ePipeMods Fully Custom Made Wood E-Pipes - Part 2

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MistBusterMatt

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Tomorrow's Pipe Release!
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Matt, you got some beauties in this batch...im going to have to hold off till next week. You are releasing some pipes with the shanks next week? are there going to be any black ones?

There will be a couple. Free hands are few and far between, black ones are even more rare. This is because most of the freehands I do are made with briar. I can dye the briar black but I only do that if there are serious imperfections in the grain. I don't like to hide the beautiful briar grain with a solid black dye... Ebony blocks are very expensive and are very hard to find in sizes large enough for a freehand. A single ebony block for a freehand pipe could run $100 just for the wood. Ebony dust is also very toxic, so I don't care to use it with freehands do to the extensive sanding.
 

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There will be a couple. Free hands are few and far between, black ones are even more rare. This is because most of the freehands I do are made with briar. I can dye the briar black but I only do that if there are serious imperfections in the grain. I don't like to hide the beautiful briar grain with a solid black dye... Ebony blocks are very expensive and are very hard to find in sizes large enough for a freehand. A single ebony block for a freehand pipe could run $100 just for the wood. Ebony dust is also very toxic, so I don't care to use it with freehands do to the extensive sanding.

Thanks for the info, im just getting into this whole pipe thing. I must say that i ordered the Amboyna Elemental last time you put up pipes...I absolutely love it. Im really digging the feeling of epipe vaping. I was afraid to order anything to big, but the Amboyna Elemental is much smaller than i expected it to be from looking at the pictures. So i might order one of the larger pipes next time. Are any of next weeks freehand pipes going to be in a dark style wood?
 
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