very nice inexpensive wood pipes, dugouts and one hitters....

I appreciate your concern Ed. It's the removable tip that got wrecked, not the stem itself. Yes, I have an extra tip, so I'm all set. Thanks a lot though, for offering! It's my own darn fault for not keeping up with it. Live and learn.

Mom should have some Amboyna Tubes soon, I remember you saying Christmas gifts were coming soon, I also will have some super curly Crape Myrtle from Asia, some endangered Flamewood Tubes, as well as the hardest wood I have ever worked Asian Black & White Ebony Tubes. I dont know how long any of these will last so if you see em available you better get em early!

Hope all is well out there, I wish you all a happy and safe Labor day holiday!

I'm looking forward to seeing those new tubes Ed. Yes, Christmas is coming and I have a couple of people who have admired my tubes and who need some Zap adornment.....

Besides what I am already offering, am gonna add the Amboyna, Box Elder, and figured Black Walnut. The Walnut is from a cross section of crotch and is highly figured, only have a small piece of that.

I have so much to do here, that am running a little behind on getting them shot and loaded, hope to have em all up by next week for sure.

I've been thinking about getting some of these for a while, but didn't realize they were out of stock! Hopefully I'll be able to get some out of the next batch for some christmas gifts, too bad because I liked the cocobolo colors!

Durden said:

I've been thinking about getting some of these for a while, but didn't realize they were out of stock! Hopefully I'll be able to get some out of the next batch for some christmas gifts, too bad because I liked the cocobolo colors!

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Dont fret Durden, I should have the new batch this week ready to go, OOOOOOO be on the look out for some 5A Redwood Lace Burl Tubes, as well as a few new flavors, its tough round here being the only guy, I try to keep up but have a hella time doing so. I would like to have em ready but am running a little behind. Keep an eye out and thanks for your interest!

Have a look at these couple of Australian Red Mallee Burl caps! Check out the spines that grow out from it, its hard to make out just how sweet the eyes are in the red on the cut side!

Wow, really cool Ed. Wood has so many amazing characteristics.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this.

momofthegoons said:

Wow, really cool Ed. Wood has so many amazing characteristics.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this.

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These caps are gonna make some of the most beautiful Toke'n Tubes ever!

Well Hell, I guess its about damn time I get thos epic and tubes loaded by now, I have been so busy with dugouts and all the bread and butter items that keeps Ed's TnT running, So here is what I have

These are Amboyna Burl from Asia


These are West African Zebrawood


These is Asian Black & White Ebony


This is highly figured Black Walnut


I got a couple Cocobolo and a couple Purpleheart back in stock also, not sure how long these are gonna be around, some of these woods are gonna be a little pricey but thats only due to their rarity and figure. I still have enough inserts from the Zapman, havn a hard time making them myself, the tips are easy but seating the screen and the clip is taking some practice. Pls have a look and tell me what you think.

i really dig the black and white ebony! sick!

getvaked said:

i really dig the black and white ebony! sick!
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The Ebony is a sweet piece, its so dense, it and the purpleheart are the hardest woods I have ever worked.

Very nice Ed. You will be hearing from me shortly regarding that Christmas present I'm buying.

momofthegoons said:

Very nice Ed. You will be hearing from me shortly regarding that Christmas present I'm buying.

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Just holla when your ready Mom!

Ed
Use two 1/4" round tools for inserting the screen and clip. I chopped off a couple pieces off a long 1/4 inch drill bit and they work fine. Tape one end of each for a handle(or slip some tubing over the end). Mount the tip on one of the rods, the crimp will stop it from sliding. Then push the screen in from the other end(start with fingers) and ram the screen home with the other 1/4" rod(from the other end). It will sit squarely against the crimp. Then push in the clip at right angle to the tubing. Once the clip has been compressed by pushing in the tubing just a bit, use the tool to ram it home. It too will squarely fit against the screen just installed. I then put both tools in and press and turn them thoroughly to squeeze the screen from both sides and flatten it.
We punch screens from SS 1 inch rounds. We do five at a time(for a nice clean punch) and get four punches per inch screen. So one set of 5 one inch screens gives me 20 stem tip screens. Same with heatport screens which are 9/32" Stem screens are 1/4". We use a standard Harbor freight sheet metal punch($20). When the second one finally wore out I picked up the deep throat Cadillac version for closer to $40. This baby is even slicker and pops them out fast and clean.
Hope that helps a bit with the tips.
Very beautiful stems you have there. Make some good Christmas treats to go along with all the other stuff you have.
I'll go check out some more of that burl early next week............

Thanks for the additional info as well as the kind words bout my tubes, I do appreciate it and look forward to what you have to say bout another visit to the burl guy.

just curious, which episode(s) of weeds has your "toke" pipes in it??

getvaked said:

just curious, which episode(s) of weeds has your "toke" pipes in it??

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It was the previous season, in the dispensary store main counter, they were props on the shelves within it, no fancy layout or anything special, just in there is all, the only wooden pipes and dugouts on the set.

Ed, I was looking over the tubes on your site and was wondering which of the woods polish up the best. I know the cocobolo does, but how about the other new woods? I tend to like the more polished woods the most.

momofthegoons said:

Ed, I was looking over the tubes on your site and was wondering which of the woods polish up the best. I know the cocobolo does, but how about the other new woods? I tend to like the more polished woods the most.

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I would say all my new stuff polished really well, the Zebra is not quite as much as the others cause the grain is different, I would say when finished the Amboyna polishes better to me, I am just so partial to that species, its very rich and the grain is so erratic, my favorite.

Hello, everyone that ordered tubes this past week, they ship tomorrow 9-27-10, thank you for your business and I do hope you enjoy your pieces.

How bout this wood, it is Mamuku also called Fernwood from New Zealand, I saw it, did some research on it, got with a guy from there and before I knew I had a couple slabs here in MS within a couple weeks, I have never seen anything like this, it is completely natural, unfooled around with, the dark grain is super hard like Ebony, but the white is soft like pine almost, its gonna be tough to turn and work, but should be a lota fun seeing what comes of it.

I'm in for a couple fernwood tubes

Durden said:

I'm in for a couple fernwood tubes

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what he said.