Homemade tobacco pipe

[James442]

This Instructable is about how to make your own tobacco pipes at home. I didn't want to spend a lot of money for a tobacco pipe, so I decided to make one myself. Here is how I did just that.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-tobacco-pipe/

 

[jolly]

not a bad first attempt. how does it smoke? I couldn't tell from the pics if you got your draw hole and bowl to line up.

 

[Knucklehead]

Nice pipe. How's she smoke?

 

[deluxestogie]

Is that instructable your own?

Bob

 

[JOE1977]

Way better than my first one, you can see that in my grow thread.

 

[Hasse SWE]

Amazing job...

 

[ArizonaDave]

Very nice pipe!

 

[chris m]

I have made some pipes . I have two free form pipes one bent and one straight. Here is a link to making supply think it may be cool http://www.pipemakers.org/
The two clays are still drying we will see how they turn out to thick or thin they will crack . Made from Indiana clay that I harvested and cleaned . Will find my information on it and post here .

 

[chris m]

He is a link that I have used to get clay it's different than buying clay and store stuff is cheap but this is something that you made from the earth http://www.practicalprimitive.com/skillofthemonth/processingclay.html

 

[deluxestogie]

Nice link, Chris. One thing all of us has is dirt. I suppose one could fire a clay pipe in the coals of a barbecue pit, with a wire down the stem.

Bob

 

[chris m]

Yes that's how I fire all of my pots now ,but DISCLAIMER do not touch anything that is in the coal dust for 2 day after its fired . Glaze with one part clay and 3 parts water mix well let it set mix every little bit till it's a soup .but make your pipe ,ash tray and let it dry till rock hard it's still fragile at this time then dip in the slip let dry then fire . When you make your draw hole pull wire out . When you do the slip but the wire back in .to keep it clear then pull out so it will don't stick . Also make your shape that you want but it can be rough let it get leather hard ( forms a skin ) then smooth out with a sponge . And just about everybody's will be different due to different clay in the area . Also you can get clay at a craft store for about 20.00 for 25 pounds regular or air dry . Use pottery clay not anything else . Hope you enjoy this and hope to have some pictures up soon. Chris

 

[chris m]

Also forgot one very important thinking make what ever your making on a wood board and after its made take a piece of fishing line and cut it off the board and then move the item . Then fix if anything moved don't touch for a few days . And also to the op sorry for the high jacking Chris

 

[CrazyCatman]

Since I was cutting down some thick branches of our Hazel bushes (some of the stems of that "bush" are 5 meters tall), I took off a nice ca. ø7cm by 10.5cm block which I thought it could be fun to use for making a pipe; I am not sure if I will make it by the "corn cob princip"; meaning I just make a the bowl and then drill a hole for a stem and mouth piece which will be a thinner hazel branch - maybe with the bark still on, or if I will make a more correct pipe with bown and stem, and then a separate mouthpiece. The cutting must be different depending on the idea.

Any good suggestions? I am terrible at wood work, have no power tools and no-to-low experience.

Secondly; Is hazel a good idea for the bowl or should I throw out the idea and use my block for something else instead? I have on the land access to willow, birch and pine.
Mouthpiece: Hazel? Willow? Birch?

I want to connect the pipe with the summer house, so I want to use materials from it to make it - so even thou it is easier to make a bamboo mouthpiece, it is a no go. And it does not need to be a beautiful pipe anyway...

 

[Knucklehead]

Hazel doesn't appear on the lists of toxic woods, so you should be safe.
http://www.finewoodworking.com/how-to/article/toxic-woods.aspx
http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/wood-allergies-and-toxicity/

As far as how well it holds up to heat without splitting or burning, or whether or not it will impart a taste to tobacco, I have no idea. Do you have any fruit trees nearby? deluxestogie posted a nice rustic pipe build from (I think) a blown down apple tree. It was one piece, using part of the trunk as the bowl, and an attached limb served as the stem. It was all done with hand tools. I tried to find the thread without success. Maybe Bob knows right where to look. You could also use his method of integral bowl/stem with your Hazel. Let us know how it smokes. It's going to taste like crap until after it is broken in and develops a cake anyway so give it some time.

 

[deluxestogie]

Applewood Pipe

I can't find the thread (either here or on HTGT), so...

It starts with a blown down apple tree--well cured wood, and ends up a pipe. The final photo shows the pipe at 5 years old, with a "new" bit. It's now about 9 years old. The photos are pretty crummy.

I used a light, alcohol-based stain, and common pipe wax.

Bob

 

[sansonPR]

Bob that is so cool. I like it.

 

[Knucklehead]

Bob, the finished pipe looks better than I remembered. I was a little loose with the term "Rustic". That looks nice.

 

[deluxestogie]

Thank you for the generous words. The walls of the bowl are thick enough for Alcatraz. I had no idea if apple would burn through easily. It has not. Mercifully, applewood is lighter than Mediterranean briar. Apple does, though, have a hinky grain, making it troublesome to whittle. [But briar is nearly impossible to whittle--it's like cast iron.] Only chocolate tobacco has ever entered its bowl. It's the only aromatic that I smoke--occasionally.

The fun thing with a homemade pipe is there's nothing to lose, and a high probability of ending up with a smokable pipe.

Bob

 

[DGBAMA]

Nice work Bob.

We had a good pipe crafting crowd here for a while, sends to have given way to cigar rollers. I miss seeing the craftsmanship that went into a lot of home made pipes.

 

[ProfessorPangloss]

Gents, a doff of the hat from yrs truly. I've not tried to make a pipe yet, but I *have* tried to source Hickory Cane corn (not to be confused with Hickory King, which is readily available but supposedly a little smaller), an heirloom variety which purports to have a wickedly thick cob. I found one website that was hoping to get a re-supply from a mythical grower, but no dice. It's practically Jack and the Beanstalk's magic beans. Actually, that honor would go to the custom hybrid that Missouri Meerschaum uses. Carving wood is another level altogether, so bask in the warmth of your own excellence, Bob.