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(47 votes) Published: Apr 20, 2008 6:01 p.m. In 5 Favorites Lists Viewed 342 times
fairly long egg so turn back now if your attention span is equal to that of a humming bird.
this is half copy and paste from the last egg that
got dropped and the other half is the bowl construction.
(skip to the === if you dont wanna read this shit...again)
i would like to point out a couple things before i begin.
1. this is not just a quickie how to make a pipe egg, if your wanting to slap a coke bottle together or punch some holes in a soda can to smoke then your reading the wrong egg.
this is to make a real work of art, the longer you spend on it the better the end result.
2. this is in no way a SACRED or TRADITIONAL peace pipe, medicine pipe, calumet, ceremonial smoking pipe or any sort of religious artifact. please do not claim some Cherokee war chief passed this down to you because you saved his life from frontiersmen. it might impress your idiotic friends but its still not true. again i do not claim this is a sacred religious item so if your great great grandmomma was named she-who-parts-legs-often and you pissed cause i got an egg bout peace pipes dont fuckin rate low just cause you feel offended.
also, despite popular myth indians only smoked tobacco so if your intending to even consider it traditional you gotta throw the herb away :) but i dont give a damn what you smoke with it.
3. this isnt c/p there are a few sites on construction but not much depth.
4. this is NOT a drug egg. this is about making your own craft. how you choose to use it is entirly up to you
5. this is however a very good, functional project that when done will be something you can proudly display.
again this is a work of art and materials, design, and construction differ from one person to another. there really isnt a carbon copy way of doing this. its unique to you.
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the first part is the stem posting. if you read my last egg then just skip down to the ****. if not, start with the stem. i did however add a few things to the stem part if you want to re-read through, the added parts are in bold.
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materials:
pipe-stem. bamboo, or reed, or soft wood. choose what you wish. i went with bamboo.
superglue
knife
saw or dremmel(optional but reccomended)(highly reccomend a dremmel if you dont own one. they make things like this so...so much easyer)
For the stem i choose bamboo, traditionally its reed but im trying to make this out of things you can purchase
bought a 6ft bamboo pole at lowes, try the garden section of your favorite mass consumer outlet. you dont need 6ft, anywhere between 2-3 feet is good. my recommendations is to sit down cross legged. put the pipe at rest on the ground and sitting up straight mark where it meets your lips. thats a good length.
a clotheshanger works great for punching through the bamboo knots. id recommend a nice sturdy one if you dont mind fucking it up but it can be used for other crafts. a brass or steel one from walmart is best. the cheap ass ones you get at like dry cleaners are shit. wouldnt recommend them.
you can use a soft wood like elder, split it and hollow the middle out then glue it back together but bamboo works just dandy
next comes the fun part. wrapping the shaft, i used hemp rope from walmart and in retrospect i should of got a thicker one but i didnt so it took forever anyways the process is simple. start with a U loop at whichever section of the pipe you wish. i started at the mouthpiece. wrap over the U loop and keep going down. this will keep everything looking flawless so there isnt a huge knot and shit. keep wrapping around and around and around then we start attaching the parts that hang down. our fringe i recon.
here is a picture explaining the U loop
look carefully how this is done. you take a section of your hemp rope. or jute or rawhide. whatever you using and place it on your pipe stem then wrap over with the rope currently circling your pipe it will hold on its own but if your worried about it falling out (cause your fucked if a month down the line it comes loose, your not gettin it back in without undoin the whole fucker) your welcome to put some superglue on the string and glue it to the pipe. you dont need alot
okay. now to make the string hang down so you can attach shit to it you just lift it up and continue wrapping underneath it. do this however many times you want down your pipe, one at the mouth and one at the bowl? hey groovy. want 50 of them? far out, its up to you.
^whenever your done wrapping the whole thing it should look something like this^
at the end when you are tieing the rope off so it wont unravel here is the most seamless way to do so. wrap a loop around and pass the rope under it, pull it tight then go the opposite direction and do it again and pull it tight as you can. hard to explain even with pictures but here is a pic
just pass it under. tug it tight then go opposite and do it again. pull it tight as you can. try to do it so the knot is on the underside and you can slide beads up on it to hide it if you wish
if you havent said fuck it, broke the pipe in half or decided to turn it into shitty nunchaku by now im proud of ya. that was pretty much the hardest part.
next i added beads to them, again bought at walmart. plenty of colors to choose from, get bright pink neon if thats your thing though the more subdued, camo colors are more traditional looking. any pattern you wish, i just randomly through them on there. one because i just barely had enough to finish it (btw 500 beads is bout how many mine took. your mileage may vary) and didnt wanna buy a second bag just for a pattern and two it woulda took longer lol. when you put the last bead on, if you want things to look flush tie a knot into the rope then push it up into the last bead, you may have to tie more than 1 knot ontop of each other. you want it tight. add a drop of superglue and it should hold for the life of the pipe or till the string breaks cause you were too stoned to notice it was caught on the table.
this is the end result of the beads
please dont ask where i got that pouch at the end, i honestly dont rember. i think it came with a piece of shit swiss army knife i bought at a flea market. its there to carry my smoke with if you can find something to use, groovy. cant really think of anything you can buy however. perhaps a piece of soft leather and sew a bag up yourself, only thing i can think of.
add some feathers and it looks pretty traditional.
slide the quill of the feather up between the beads, this is where i regret getting the thinnest hemp rope. rawhide or thicker rope might hold the feather taunt to the bead, but if it doesnt do what i did. superglue the quill to the ROPE. not to the beads. to the ROPE this is so the beads can still move freely up and down
if you hunt then you can really make it look good, fur and real feathers, wouldnt have to buy much shit.
lastly i would suggest cutting a mouthpeice. basically your smoking end, whack off at a 45 angle. then curve it a bit and if possible sandpaper it with a nice high grit. get it nice and smooth.
if done correctly it should look as good as any true peice pipe. however your welcome to spend 300 bucks on the internet and buy one but it wont be any more sacred than this. regardless if a true indian made it or not.
materials are again personal use but doubt you will find anything in your local store
antler or bone works good and looks good. red pipestone is considered traditional but will be hard to locate. if you got acess to a kilm you can fire some clay
i personaly choose to make mine out of hickory, its a hardwood that is resistant to burning or damage and wont split while your working with it. any hard wood will be good and im sure you can find a tree atleast i hope so.
however big you want is up to you. mine is about 1 inch across and 4 inches deep with a 5/8th bowl thats about 3/8th of an inch deep which is a fairly large sized bowl. bigger than what is standard on most water pipes and comparable to what is found on most high class smoking pipes.
materials: bowl and drill bits, knife. saw
peel the bark from the wood. on hickory it was fairly easy though i did stab myself once. that hurt like hell lol
i dont personaly suggest the type of drillbit used in the photo because it has that spike on the end. if you got a bit like the other kind pictured except as big, use it. but ya gotta use what ya gotta use and the spike doesnt matter for this part because were making an air channel. however for the part where the stem connects to the bowl it matters
bore out your hole, then a smaller hole for the smoke to travel through. it will act like a natural filter so your not suckin ash into your mouth. you can make 2 or 3 small ones if you perfer.
next you want to drill into the side, this is where you really need the other type of bit. find the correct size and bore in half way - 3/4th of the way to the smoke channel then go one size lower and drill the rest ofthe way. you block the channel and your not gonna get anything. bamboo isnt perfectly round so you might have to trim some with your knife from the bored hole and from the bamboo stem.
now just force it on. tap it lightly with a cloth covered hammer till its wedged on nice and tight. it probably wont be air tight but it should be good enough. if your worried use a bit of superglue however im not sure if that will create any fumes while smoking. after its been givin 24hrs to cure out i mean. it shouldnt hurt ya though but dont quote me.
here is a paint drawing of how to create the bowl best i can explain
the green is whatever you intend to smoke, the blue is the smoke going through the channel. red is just an empty void showing not to block the smoke channel
however if you do accidently block the channel. drill into the bamboo. but if it rotates on you then your screwed.
once its set how you want it. wrap again like you did at the beginning. only this time go around the bowl and secure it to the pipe. tie it off.
i also braided some leather and attached it for a carrying strap. and thats it. heres the finished item
here is a good site to see other
Peace Pipes to give you a general idea of diffrent styles you can go with when creating your own. honestly tho. 300 dollars for one? screw that! i promise they are no more religious or sacred than mine.
please post links to a picture in the reply when you get yours made as we all want to see it.
and please. if you rate down atleast give a reason why. any questions or assistance needed pm me or post a reply and il get back to ya.
Apr 21, 2008 6:21 pm - thats some real bulshit. why did it get dropped
does anyone know of a way i can contact a mod about this? every single one of my eggs have been dropped so far and its a real bitch to scrape up more egg points. suggestions anyone?
Apr 21, 2008 10:49 pm - just a few more details on the bowl, you can carve an animal picture in it or something eles. or if you find a branch or antler with a Y you can easily make 2 bowls to mix 2 flavors together.
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