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Post by Lady Margaret on Mar 13, 2017 7:26:59 GMT -5
so what exactly is a freehand pipe? i've seen freehand stems, but seems like some pipes referenced as "freehand" don't have the stem. Just trying to figure this out!
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Post by stvalentine on Mar 13, 2017 8:30:53 GMT -5
A freehand pipe has usually what is considered a free or fantasy shape. In contrary to the classical shapes which are copy shaped in the larger manufactories these are made "free hand" on a belt sander, disc sander or lathe. A lot of people talk about stummels that still show the bark on the top side when referring to freehands but in general every pipe that is made without a pattern/model and doesn´t follow the classical pipe school could be considered a freehand pipe.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Mar 13, 2017 8:45:53 GMT -5
A freehand pipe has usually what is considered a free or fantasy shape. In contrary to the classical shapes which are copy shaped in the larger manufactories these are made "free hand" on a belt sander, disc sander or lathe. A lot of people talk about stummels that still show the bark on the top side when referring to freehands but in general every pipe that is made without a pattern/model and doesn´t follow the classical pipe school could be considered a freehand pipe.
okay, that was helpful, but I have another question. I recently joined Corn Cob Nation on Facebook and a gentleman made up a fairytale about how a cob holiday came to be, and in the story he said that there was a corn cob oom paul freehand pipe. So, could you help me develop a mental picture of what this might have looked like? I know what an oom paul looks like, so i just need help developing an idea of an oom paul freehand corn cob pipe, lol.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Mar 13, 2017 9:48:26 GMT -5
i did some research and evidently there IS a corn cob freehand pipe, it has a particular shape bowl, so I'm assuming that was what was meant....
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Post by Motto on Mar 13, 2017 10:17:06 GMT -5
Hi Lady, this is my MM Freehand corncob with a Mr Brog halfling stem & my US estate Bruno freehand plateau, both big wonderful smokers, they give you the idea of freehand design .   |
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Post by simnettpratt on Mar 13, 2017 11:25:36 GMT -5
A freehand is like an abstract painting - each one is different. A typical billiard or bulldog will be symmetrical, while a freehand will be random, like a splotch of paint. They do tend to flare out at the rim, but basically you just let the briar tell you what to carve away; they're somewhat random. Nording makes a lot of freehands; take a look at these from smokingpipes; even the ones they classify as Dublins (flared upward) are all different; scroll down to the freehands and see the uniqueness and abstractness, no two are alike  www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Nording/PS The stem doesn't make a pipe a freehand, it's the random carving of the bowl and shank. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on Mar 13, 2017 11:56:42 GMT -5
thanks, guys!
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Post by stvalentine on Mar 13, 2017 14:01:40 GMT -5
I wouldn´t consider an Oom Paul/Hungarian pipe a freehand per se. The Freehand Moíssouri Meerschaum is making is more like the Danish freehands in shape.
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