2015 BOTL Pipe - Shape/Maker Discussion & Poll

K Williams · May 22, 2015

I voted for #2.

Stogie_Bear · May 22, 2015

Oh hell yeah. Glad to see some progress on this. Those pipes all look awesome. Let's see here.... hmm....

SailorAg · May 22, 2015

I voted for Number 1, the Devil Anse. The design of the stem with what looks like wooden inlays looks absolutely gorgeous to me. That said, it would be an honor to own any (or all) of the three.

SeaGarr · May 22, 2015

cgraunke said:
Haha! That was my third try. The ones with my cell phone just didn't do justice. Then I used mama's DSLR with her nice 50mm lens, but I had trouble with getting a good focus with such a short focal length (photographer I am NOT) and the file sizes were too big to upload. Then I switched back to her kit lens, took the resolution down, and got these. Still too big, so they had to go through some software manipulation to shrink them down even further. They're probably too small now, but hopefully there's still enough detail. I'm still not completely satisfied with the results, but we have to move on here, I guess.

You can tell you put effort into it - now we know exactly how much lol. What a PITA lol - Labour of love?

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Hey are these pipes going to be inscribed with 2015 BOTL pipe of the year or some such thing?

SailorAg · May 22, 2015

@Stogie_Bear prefers Pipe Number Four

Stogie_Bear · May 22, 2015

SailorAg said:
@Stogie_Bear prefers Pipe Number Four

Dont confuse the children, Mark.

cgraunke · May 22, 2015

@SeaGarr Definitely a labor of love! I enjoy organizing. This is fun!
There was a BOTL "seal" stamp made for the first year pipe, and plan going forward is for it to travel from pipe maker to pipe maker each year for that year's pipe.

cgraunke · May 22, 2015

Added measurements to the OP, as well as quick-links for easier navigation.
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PIPE #1 <--- click for more pictures/details
4.50" Overall Length
1.79" Bowl Outside Diameter
2.18" Overall Height
0.66" Shank Outside Diameter
0.20" Bit Thickness (just before the button)
0.24" Button Thickness
0.56" Stem Width (just before the button)
0.66" Button Width
0.76" Chamber Inside Diameter
1.67" Chamber Depth
0.32" Tenon Outside Diameter
0.49" Tenon Length
0.54" Mortise Drill Depth
0.16" Airway Inside Diameter (at tenon)
1.75oz. Weight (51g)

PIPE #2 <--- click for more pictures/details
5.02" Overall Length
2.01" Bowl Outside Diameter
2.53" Overall Height (1.72" bowl height)
0.73" Shank Outside Diameter
0.18" Bit Thickness (just before the button)
0.29" Button Thickness
0.70" Stem Width (just before the button)
0.73" Button Width
0.80" Chamber Inside Diameter
1.51" Chamber Depth
0.42" Tenon Outside Diameter (drilled for filter)
0.62" Tenon Length (drilled for filter)
1.06" Mortise Drill Depth (drilled for filter)
x.xx" Airway Inside Diameter (drilled for filter)
1.75oz. Weight (52g)

The stem on this pipe was a mistake and should have had a standard tenon/mortise. I grabbed another pipe I have from this artist to get standard tenon/mortise measurements:
0.28" Tenon Outside Diameter
0.59" Tenon Length
0.82" Mortise Drill Depth
0.14" Airway Inside Diameter (at tenon)

PIPE #3 <--- click for more pictures/details
4.16" Overall Length
1.38" Bowl Outside Diameter
1.79" Overall Height
0.66" Shank Outside Diameter
0.15" Bit Thickness (just before the button)
0.29" Button Thickness
0.65" Stem Width (just before the button)
0.65" Button Width
0.73" Chamber Inside Diameter
1.29" Chamber Depth
0.32" Tenon Outside Diameter
0.61" Tenon Length
0.72" Mortise Drill Depth
0.16" Airway Inside Diameter (at tenon)
1.00oz. Weight (29g)

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Don't forget to vote!

cgraunke · May 25, 2015

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