Rewind six months, folks... sitting in the office at work, and Stogie comes in to show me a website about a guy that carves and sells his own pipes. Stogie is thinking i should buy one. I'm thinking thats really cool - never had a pipe, but sounds like a heck of an idea. But wait... This guy online - he says he starts with "blanks" to carve them. Whats a blank? one quick google search later, i find out that you can order blanks pre-drilled and ready to smoke. So what do i say? "Dude, i could do that". Stogie - no way. Hobo - no way. Me - hell yes - i can do that! not only can i carve a pipe - i can carve a Buffalo Bills pipe! Hobo - lets wager...
So here's the photo story of The Victory of Pohono!!!
These are the Blanks that came in the mail. My first pipe was a standard design - came out great, but i don't have the pictures of that one handy, so we'll focus on the buffalo!
Sketched out and ready to rough-carve.
Rough cut, rough sanded, but still a ways to go...
After a LOT of hours of sanding and applying texture, the first coat of stain went on...
And there she is - the finished product.
So what was the wager? pre-carving, Hobo laid out that if 3 of 5 people in the parking lot opening weekend recognize whatever blob of wood i carve as a bills logo, i win a pouch of high quality tobacco. As he saw it come together, he changed the bet about 10 times since i was on track for a win, but end of the day, i went five for five and just waiting to collect...So if you're in B-lo next weekend for the houston game, swing over to the camper lot, find me, and you'll get to witness the Smokin' Buffalo enjoying the sweet tobacco-smelling scent of victory!
GO BILLS!!!!!!!!
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