From pipecrafter at pipecrafter.com Mon Jun 19 22:37:05 2006 From: pipecrafter at pipecrafter.com (Kurt Huhn) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:37:05 -0400 Subject: [Pipe-announce] new pipes: 6.19.06 Message-ID: <44975F51.6010709@pipecrafter.com> All, here's some new pipes I've done recently: This first one is the only one available out of the lot. It's a really nice acorn with a reverse taper shank and cumberland saddle bit. The blast was left uncolored, just because it seemed right. It also sports a nifty copper and cocobolo accent on the end of the shank. See it here: http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipes/cityman/acorn2.php Just for show are 3 more. The first is an incredibly light lumberman that's now in the hands of it's proud owner. It has a rather large chamber size and I expect it's provding much pleaure. I'll get a thorough review in the next couple weeks: http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/lumberman1.jpg http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/lumberman1-alt1.jpg http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/lumberman1-alt2.jpg http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/lumberman1-alt3.jpg This next one is a special order based on a similar pipe I did a couple months ago. This one, however, is considerably larger, making clenching an interesting proposition. Not impossible, but you'd need a serious jaw to do it: http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/calabash2.jpg http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/calabash2-alt1.jpg http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/calabash2-alt2.jpg http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/calabash2-alt3.jpg And this last one is an interpretation of another maker's shape - to which I added a few things and tried to make my own. The pipe was difficult to find the right block for, considering the extreme angle of the grain. It took me nearly a month to find the right piece of briar while digging through my piles. There's also a cumberland shank extension which really sets off the pipe nicely. It's currently in transit for it's interview in Maryland: http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/saucer6.jpg http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/saucer6-alt1.jpg http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/saucer6-alt2.jpg http://www.pipecrafter.com/pipeimages/saucer6-alt3.jpg -- Kurt Huhn pipecrafter at pipecrafter.com http://www.pipecrafter.com