TODAYS WORK

1/27/07

COMBAT PIPE


Todays work consists of one very special order as well as others and a new pipe for the web store
I have a customer who s a soldier in Irag, a Sargent who s in charge of a Truck unit. His nickname oddly enough is "Truck" <G> His request was for a pipe with a large enough bowl that he could smoke while waiting for action that would be tough enough to take some knocks as well as fit in his pocket, in a Black & Tan finish.I came up with a short wide stubby Bulldog somewhat based on a Castello shape I ve seen before. It has a military bit with a very thick tenon. He really liked the pipe:

Here are some pix he sent me of Iraq in the UR region:

A view of the city:

 

A view of the Ur monument

Truck :

BT 173

I received an Eltang Poker in for a new longer bit the other day. The pipe is quite delicate and rather than experiment on it I made an exact duplicate. The customer wanted a stem 1" longer. I was afraid the pipe would no longer stand with the longer stem. I made this one to try it out on and it didn t stand. The customer wanted the longer stem any way. I put a shorter bit on this pipe so it would stand . A really neat pipe !

2"H X 4 3/4 L X1.2WX 1.1 OZ

I just received an order for one of my favorite Catalog Shapes

The Gold Apple in one star Caberenet:

A few days ago I posted UB 514 a large bent billiard with a diamond shank. A customer saw it and said if only it was a size 5. I made it for him in Walnut:

A really interesting order came in for the stubbiest Poker I could make. I just finished it up and it s presently reserved until the customer has a chance to see sit. A one star Golden Mocha Size 6:

Ill be on vacation next week. Be back on the 4 th


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