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<center>'''Oil-Curing'''</center> | <center>'''Oil-Curing'''</center> | ||
<blockquote><q>We had our method of Oil-Curing. We applied Oil to the outside and the inside of the bowl, that was because when Dolly was at Dunhill's factory, she worked in the finishing department and got such a high finish on the pipes they wanted to know how she did it. The bowls had already gone through Dunhills' oven oil curing system, but to her it was not enough, because it could not get the shine that she wanted, then, she oiled the bowl on the outside and the inside to get a better finished. She left Dunhill and came to work with me. Because of this process, we found out the smokers liked the taste when light up their pipe - they said there was no aftertaste and it had a sweet taste doesn't matter what tobacco they used. We have carried it on from there.</q> Les Wood.</blockquote> | <blockquote><q>We had our method of Oil-Curing. We applied Oil to the outside and the inside of the bowl, that was because when Dolly was at Dunhill's factory, she worked in the finishing department and got such a high finish on the pipes they wanted to know how she did it. The bowls had already gone through Dunhills' oven oil curing system, but to her it was not enough, because it could not get the shine that she wanted, then, she oiled the bowl on the outside and the inside to get a better finished. She left Dunhill and came to work with me. Because of this process, we found out the smokers liked the taste when light up their pipe - they said there was no aftertaste and it had a sweet taste doesn't matter what tobacco they used. We have carried it on from there.</q> Les Wood.</blockquote> | ||
<center>''' | <center>'''Sandblasting'''</center> | ||
<blockquote><q>The sandblasted was done in Canada. Maxim Engel arranged it all (after sandblasting, he shipped the bowls back to him, for turning into pipes) and the other barks were done by dolly, with a drill that is sharpened with two points on the outside of the cutting face. You can't make a mistake when you use it, it is unforgiving, hurts your fingers.</q> Les Wood.</blockquote> | <blockquote><q>The sandblasted was done in Canada. Maxim Engel arranged it all (after sandblasting, he shipped the bowls back to him, for turning into pipes) and the other barks were done by dolly, with a drill that is sharpened with two points on the outside of the cutting face. You can't make a mistake when you use it, it is unforgiving, hurts your fingers.</q> Les Wood.</blockquote> | ||
<center>'''Manufacturing'''</center> | |||
<blockquote><q>The production was divided between myself and Dolly. I would turn the bowls, then fit the rod volcanite to the required length. Then, I would shape the vulcanite to the required mouthpiece shape, sandpaper all the bowl and mouthpiece together (so they are a good fit), then it would go to Dolly. She would re-sandpaper the bowl again through 120/240/400 grit sandpapers, then I would file the mouthpiece to shape so Dolly could pumice it. Next, she would mop it, stain it, if it needed barking (sandblasting? ), she would do that and then stain the bark, then she would finish it and pass it back to me for mounting. After I had mounted it, it would go back to her for finishing, ready to go out.</q> Les Wood.</blockquote> | |||
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