Rusticating A Blakemar Briar 

The master at work 👌 purchased two pipes of you sir the Matador and the Aristocratic well pleased .

Great to see how it's done. I love the 'Extra Long Flat' the rustication is amazing. Thanks for showing us how you do it.

So good to see a master at work. I have a couple of Blakemar pipes - one a rusticated Matador which is a beautiful pipe and smokes great and is very economically priced at £24.

Awesome video and a great teaching tool for those of us who enjoy pipe carving. Thanks for sharing with us.

An inspiration video! Bravo,your rustication is excellent.

I was hoping you could show what you are stamping process looks like in more detail. I love to see what your whole device looks like. I'm trying to figure out how to stamp my pipes and I'm not having much luck.

Great video Beautiful pipe

Awesome , loved seeing that done !!

Absolutely marvelous

@Flieger671 Yes, the polish used is 'Mylands Shellac Transparent Polish' - as recommended by Les Wood of Ferndown Pipes. Thanks for the comments, Mike

always wondered how this was done

Great video! Thank you for sharing the process with us. What is the liquid you coated the pipe with that dried for two hours?

@BlakemarBriars Thanks for the info Mike!

Nice job

Since I like a deep rustication on a pipe, I my try this on one of my inexpensive smooth bowl pipes.

Beautiful I hope one day I can rusticate my pipes :)

Very interesting video! Was that shellac you used before the drying time? Gorgeous rustication and colour. Cheers, -Mike

Great video! Thank you for sharing. What type of polishing compound were you applying to the buffer?

Very nice 👌 👌 👌

Thanks so much for this video!! I've been making pipes for a while, and have seen a number of videos online about how to do it. It's like piecemeal, finding all the hints and clues on how to do it in a way that works for me, and for the tools I have. I learned a few things in this-- not just the rustication, which it looks like you've got a great system compared to my dremel!! I was interested to see the lighter to ignite the stain-- what is the purpose or effect of this? Is it a special kind of stain?

Is this a drill bit with the point ground down?

Do you still do this work? 10years? Does anyone know if they are still in business? Or if he is still alive?

WOW! So much more work to rusticate, however smooth pipes are more expensive, why?

What type of painting is this? It's some special painting for pipes?

Hello there, im just wondering what kind of colour you are using in this video, right after rustic? Burning it up etc.. Thanks for advice, great work!

Did you rusticate it with just a drill bit?

2:35 wow that camera is old. Mechanical zoom still? Woof. 😉

As am I! Where are you from? Im in Ketchikan.

What type of bit are you using?

You are buffing a a furious speed... why the hurry?

@ksecrew85 i would like to know that too

@1fatbastard because pipes are only rusticated when the grain of the wood is simple and rather uninteresting. Higher end smooth pipes are more likely to have an interesting grain and such brier is rarer and more expencive.

No wonder I don't like rusticated finishes... You have to have a good pipe then you ruin it to make it look "rustic", whatever that means. Looks more like tripophobia to me. Still, clearly skillful work, well done.

Noooo!