Highland Vapor Pipe

[Peppie]

Picked this bowl up a few days back. I have been waiting on vapemail before I posted up any picks.

This how I used it while waiting on vapemail. I had a Course Air dripping atty that changed shape at the sanding disk.
I had a cone adapter in my box of parts. and the DT is from FT 60mm



The pipe did come with a straight cheap stem. More on that in a minute.

I am not real sure I like the shape of the bowl near the bottom. It just seems to come down to straight.





So vapemail arrived today.
I ordered a 15mm XL and LR cartos to fit IBTanked Abysse in color ( I was expecting a darker black) Oh well.
I screwed on a reverse cone to their 510 connector, then added another 510 to 510 connector to mount the carto tank.

On the other end of the carto tank I modified a cheap SS DT to fit into the cheappy stem.
I didnt like the straight stem so it got the almost boiling water trick to add a slight bend.

I have a Churchwarden 4 3/4'' bent tortiseshell on order with adapter

I also reshaped the bottom part of the bowl. Not a huge difference, but small details make all the difference in the world.
Here she is



Lets put a little better background in there





What am I going to do with all these metal tube mods I have spent a fortune on the past 4 months???

 

[Cavediver]

What am I going to do with all these metal tube mods I have spent a fortune on the past 4 months???

Wipe 'em down and put them somewhere they won't rust?



I like the change you've made to the base. It looks better, and I'd bet it feels better in the hand.


What type of wood is it?

 

[Peppie]

Thanks Cavediver,

I'll have to check the tag for the wood species .Splatted something. LOL

It does fell better in the hand.

I think I am going to rework the switch button. Dont like the way it looks either. LOL

 

[gwbruce]

Where did you get the pipe? I have never seen a button like that one. It is a nice looking pipe.

 

[Cavediver]

Home / Highlandvapor.com

My guess: spalted ambrosia maple.

 

[Peppie]

Home / Highlandvapor.com

My guess: spalted ambrosia maple.

Yup, Thats the wood.

 

[Peppie]

Quick update.

I received my Churchwarden stem today. Also got a package from EPM.
Had to do a bit of fab work on the stem adapter so the gold beauty ring would work on the end of the IBT 15mm carto.
I also used the EPM flat gold switch in place of the funkie looking button switch the pipe came with. Same diameter as the stock switch. it dropped right in there.



This pic is a bit more clear