Need Some Small Cherry Tree Branches

[Supercracker]

Ok, I need about half a dozen smallish bark on cherry tree branches 1/2-3/4" diameter and a foot or so long.

I have some antique, mid/early 19th century, Tyrolean and German lap pipes that I want to put back in service. They originally would have a section of Cherry branch in the stem. I have looked everywhere to try and buy some and came up empty handed.

Does anyone here have a cherry tree and would like to sell me a branch or two off of it? lol

Sorry if this inappropriate but it is about working on 19th century stuff. :thumbsup:

 

[Supercracker]

Because I know not everyone is as big of a geek as I am about this stuff. These are the kind of pipes I'm talking about.

I have no idea what specific species they were using but the one constant is that, if it has a wood section, the section was cherry. So there must be reason.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

We have two kinds of Cherry here. I have heard that the Choke Cherry is toxic.

 

[shunka]

the inner bark of the choke cherry is used by the Lakhota both medicinally and as a part of the recreational smoking blend kinnikinnik as well as the sacred smoking blend chanshasha . The chokecherry berries can be made into jam, and the wood from the twigs can be used for a variety of purposes. The leaves can be toxic to ruminants, especially after they wilt cuz they release cyanide.

For making a wooden pipe bowl or stem one would want the common cherry tree, whose wood lends itself to a sweet smoke (with tobacco) ; further the inner bark of the common cherry is cooked down to make a most effective cough suppressant. The "cherry flavored" nonsense perpetrated upon the public these days as cough syrup is basically artificial chemical stuff.

yhs
shunka

 

[Supercracker]

the inner bark of the choke cherry is used by the Lakhota both medicinally and as a part of the recreational smoking blend kinnikinnik as well as the sacred smoking blend chanshasha .................the common cherry tree, whose wood lends itself to a sweet smoke (with tobacco) ;
yhs
shunka

well, there's the reason suppose. lol

Interesting. I didn't know that.

 

[Rifleman1776]

the inner bark of the choke cherry is used by the Lakhota both medicinally and as a part of the recreational smoking blend kinnikinnik as well as the sacred smoking blend chanshasha .................the common cherry tree, whose wood lends itself to a sweet smoke (with tobacco) ;
yhs
shunka

well, there's the reason suppose. lol

Interesting. I didn't know that.

I used to smoke kinnikinik. Life did seem more pleasant then. :shocked2: :rotf:

 

[Coot]

We have dozens of wild cherry trees on our place. These are full size trees, not the fruit type variety. The leaves are toxic when drying (ok green & ok dry - but release toxins when drying) & we have to check pastures after a heavy storm to remove any down branches. If this type of cherry is of interest, send a PM & I will get the saw out.

 

[cynthialee]

reason cherry is used is it is a hard wood and it does not release a nasty taste/toxin from the smoke passing through it

Briar would also work in the same way.

Cherry was readily available to the pipe maker. Briar is typically reserved for pipe bowls.

 

[nchawkeye]

Dang...I could have used one of those back in the '70s...Cool!!! :thumbsup:

 

[gbeauvin]

Because I know not everyone is as big of a geek as I am about this stuff. These are the kind of pipes I'm talking about.
...

Wow, I must be an entirely different sort of geek because at first I thought you were talking about musical pipes, and was trying to figure out how one might "play" the pictured items...

-GB

 

[Rick Son]

Got a cherry farm right down the road,was over there yesterday,i'll go by and see what they have in the pruning pile as the season is over now.If you will send me an email to remind me i'll get back at [email protected]

 

[tenngun]

I have two newly made German style pipes and one antique. I would like to restore my antique as soon as my roundtoit comes in the mail. How do you drill out your stems? I also have a good cherry blank I was going to make a bowl from but was going to put a reed stem in, however may go with branch stem if I get good at making them... So would enjoy reading your method

 

[Rick Son]

Hot wire for the hole in the stem???If it's soft enough?

 

[Supercracker]

My PLAN, and it's only a plan as I have not done this yet, was to heat straighten them like you would arrow shafts ad then once they're staying straight use the lathe to drill a pilot hole on each end then drill the rest of the way through with a long 1/8" bit. I'm only looking to do 6-8" sections

I haven't done it before, but I can't see why it wouldn't work.


I have a could of bowls with redd stems. I used the hot wire method on those to good effect. The only suggestion being to clean them out good after you burn them with a long pipe cleaner and some vodka. Without that the ash leaves a really bad taste.

 

[paramedicjake]

Where are you at ? You are more than welcome to take a walk with me on my land and cut what you like . NW PA .