Tricolor Rex Walden Long Stemmed Poker Tobacco Pipe Briar Blasted and Rusticated

I wanted to do something long stemmed and lightweight.  I may put a slight bend in the stem but I am tempted to leave it straight as I think it will be comfortable enough due to it's thin bit.

Bowl is double black with a three color blasted shank.  Marked "Rex Walden Texas".  Feel free to contact me if interested, this pipe is available but will be listed soon.  Thanks, Rex

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Tricolor Rex Walden Long Stemmed Poker Tobacco Pipe Briar Blasted and Rusticated

Tricolor Rex Walden Long Stemmed Poker Tobacco Pipe Briar Blasted and Rusticated

Tricolor Rex Walden Long Stemmed Poker Tobacco Pipe Briar Blasted and Rusticated

Tricolor Rex Walden Long Stemmed Poker Tobacco Pipe Briar (Shank Close Up)

Rex Walden Large Bent Egg Briar Tobacco Pipe New USA handmade

Handmade in 2014. Blood Orange Bent Egg tobacco pipe made from aged briar and handcut stem.  Over 5" in length, chamber is 7/8" in diameter and over 2" deep.  Stamped "Rex Walden Texas",  comes with handmade heavy leather pouch. Sold: Shipped to Jeff AKA "Stogiefarts" in CA, thanks for the support and purchase, buddy! Be sure to check out his YouTube channel and his Instagram Here is one of Jeff's videos featuring the Rex Walden Bent Egg pipe .

Black Blasted Blockhead Poker Briar Tobacco Pipe by Rex Walden

Made in 2014 Black briar Blockhead Poker tobacco pipe, rusticated with light sandblasted finish. Double black with Red smooth rim and bottom, walnut stem insert, and hand cut ebonite stem. Pipe is 5 inches long and stands 2" tall, tobacco chamber is 3/4" in diameter and 1 1/2" deep, marked "Rex Walden Texas". Let me know if you have any questions, Thanks Rex

SOLD and shipped to Indiana, USA

Black Blasted Blockhead Poker Briar Tobacco Pipe Rex Walden

Black Blasted Blockhead Poker Briar Tobacco Pipe Rex Walden

Black Blasted Blockhead Poker Briar Tobacco Pipe Rex Walden

Black Blasted Blockhead Poker Briar Tobacco Pipe Rex Walden

New Rusticated Oom Paul Shaped Briar Tobacco Pipe by Rex Walden

This is a new beautiful lightly rusticated Oom Paul shaped briar tobacco smoking pipe (newly made March 2014) with nice grain contrast. The colors used were red, tan, and yellow with a light orange top coat, pipe rim is finished smooth. The tobacco chamber (bowl) is 3/4" in diameter and is over 2" deep. The pipe is 4" in length from front of bowl to stem button. The pipe is signed "Rex Walden Texas", and comes with a handcrafted custom denim pipe pouch. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks for looking! Rex

Available for purchase here 

New Rusticated Oom Paul Shaped Briar Tobacco Pipe by Rex Walden 

New Rusticated Oom Paul Shaped Briar Tobacco Pipe by Rex Walden

New Rusticated Oom Paul Shaped Briar Tobacco Pipe by Rex Walden

New Rusticated Oom Paul Shaped Briar Tobacco Pipe by Rex Walden

New Rusticated Oom Paul Shaped Briar Tobacco Pipe by Rex Walden

New Rusticated Oom Paul Shaped Briar Tobacco Pipe by Rex Walden

Large Straight Rusticated Apple Shape Briar Tobacco Pipe Handmade Orange Red By Rex Walden

This is a medium to large sized rustic looking straight apple hand made briar pipe. The pipe is 5 3/4" in length with a tobacco chamber 3/4' in diameter and over 1 1/2" in depth. The rim is finished smooth with a light to craggy rusticated exterior. Colors are light to deep orange and reds with black ebonite stem. Bowl is left natural for your choice of break-in method. Pipe is marked "Rex Walden" and "Texas" on bottom exterior of bowl. Pipe is a "sitter", if that is a consideration This pipe feels great to hold and is fairly lightweight for its size. Pipe comes with handmade corduroy pipe pouch. Let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks for looking, Rex

New Black Rusticated Bent Egg Tobacco Pipe by Rex Walden

New pipe right off the bench.  This is a lightweight rusticated bent briar pipe with a black over red stain, which gives the pipe a deep purple appearance in the light.  This pipe is available now at my new online shop.  This pipe has SOLD. Please contact me with any questions you might have and thank you for looking!  Rex

Processing Bamboo for Tobacco Pipes Inserts and Shank Extensions

I'm excited because I finally won a W.O. Larsen Pipe on eBay for a reasonable price.  It is a W.O. Larsen Double Black with a slight bend in it.  I was glad to see that is was in really nice shape, probably smoked just a few times.  Came with the original box, pipe sock, and pamphlet.

I have a sealed tin of W.O. Larsen Signature pipe tobacco in my cellar that I have been saving, maybe I will try it in my new Larsen pipe.  This fellow on YouTube says has the same plan with his W.O. Larsen Double Black Billiard.  The video shows a straight billiard and the pipe I bought was sort of a 1/4 prince- anyway very Danish looking and I am happy to finally have a pipe from such a famous shop.



This week I finished off a lightweight poker with a natural finish that is heavily rusticated and also a smooth poker sitter with some selective rustication.  Here are some pics of the pipes in progress.

This past weekend I also retrieved a bunch of running bamboo roots that I left outside under a cover for drying for a few months.  

As you can see, it is really kinda nasty stuff to pull out of the ground.  Anyway, this stuff was pretty dry and ready to be processed into smaller pieces for tobacco pipe stem inserts and shank extensions.

The next step is to cut off all the little roots from the main root to be used for pipes.

Then I used a new band saw to zip the bamboo pieces into 4 inch lengths.  Once the pieces were in similar size I used a belt sander to take off and smooth all of the smaller root sites on the bamboo.  When I got to use a piece for an actual pipe I will perform some more detailed cleanup and sanding.

Here is the end product.  I think I will be set for bamboo for a long time considering I do not use it a lot for pipes.  This of course is larger diameter bamboo than the Wangi bamboo from China that is small diameter with close set node sites that is most commonly used in pipe making.  

Rusticated Poker in Progress by Rex Walden 10/21/2013

What a difference a couple of weeks make.  It is nice and cool in my workshop now, and I suspect it will stay that way for a month or so before getting downright cold (at least in the morning and evenings).

Sunday, I spent the day drilling a piece of briar suitable for a straight shanked poker.  I turned it on a small woodworking lathe and then thought I would get crafty and removed the tailstock to square off the end of the shank and whew- the briar flew out of the chuck and hit the wall and the stem broke off.  So, for now I have a new pencil holder or a practice piece of briar for rustication or marking practice and experimentation.  I may use it later for a bamboo shanked pipe, but back it goes onto the shelf.

So, after a few cuss words I grabbed another block and went on my way creating another poker pipe.  The poker pipe not only seems very popular these days but just appears rugged.  I like the thick walls and over all comfort that the poker gives, though not a huge fan of the massively squat and fat pokers that I see- just too heavy for me I guess, though they look nice.  I like my pipes to be able to sit when I set them down.  This one does but tilts back with it's new stem a little, though I think it will sit up nicely with a loaded chamber.

2nd try- stem is my "in progress one" and not the final stem but rather a "working" one for reference.

I received a nice set of fine wood gouges from my wife who just returned from Japan.  While too light for lathe work they work very well for detailed shaping, rustication, and detailing.

Rusticating pipes by hand is fun.  In this case I just walked the wood gouge in a certain pattern all over.

Rustication done and looks more pronounced with light above pipe.

You can see that I was going for a diamond style of pattern for the shank, which required walking the tool in a very tight and repetitive fashion.

I taped off the end to stop myself- giving me a little break before the stem.

The finish is complete on this medium sized rustic gradient stained poker sitter, though I still have some work left to do on the stem.  I seem to gravitate to burnt oranges, deep reds, and browns.  This being October and nearly November fall is in the air and my pipes will probably reflect that for the next couple of weeks.

Tree Bark Rusticated Poker with Bamboo insert by Rex Walden 10/8/2013

Rusticated Poker with Bamboo Insert by Rex Walden

I try to make pipes that are inspired by places I have been or things that I see.  In the Texas Hill Country we sometimes have exotic game that fly through our properties.  One of these species is called the Blackbuck Antelope, a beautiful animal that we see often around here that is native to India.  This pipe is inspired by these creatures that bound around here like wild hellions.  I used a small piece of bamboo that worked to break-up up the grooved rustication from the all black ebonite stem.