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Bill
Number of posts: 173
Tobacco: Prince Albert, JFH Reed's Weed, Shortcut to Mushrooms, Stokkebye Balkan Supreme, Penzance, HoW Revelation.
Pipe: Alan Stevenson hand made briars, Don Fuhr hand made briars, Stanwell pipes and IMP meerschaum.
Registration date: 2009-02-08
| | Subject: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:33 pm | |
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Harlock999
Number of posts: 5008
Location: Los Angeles
Tobacco:
English
Pipe:
Italiano
Registration date: 2010-10-22
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:32 am | |
| Great stuff, thanks for posting! Wow, three minutes later, a finished pipe is on the showroom floor! For some reason, I thought pipes were harder to make (just kidding).  |
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LL
Number of posts: 2000
Location: Hoth (a.k.a. Bowman, ND)
Tobacco: Strong
Pipe: Briar
Registration date: 2007-12-29
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:18 am | |
| Ignore the comment about linseed oil at the end. The commentator/copy writer was just guessing, or something. Do not use it on pipes!
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Bill
Number of posts: 173
Tobacco: Prince Albert, JFH Reed's Weed, Shortcut to Mushrooms, Stokkebye Balkan Supreme, Penzance, HoW Revelation.
Pipe: Alan Stevenson hand made briars, Don Fuhr hand made briars, Stanwell pipes and IMP meerschaum.
Registration date: 2009-02-08
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:11 am | |
| | LL wrote: | Ignore the comment about linseed oil at the end. The commentator/copy writer was just guessing, or something. Do not use it on pipes!
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Well, he was there so I'll take his word for it. However, I believe that Carnuba is what is typically used now. |
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BuryMeInSmoke
Number of posts: 16
Age: 23
Location: Ontario, Canada
Tobacco: Blatter Reserve, Skiff Mixture, Brigham's English Mixture
Pipe: Blatter slight bent Dublin
Blatter Cutty churchwarden
Registration date: 2011-01-01
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:42 pm | |
| I wonder how many fingers have been lost to that circular saw, due to the absence of a guard. |
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Harlock999
Number of posts: 5008
Location: Los Angeles
Tobacco:
English
Pipe:
Italiano
Registration date: 2010-10-22
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:29 pm | |
| | BuryMeInSmoke wrote: | | I wonder how many fingers have been lost to that circular saw, due to the absence of a guard. |
I wonder how many ears were lost with those long belts extended over the work area. |
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LL
Number of posts: 2000
Location: Hoth (a.k.a. Bowman, ND)
Tobacco: Strong
Pipe: Briar
Registration date: 2007-12-29
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:00 pm | |
| | BuryMeInSmoke wrote: | | I wonder how many fingers have been lost to that circular saw, due to the absence of a guard. |
Believe it or not, sawing blocks from burls with open blades that extend several inches above the table is still how it is done in Europe and around the Med by companies that harvest briar. Amazing, huh? |
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BuryMeInSmoke
Number of posts: 16
Age: 23
Location: Ontario, Canada
Tobacco: Blatter Reserve, Skiff Mixture, Brigham's English Mixture
Pipe: Blatter slight bent Dublin
Blatter Cutty churchwarden
Registration date: 2011-01-01
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:34 pm | |
| | Harlock999 wrote: | | I wonder how many ears were lost with those long belts extended over the work area. |
Haha, yeah, it looks like anyone over 6' tall would have a pretty rough time in there.
| LL wrote: | | Believe it or not, sawing blocks from burls with open blades that extend several inches above the table is still how it is done in Europe and around the Med by companies that harvest briar. Amazing, huh? |
I wonder why that is? Would production speed be hindered significantly by safety gear? |
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SmokeyTweed
Number of posts: 714
Age: 30
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Tobacco: Sweet Killarney, dark star, Dunhill 965.
Pipe: Savinelli Autograph 98', Lorenzetti Borgo freehand,Peterson st.pats XL15
Registration date: 2008-10-13
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:39 am | |
| excellent video! Reminds me of the videos of professional barrel makers(coopers) i saw at the guinness storehouse. Serious craftsmanship. |
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RealtorFrank
Number of posts: 431
Age: 29
Location: Nashville, TN
Tobacco: Boswells: Countryside, Northwoods, POM Holiday. C&D Three Friars, C&D Epiphany, Lord Alfred, Sir Winston, Nashville Q, Escudo
Pipe: Ascorti Business, Charatan Perfection Deluxe, Jake Hackert, Savinelli Capri, Savinelli Artisan, Savinelli Quansdale, Savinelli Punto Oro, Jobey Asti, Jobey Dansk, Jobey Sunburst, Neerup, Peterson Tankard, Nording Signature, Some cobs.
Registration date: 2010-11-21
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:41 am | |
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MisterE
Number of posts: 4142
Age: 45
Location: Mexico City
Registration date: 2009-08-24
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:27 am | |
| Wow, that was the real hey day of pipe smoking. Hard to imagine an operation that big today. |
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Thomas Tkach
Number of posts: 208
Age: 26
Location: Philly, USA
Tobacco: Westminster, Old Ironsides, Royal Jersey Lat., Gordon Pym, C&D Milk and Honey (Halav u'Dvash), Fox's Provost's Mixture, Solani 633, Kendal Flake
Pipe: Estates
Registration date: 2010-11-24
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:49 pm | |
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flylot
Number of posts: 15
Age: 63
Location: Houston, Texas
Registration date: 2010-12-15
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:20 am | |
| Thank you for posting this video. It was most informative! |
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NeroWolfe
Number of posts: 430
Location: Southwest United States
Tobacco: Robust Virginia Flakes and Virginia-Perique Blends; Varietal Orientals on occasion
Pipe: Paolo Becker, Mark Tinsky (American Smoking Pipe Company), Perry White Pipes (Bob Swanson), Radice, Castello, pre-1970 Dunhills, Baki Meerschaums, a Calabash on occasion
Registration date: 2009-07-29
| | Subject: Additional videos ! Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:59 am | |
| The Charatan video was great! Recognize that the video focused on the manufacture of Charatan's lower/middle grade pipes, but Charatan also made some great "hand-made" pipes for the higher-end market.
I did a search on the same site, and found these interesting pipe videos as well (mainly clay pipe making, "a lost art")----
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=37584
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=10561
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=1075
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=11736
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=47138 |
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whiderwarde
Number of posts: 8
Location: MI
Tobacco: Sunday Picnic, Old Gowrie, Escudo, Red Rapparee
Pipe: Peterson Aran 03, Stanwell Sixtus 211
Registration date: 2011-01-08
| | Subject: Re: Charatan Pipe Making Video - Circa 1945 Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:05 pm | |
| Last video link: Ida Humphrey is kinda cute. |
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