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Post by crapgame on Aug 21, 2017 16:51:13 GMT -5
My friend has just started making pipes and right now he a few cherry pipes made and he found some branches of an ASH tree. He said the grain is beautiful and is coming out really nice and it is a very hard wood. Has anyone made a pipe from ash and does ask make good pipes?
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Post by oldcajun123 on Aug 21, 2017 18:16:58 GMT -5
Go to the Wood DataBase, this tells you if Toxicity is there.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 20:49:39 GMT -5
Mike I have an Unsmoked WWII era pipe. I think it is Mountian Larurel. It is marked American Briar. I have not been able to find very much info on this pipe. As Brad Suggested check the toxicity of the wood. There has been concerns smoking this wood. If I remember right Brad also has a Mountian Larurel pipe or two.
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Post by papipeguy on Aug 21, 2017 21:58:16 GMT -5
Mountain Laurel was used during WW II because pipe makers here could not get briar from Europe. It's also the state shrub of Pennsylvania.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 22:50:46 GMT -5
Are there any pictures of these pipes? Would like to compare the color, grain. Mine base a yellow coating in the bowl.
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Post by crapgame on Aug 22, 2017 11:23:05 GMT -5
He will be sending me some pics and i will post them when i get them!
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Post by Zach on Aug 22, 2017 11:58:32 GMT -5
There's also "Mission Briar" from WWII briar shortages that used Manzanita. Not sure about any pipes of ashwood..
Odor: Can have a distinct, moderately unpleasant smell when being worked.
Allergies/Toxicity: Ash in the Fraxinus genus has been reported to cause skin irritation, and a decrease in lung function. See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Dust Safety for more information.
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Post by Zach on Aug 22, 2017 14:01:00 GMT -5
This got me looking a bit into odd and some of the more rare woods one could make a pipe out of, and I ended up getting into the ebonies. www.wood-database.com/african-blackwood/This is considered one of the hardest woods in the world, is naturally dark black. Really expensive, and usually used in instruments like guitar backs, clarinets, and oboes. It's got a typical irritability when working with the dust and the eyes, nose, throat type deal. It seems it would make a really nice smooth, unfinished pipe. I do have to see what it's heat resistance is, maybe could work out. It's so hard that it's often worked primarily by turning with metal working equipment and gets the reputation of being like working with metal. Really quickly dulls hand wood working tools it says. Can't really find anything on it's heat resistance. "It is a good wood for pipes. I use a small blackwood pipe and I know of people who use african blackwood for bowl inserts." |
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