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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>'''Rusticating & Sandblasting'''</center> | <center>'''Rusticating & Sandblasting'''</center> | ||
Robert Nichols, a fan of Les’s work, related that it is necessary to keep in mind that most of the production has been rusticated and the terminology gets confusing because those blasts are also called “bark” when they show up on pipes2smoke. According to Maxim, pipes2smoke is the only retailer of Ferndown blasts. On the pipes2smoke webpage (Maxim’s) description reads: | |||
‘About 90% of them are made in rusticated "Bark" finish and the balance is a smooth "Reo" or "Root" & Premier sandblast.’ Note that in Maxim’s description “Premier sandblast” is distinct from “Bark”. | |||
<blockquote><q>So, I take it “bark” is LW’s word for “rusticated.” According to Maxim, 90% of LW’s pipes are rusticated, not sandblasted.</q> Nichols, R. February 2020</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> | <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> | <center>'''Manufacturing'''</center> | ||