...A long time ago i wrote a
short article on how to make a really simple pipe, thought to expand that with how to make more complex pipes and systems that work well aswell as the tools. Ill try to illustrate wherever possible.
DISCLAIMER: i ofcourse do not endorse, encourage or insist anyone uses this tutorial and you do so at your own risk. Yep, your own risk so i naturally take no blame for anything you occuring while making, smoking or doing anything ever that happens to harm yourself or another entity/object. And anyone reading this article should be aware of the risks of smoking a pipe (google it if you like).
Now onto the actual bit, this post will just cover the anatomy of a pipe and 3 of the more important tools, later posts will cover the specifics of wood type and creating tubes and bowls as well as fixings.
The Pipe.
Consists of 3 general parts;
The Bowl where any all the action takes place;
The Stem not just there for decoration, cools the smoke slightly and gets that hot burny bit further away from your face;
The Mouthpeice something nice to suck on.
The tools.
Although not all the tools i will mention, these three are important for maintenance and building your pipe;
Wire, for cleaning out tricky internal bits and clearing out wood pith in some woods;
Knife, for most shaping and work, also used for creating the bowl, i use 2, one with a shallow pitched blade (easy) and one with a steep blade (the bowl shaping).
The Ugly.
Quite simply with a little knowledge, practice and understanding you can acheive pretty much anything you like. Ive built all kinda of things using only these tools not just pipes.
In the next post, woods and which ones to use aswell as some random bits and bobs im sure ill decide to throw in at the time.
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This just like the last post represents a little different content for the blog. I only plan to continue this if i get positive response :).
