Dave, if'n you ever make a fired clay cutty with a hole big enough to pass a pipe cleaner thru the stem...make two of 'em...I'll buy one from ya. I'm serious.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG YEESSSS!!!!!!! haha HAHA HAH AHA HAA!!! ***dances a merry jig*** You go buy that woman some flowers, and some chocolate, and some sham-pug-nee, and a pouch of baccy....and comb your beard....and clean the kitchen, damnit man do anything!
Talk about under pressure. I'm sure there is more to making a pipe than getting the block of clay! OK, I've put it on my 5 year plan of things to do. I recall with clarity and angst the trauma of making the perfect teapot, (no drips, holes in the right spot for the perfect pour, correct size spout for the pot, handle at the correct angle). I'm sure you boys will be even fussier about your pipes. Chuck, if I find out what a cutty is I'll give a try to making one some time as you have brought a bit of spark to this blog by actually being interested enough to comment. Thanks for the heads-up on making the hole big enough for a pipe cleaner. You see I am a pipe novice. Andrea
Andrea, a cutty is pretty much the same pipe as the clay pipe in the pics here on the blog but the bowl of a real cutty is slightly smaller and it has a shorter stem (approx. 3" stem). Many folks...and I'll not argue the point with them...classify the pipe in the pics as a cutty...but...smaller bowl, shorter stem = cutty. The pipe in the pics is a small tavern pipe but almost everyone that smoked used them since they were common and cheap or they smoked the cutty. I'm going to see if I can find a link to a company here in the states that make clay pipes. Their web site is rich in pics and info regarding clays. I'll post it if I can find it again. You folks might enjoy the pics. I'm not real fussy about a clay. I want to stuff tobacco in one end and suck smoke out the other and be able to stick a pipe cleaner in it after I'm done quaffing the nector of that most noble of herbs.
I did a little research. I was wrong about the pipe being a short tavern pipe. It is apipe of the type called a "pollock". Here's a good link but I'm still looking for THE good one.
Some great ideas i want all the pipes. To start off with Andrea is going to go down her own road with making pipes and see where it takes her. I am going to try to make a plaster mold and slip cast pipes. We have all we need A kiln A pottery wheel Clay And Andrea's Fine Art degree.
I'm willing to buy some moulds if that helps, see them now and then on places like eBay Germany. The hand formed ones were simply a rolled tube of clay with a bit of wire pushed through it. The bowl was formed around a finger. Pretty rough, but functional. The fancier ones of these had glazed tips so that the pipe absorbed less spit on the mouth-end and were thus more hygienic!
I think production is out of the question unless i learn how to make them. I will certainly have a go though. After all Andrea has a degree in fine art specializing in ceramics and i don't.
Dave, if'n you ever make a fired clay cutty with a hole big enough to pass a pipe cleaner thru the stem...make two of 'em...I'll buy one from ya. I'm serious.
ReplyDeleteIf we pull it off you can have one for sure.
DeleteOMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG YEESSSS!!!!!!! haha HAHA HAH AHA HAA!!! ***dances a merry jig*** You go buy that woman some flowers, and some chocolate, and some sham-pug-nee, and a pouch of baccy....and comb your beard....and clean the kitchen, damnit man do anything!
ReplyDeleteHAHAhahahhahahahaahahahahaahahahah
ReplyDeleteTalk about under pressure. I'm sure there is more to making a pipe than getting the block of clay! OK, I've put it on my
ReplyDelete5 year plan of things to do. I recall with clarity and angst the trauma of making the perfect teapot, (no drips, holes in the
right spot for the perfect pour, correct size spout for the pot, handle at the correct angle). I'm sure you boys will be even
fussier about your pipes. Chuck, if I find out what a cutty is I'll give a try to making one some time as you have brought
a bit of spark to this blog by actually being interested enough to comment. Thanks for the heads-up on making the hole
big enough for a pipe cleaner. You see I am a pipe novice.
Andrea
Bless your heart Andrea for even considering the thing as possible.
DeleteI like this blog and it's gettin mo betta every day!
Andrea, a cutty is pretty much the same pipe as the clay pipe in the pics here on the blog but the bowl of a real cutty is slightly smaller and it has a shorter stem (approx. 3" stem). Many folks...and I'll not argue the point with them...classify the pipe in the pics as a cutty...but...smaller bowl, shorter stem = cutty. The pipe in the pics is a small tavern pipe but almost everyone that smoked used them since they were common and cheap or they smoked the cutty. I'm going to see if I can find a link to a company here in the states that make clay pipes. Their web site is rich in pics and info regarding clays. I'll post it if I can find it again. You folks might enjoy the pics. I'm not real fussy about a clay. I want to stuff tobacco in one end and suck smoke out the other and be able to stick a pipe cleaner in it after I'm done quaffing the nector of that most noble of herbs.
DeleteI did a little research. I was wrong about the pipe being a short tavern pipe. It is apipe of the type called a "pollock". Here's a good link but I'm still looking for THE good one.
Deletehttp://www.ramshornstudio.com/pipe_.htm
I found that link I was looking for and it says I was right the first time. Short tavern pipe. Here's the link.
Deletehttp://www.pipeshoppe.com/ps_clay.php
Sorry I ran around the barn three times before I found the door.
Some great ideas i want all the pipes.
DeleteTo start off with Andrea is going to go down her own road with making pipes and see where it takes her.
I am going to try to make a plaster mold and slip cast pipes.
We have all we need
A kiln
A pottery wheel
Clay
And Andrea's Fine Art degree.
And I'll just sit here making sure my baccy is perfectly humidified...:)
DeleteI'm willing to buy some moulds if that helps, see them now and then on places like eBay Germany. The hand formed ones were simply a rolled tube of clay with a bit of wire pushed through it. The bowl was formed around a finger. Pretty rough, but functional. The fancier ones of these had glazed tips so that the pipe absorbed less spit on the mouth-end and were thus more hygienic!
ReplyDeleteAndrea said she would be insulted by a mould
ReplyDeleteAh yes, but she is thinking once-off, I'm thinking production ;P
ReplyDeleteI think production is out of the question unless i learn how to make them.
ReplyDeleteI will certainly have a go though.
After all Andrea has a degree in fine art specializing in ceramics and i don't.