nice
Great video and great job.
Dude, that turned out great. Smoke that baby up.
Awesome tips and I'll have to give it a try. What a great manly project!
+Ron Betts Thanks Ron! It really is an awesome and fun project to do! Give it a go for sure:)
Joe
I have never seen the fire staining.. interesting. I will try it myself when I get the chance. I have the buffing bits, but for some reason, I never thought to use them on my drill press. I have used them in my hand tools.. Look at that.. your getting me to look outside the box... If you haven't guess, I have been going through your back videos to catch up. I drag your Aunt B into my office for some of those that I think she will get a kick out of... (or ideas)... Nice job...
I'VE USED CARPENTRY GLUE TO FILL VOIDS ON OTHER PIECES, JUST MIX IT WITH SAW DUST, IT MATCHES PRETTY WELL
Mr1SUPERdoodle Great tip! Thanks Mrsuperdoodle! Will have to try that next time instead of my JB weld concoction...lol! Thanks for watching:)
Joe
homesteadonomics glue tends to be darker use 5 minute epoxy. it's clear so not much color change.
great job!!
Really nice job. Thanks for sharing, cheers,, Paul from Adelaide , South Australia.
+SabotPottery Thanks Paul! Glad you liked it... it was a super fun project! ...and hard to pass up for the deal I got:)
Joe
Nice job fella. Guitarist is on form too. ✌️
Another excellent video. Bear Down.
Henry Pu Yi Thanks Henry!
Wow!! It came out amazing!!
+Benjamin Alvarado thanks Benjamin! Joe
You really did well!! Congrats
I think this will be a great project for my granddad
+Quinn Leffingwell Awesome Quinn! I think he'd probably love it.. and if you get one like I got with the stem already cut, there won't be any special tools required:) Thanks for watching and commenting!
Joe
Nice job
Wow a non smoker who does not want to nail me to a cross! How refreshing.... Almost as refreshing as this G.L. Pease "jackknife plug" with my Roastarie "city of fountains" coffee... I almost ordered one of these kits and might now that I am watching this... Now back to the video!....
+Charles Hibbs lol! People can be a bit crazy for sure:) I'm not a smoker, regularly at least, but have enjoyed a few bowls in this pipe! You should definitely give it a try... I'm so glad I did and now I want to do one from a complete raw chunk of briar... or mesquite (which I have an abundance of). The nice thing about a kit like this is that you only are worrying about the shape and looks of the pipe... all the inner workings are there and drilled.
Anyways, thanks for watching Charles... and good luck on your kit!
Joe
+homesteadonomics Thanks for the vid. Pipe turned out well - the grain isn't too bad either. If it didn't require all that machine equipment, I'd definitely give it a go myself. Those kits are fairly cheap here in the UK.
+Charles Hibbs Man with good taste. For me, nothing beats a lazy early afternoon in the garden with a stout tobacco and a cup of black coffee.
Awesome job!...you should do more for sale.
Dude great vid, thanks. But why in the world did you not fire it up at the end!?!? Ugh
I wholeheartedly agree. When I was carving my first, every evening I would smoke it after I was done with the evening's carving. It had more smoking hours then it would have taken to make it if I had used power tools. :-)
fatta a mano veramente, complimenti
Sweet job bud. Music was awesome for the video tell your brother in law sounded great. I've never seen anyone set stain on fire. Curious why. Take care bro
yoopersurvival Thanks YS! I just told him you liked it...he literally plays like 5-6 different instruments at an awesome level! Really cool guy too... I've been trying to get him to start a YT channel just to show off his stuff, I think he'd do really well (the ladies would love him..lol)
As for the stain... that's something I read to help the stain set and keep it from darkening too much in one area over another. I actually wasn't sure on doing it either but I think it turned out well.
Anyways, hope you're doing well up there and getting ready for winter:)
Joe
Great vid. Really lacking the money shot at the end though.
I really would like to do this. I would however recommend you doing a brief description of the steps you are doing and the equipment you used. like what was the stain and what was the point of lighting it on fire? other then that it was a great video.
Any kind of leather dye. And burning it burns off the alcohol.
Neat video. You're an inspiration!
+Beardly Gentlemen Thanks BG! It was a fun process and I hope to do another too but maybe out of mesquite or something that is a bit easier for me to source:)
Joe
+homesteadonomics I hear ya Joe. I've got an old apple tree out back that got blow down in a wind storm this year and I'm wondering if I shouldn't try aging/drying it and trying my hand.
I've heard of people using pare wood; it's just like you said though, the worst that could happen is I might learn a thing or two.
+Beardly Gentlemen Yes! That sounds like a 'windfall' to me... free wood and I'd think it would make for a beautiful pipe... and if the wood charred too quickly then at the very least it'd be a great wall hanger or special occasion piece! I want to try with some mesquite... it's very hard, similar to briar but tends to crack and probably doesn't have the fire resistance that briar does. But another option would be to try with olive wood... I've heard that makes a nice pipe too:)
ps-have you listened to 'the country squire' podcast? Great hosts and and content too:)
Joe
Looks really nice .. :)
+GlargodSr Thanks GS!
Joe
awesome work
+Chris Johnson Thanks Chris!
Joe
Nice, Joe. Have you tried the pipe out yet? I really like Trey's new music, and agree he should start a channel.
Blackberry Hideout Thanks Jess! Nope but in the next couple days I plan to for sure... just got done being 'under the weather' so it had to wait. But, you're gonna have to come down to try it for yourself;)
Nice work!
+Peter J Puleo thanks Peter!
Wax coat makes all the difference! Too bad you didn’t have that.
What are you using to stain the pipe and what does setting it on fire do?
Looks like Fiebings leather dye. I too wonder about the burn off.
a Rasp or file might had lessen your time, epoxy maybe could of worked with that crack, but all in all great lookin pipe!
+Mathias Chaidez All great ideas Mathias! Thanks for watching:)
Joe
That was great!!! I really want to try this now. How important was that band saw?
Mario Munoz Thanks Mario! The band saw is helpful but isn't necessary for making the cuts... a vice and a handsaw OR some wood rasps would certainly work as well. Hope that helps and thanks for watching:)
Thats one way to dry the coating
What is that method of staining?
forsakengold I read that it is a way to control how long the stain absorbs into the briar as well as 'setting' the stain... but this was just a first time for me... so I don't have too much expertise in the matter;) Hope that helps... and thanks for watching!
Cool....., what finishing you used?
Joe,
What is that dremel bit called that you use in the video? I do not have access to some of the large equipment you have and so I may have to reply not he dremel quite a bit for this.
thanks. steve
awalrus1 Hey Steve,
I can't remember what it was called exactly but it's a carving bit that is shaped like a cylinder with a rounded end. It might have been called a cutter or carver bit, i think. I want to say it was like $5-6. It cuts really easily and I don't think it'll take much longer if you're using the dremel bit alone either.
Anyways, hope that helps... and thanks for watching:)
Joe
What was the name of the saw the he used to cut off most of the wood in the beginning?
+Ryan M. (The sixth sky) Hi Ryan... it was a small table top bandsaw.. you can find them on craigslist for around 40-50bucks sometimes. Thanks for watching:)
joe
+homesteadonomics thank you, i appreciate your reply.
Nice job, very clean looking billiard. How did she smoke?
Thanks Alex! She smokes fine, as far as I can tell... it's my first and only pipe that I've smoked, so to me, it's perfect:)
Joe
@@homesteadonomics Careful. You might just get hooked and wind up with 40 or 50 different types of tobacco and a dozen or more pipes. :-)
“I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.”
-Albert Einstein, 1950
What was that bit on your rotary tool?
+trigsim I think it's called a carving bit. i got it at Lowes for about 5-6 bucks. Hope that helps:)
Joe
Great but you missed to bend the mouth piece
It’s a straight pipe... billiard style. I didn’t want a bent pipe
hows old scarface doing did she blow out?
+John Harrington Nope, still good... Seems to be holding up well so far:)
cool might buy a kit
uhh
Well this is pointless w. Power tools... Lame.x10
This is how someone who doesn't smoke anything and wants to be like a lame podcaster makes a pipe. Take note hipster-billies.
I think a lot of artisans pipe makers use power tools at some point in process
@@Kaleb.R3 years ago chief.
@@jmcc6104 I am aware
Garbage music. Overly loud, too repetative. Make a pipe to some real metal.