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INFO! Badger and Blade 2020 LE Pipe : Askwith Pipes
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Askwith is such a mensch on top of being a great pipe carver. You all will enjoy his bit work. I cannot wait to commission another dublin this Christmas, which will be my third Dublin from him.
Looking good Chris! It is amazing to see the color contrast between the two stummels. Is the brown one not as old as the black one or is it a characteristic of where they were geographically?
I think it's just the light and the camera, they are very close in colour to the eye.
Colour has very little (probably none in fact) bearing on age or geography, different parts of the tree react in different ways due to the natural chemicals in the wood, thickness of the wood(tree), density and all sorts of other factors.
If someone tries to tell you a certain pipe has special qualities thanks to the colour of the wood, be very sceptical of their claims.
Colour has very little (probably none in fact) bearing on age or geography, different parts of the tree react in different ways due to the natural chemicals in the wood, thickness of the wood(tree), density and all sorts of other factors.
If someone tries to tell you a certain pipe has special qualities thanks to the colour of the wood, be very sceptical of their claims.
Is the hole all the way through to the bowl or will you be able to salvage it for another project/rusticate?
I did the alcohol test and it failed so it will be scrapped.
Is there a % of expected casualty with morta? It sucks that you put all the work in and can’t salvage it for something.
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Not really, luck of the draw I guess. In general I do better with Morta than briar, flaws are less common in morta and when you do get them they are usually large and easily visible either before you cut the block or after. A flaw like the one you see in the picture is fairly rare. I think that probably makes it more depressing though! lol
Do you throw away the bowl or could you find another use for the material like a tamper or something?
Depends on the flaw. Some pipes could be re-shaped to remove the flaw especially if I find the flaw while rough cutting the block. Once it gets to the stage in the picture with a flaw right near the bottom of the bowl, that's trash.
That is too bad. I am sorry for your loss. 
Still trying to learn about morta, is that stummel still in its natural color without staining? I'm assuming that it is unstained?
This is starting to feel quite real! And in a great sort of way!
