I finished my first rhodesian shape. It’s my 16th pipe.

I want to keep for myself for two reasons. First one, to test the chamber. I want to be sure that the bottom of the chamber is not too thin and the best way to do it is… smoking it several times. Do it yourself! 🙂

The second reason is an horrible hole in the shank. It’s only aestethical, but still is a defect of the pipe. I really need to buy sandblasting equipment. Any advice about wich compressor should I buy would be very welcome.

This pipe has a very small chamber. I wanted a light pipe for some moments that I just want to smoke a short time. Most of my pipes have big capacity.

Hope you like it. I enjoyed doing it a lot and I didn’t have any rhodesian in my collection as smoker so I’m happy with it.

This is the part of imperfections in the shank. Pity. 

Joan is smoking today: Dirk Claessen + Esoterica Tobacciana Penzance.

Better photos of this reloaded old horn I did from a predrilled kit.

The story of this pipe:

It was my fifth pipe, two months ago and I didn’t had a driller and drills to do a pipe from 0 at that time.

It was an exercise to me, because the kit was oriented to do a long straight pipe, like a canadian, but the beautiful grain was claiming for a horn. I did my best to do it possible.

Tired of this kind of situations, I bought a vertical driller the next day after finishing it and I never used kits again.

A member of a pipe forum asked to me to buy this pipe. Then I decided to change the stem and do a new one. I also sanded and stained the pipe again.

The previous version of the pipe was looking like this:

Joan is smoking today Chacom Sport + Dunhill A21000

My wife and her mother have been working hard to design and sew some bags for the pipes I make.

They are made from rough burlap but in the inside, there’s an inner layer of soft cotton fabric that caress the pipe. There’s a small tab with a catalan flag, because my pipes are very proud of where they come from. Maybe we do some changes on the design, but this is more or less how they will look:

 

The photo shows three pipes almost ready for delivering. Only the mark with the logo is missing. I oredered the tool to mark them, but it didn’t arrived yet. Hope it will arrive soon.

The apple nosewarmer will travel to Malta, the billiard will travel to Barcelona and the egg will be smoked in Bolivia.

Joan is smoking this night: Chacom Sport + Cornell & Diehl Mississippi Mud

This is my 15th pipe and 3 months since I made my first pipe. It is a magic number.

I made a pipe for myself. Usually I don’t keep for me the pipes I make. I only kept one of them.

Now I decided to do a small and very light pipe with low capacity for smoking it when i just want to smoke short time or I want to try more than one tobacco. So there’s no needing for a high capacity pipe.

I stained it to resemble a fire to play with the broken/burnt looking top.

Hope you like it. Comments and advices are very welcome.

Size: 12cm x 4,5 cm. 11mm shank diameter. 16gr.

Joan is smoking today Tsuge Kaga + Nat Sherman 314 City Island Dawn.

 

The billiard is finished. Hope the owner will be happy with it.

I need to start thinking in some sandblasting equipment.

Let’s see if this is not the last pipe of the year! 🙂

Joan is smoking: Tsuge Kaga + Escudo.

My first pipe using the lathe is finished.

24 gr and 12 cm. The bowl is 4,5 cm x 3,3 cm. Chamber’s diameter is 22 cm.

I think it’s a feminine one. It will be a donation to the Rincón de la Pipa forum for a Christmas lottery.

Joan is smoking: Tsuge Kaga + Penzance.

Apple nosewarmer finished.

Comissioned work for my friend Melvin Mifsud from Malta.

I’m very happy with the result of this one.

Joan is smoking now: Savinelli Odeon + Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bull’s Eye

Probably the last pipe before the birth of my son.

Simple classic billiard. 29gr. 14cmx5cm.

Joan is smoking now: Tom Spanu + Escudo.

My 10th pipe is here. Magic number and almost 2 months since I started learning to make pipes. I enjoyed this a lot and what was supposed to be a divertimento for some days is becoming a passion.

The pipe has a rosewood ring and I think is a hand pipe also while it’s small.

I like to imagine it as a small muscular horn.

Joan is smoking: Savinelli Odeon + Cornell & Diehl Pirate Kake.