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How to Make a Tobacco Pipe with Hand Tools, Part 3: Shaping with Rasps and Files
When we left off last time, we had a stem inserted into a drilled block of briar wood. Now, you could smoke this block if you wanted to (I’ve seen it done!), but you probably want to do some shaping … Continue reading
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Tagged button, file, handscrew, how to make a pipe, how to make a tobacco pipe, make a pipe, pipe, pipe making, rasp, stem, tobacco pipe
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There are not many surviving poems by the Troubadour poet Arnaut Daniel, who wrote in Provencal French and died circa 1200. One of his most famous works, “Ab gai so cundet e leri,” features a full stanza of woodworking imagery … Continue reading
Making a Tobacco Pipe with Hand Tools: A Preliminary Tutorial
This post is a short tutorial on shaping a pipe from a kit. I have now written a series of more detailed posts, which include drilling and staining, as well as shaping. Start here. When I made my first tobacco … Continue reading
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Tagged bend pipe stem, carve tobacco pipe, chainsaw file, file, hand stitched rasp, handscrew, make tobacco pipe, pipe kit, rasp
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