Post #580405 by TorchGuy on Tue, Mar 15, 2011 12:22 PM

And that was back when Kirstens were simple - four stem sizes, but all silver with black mouthpieces; four shapes of bowl in one size and one finish. Today there are eight stems, three mouthpiece colors, and I can't even guess how many colors and decorative finishes of bowls in three or four sizes and six or so shapes.

I'm headed out-of-town until Sunday, but next Monday or Tuesday I'll go to the Kirsten store, tell them the idea and ask if I can buy some blanks which have the tobacco chamber and bottom hole already drilled. I'll be able to send you these (at whatever they cost me + my shipping costs) plus a bowl screw and the cuplike ring that fits on the bottom of the bowl and holds the bowl screw in place; the finished bowls need to have this ring fit on them.

I'm not certain I'll be able to afford some of this custom work, but at the very least I can help get him the bowls to carve.

[ Edited by: TorchGuy 2011-03-15 14:34 ]