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Post by gwbruce on Dec 5, 2016 10:26:06 GMT -7
I'm working on a Challenger pipe body. I have had it for a while. I vape it and it works great, but I haven't finished it. There is something special I wanted to put on it and it took me awhile to find it. I have it now, but finding the time is causing me problems. Now that it is getting cold I am hoping I can find the time to get it finished. I really want to finish it so I can show it off. I'll try to get an inprocess pic and put it up.
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Post by Ian on Dec 5, 2016 19:53:20 GMT -7
I'm working on a Challenger pipe body. I have had it for a while. I vape it and it works great, but I haven't finished it. There is something special I wanted to put on it and it took me awhile to find it. I have it now, but finding the time is causing me problems. Now that it is getting cold I am hoping I can find the time to get it finished. I really want to finish it so I can show it off. I'll try to get an inprocess pic and put it up. Oh my, I've been wanting to see an in-process PipeSmith for a while. It is just interesting to see different people's creation. |
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Post by gwbruce on Jan 17, 2017 19:23:51 GMT -7
Ok as promised here are a few photos. Remember I said it was simple, but it is special to me. I didn't put anything on the sides just the front. The symbol is the cattle brand that my dad had registered with the state of Oklahoma back when I was a kid. I grew up on a farm in central Oklahoma and we raised cows, farmed about 40 acres and all the usual stuff that goes along with it. As I grew older and became less interested in the farm my mom and decided that they wanted to work less and enjoy life more. Well mom passed away in 2005 and now dad has dementia. His memory isn't too good any more so he now lives with me and my family. My wife came up with the idea to kind of put together pictures of things he fondly talks about. Well raising cows and farming are often topics he reminisces about. So I started looking for pictures and things to help him with remembering. I searched and searched to get a picture of the cattle brand we had when I was a kid. No luck so I contacted the state Cattlemens Association to see if they could help. Well it took a few weeks but they finally located a copy of the brand registration book from the late sixties. And there it was. I now had a picture and eventually through luck found an old branding iron we used to use. So the symbol on the front of my Challenger has a lot of meaning for me. It is the cattle brand that told everyone who the cows belonged to. So there is no mistake it tells everyone who this pipe belongs too also. A big thanks goes out to Ken the PipeSmith for the pipe and being patient and always offering encouragement when I just kept putting it off because I was so afraid of screwing it up. I hope I didn't disappoint you Ken. Attachments:
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Post by PipeSmith on Jan 17, 2017 20:06:40 GMT -7
Ok as promised here are a few photos. Remember I said it was simple, but it is special to me. I didn't put anything on the sides just the front. The symbol is the cattle brand that my dad had registered with the state of Oklahoma back when I was a kid. I grew up on a farm in central Oklahoma and we raised cows, farmed about 40 acres and all the usual stuff that goes along with it. As I grew older and became less interested in the farm my mom and decided that they wanted to work less and enjoy life more. Well mom passed away in 2005 and now dad has dementia. His memory isn't too good any more so he now lives with me and my family. My wife came up with the idea to kind of put together pictures of things he fondly talks about. Well raising cows and farming are often topics he reminisces about. So I started looking for pictures and things to help him with remembering. I searched and searched to get a picture of the cattle brand we had when I was a kid. No luck so I contacted the state Cattlemens Association to see if they could help. Well it took a few weeks but they finally located a copy of the brand registration book from the late sixties. And there it was. I now had a picture and eventually through luck found an old branding iron we used to use. So the symbol on the front of my Challenger has a lot of meaning for me. It is the cattle brand that told everyone who the cows belonged to. So there is no mistake it tells everyone who this pipe belongs too also. A big thanks goes out to Ken the PipeSmith for the pipe and being patient and always offering encouragement when I just kept putting it off because I was so afraid of screwing it up. I hope I didn't disappoint you Ken. Looks like a WIN to me! Good job on that, Gary PS |
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Post by Butch on Jan 17, 2017 20:20:32 GMT -7
That is really nice and the story to go with it makes it something to be really proud of. You should copy that post and print it, make a nice box and keep the pipe and the story together. That could be a prized family heirloom of several generations..........ya dun gud.........yip...........  |
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Post by Peter on Jan 17, 2017 20:36:28 GMT -7
More often than not simplicity speaks volumes more than filigree and gold.
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Post by gwbruce on Jan 17, 2017 20:55:33 GMT -7
Thanks a guys. It really means a lot to me that you all like.
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Post by Ian on Jan 19, 2017 23:36:19 GMT -7
Ok as promised here are a few photos. Remember I said it was simple, but it is special to me. I didn't put anything on the sides just the front. The symbol is the cattle brand that my dad had registered with the state of Oklahoma back when I was a kid. I grew up on a farm in central Oklahoma and we raised cows, farmed about 40 acres and all the usual stuff that goes along with it. As I grew older and became less interested in the farm my mom and decided that they wanted to work less and enjoy life more. Well mom passed away in 2005 and now dad has dementia. His memory isn't too good any more so he now lives with me and my family. My wife came up with the idea to kind of put together pictures of things he fondly talks about. Well raising cows and farming are often topics he reminisces about. So I started looking for pictures and things to help him with remembering. I searched and searched to get a picture of the cattle brand we had when I was a kid. No luck so I contacted the state Cattlemens Association to see if they could help. Well it took a few weeks but they finally located a copy of the brand registration book from the late sixties. And there it was. I now had a picture and eventually through luck found an old branding iron we used to use. So the symbol on the front of my Challenger has a lot of meaning for me. It is the cattle brand that told everyone who the cows belonged to. So there is no mistake it tells everyone who this pipe belongs too also. A big thanks goes out to Ken the PipeSmith for the pipe and being patient and always offering encouragement when I just kept putting it off because I was so afraid of screwing it up. I hope I didn't disappoint you Ken. What a beautiful pipe!!! Now, I even want to make my own PipeSmith pipe. |
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Post by gwbruce on Jan 20, 2017 6:56:36 GMT -7
Ian I say go for it. In the end it turned out to be a lot less intimidating than I expected it to be. It is always so much more gratifying when your vaping on something that means a lot to you. Especially when you were the one who had a big hand in making it. Ken supplys the foundation and we produce our own masterpieces. It don't get any better than that.
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Post by Ian on Feb 6, 2017 23:02:02 GMT -7
Ian I say go for it. In the end it turned out to be a lot less intimidating than I expected it to be. It is always so much more gratifying when your vaping on something that means a lot to you. Especially when you were the one who had a big hand in making it. Ken supplys the foundation and we produce our own masterpieces. It don't get any better than that. I will definitely try it in the future! I am just worried I might mess up. I never carve a wood before  I would love to rusticate or carve some pattern to a pipe by myself    |
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Post by gwbruce on Feb 7, 2017 6:36:35 GMT -7
Do it Ian. Take a piece of scrap wood and practice before you tackle your pipe. That way you will have a feel for how thing are going to work. For the first time don't pick too complicated of a design. Be sure to keep us updated on what you do and how it is going. Best of luck.
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I would love to rusticate or carve some pattern to a pipe by myself 
