How To Make A Churchwarden Pipe

This video shows my method for making a churchwarden pipe, more specifically a churchwarden pipe that utilizes a single piece of uninterrupted wood rather than a separate bowl and stem or halves that are glued together.
Prior to making the form I use for bending the stem in this video, I had a very makeshift approach. I'd like to credit @arcangeloambrosi4130 since I borrowed the general idea for the form shown here from a video of his. He is an incredible pipe maker and sculptor!
Thanks to my brother, Jake, for letting me catch a few shots of him smoking his pipe for this video!

Pipes that I make will be posted to my Facebook page if you are interested in seeing or purchasing them.

- I use the 7/8" Danish and 3/4" English drills frequently.

- My recommendation is to use the 1/8" bits, but I'll include links to 3mm too.
1/8"
3mm
3/16"

- This pack includes all the grits of sandpaper I use in the video.

- This is the tube I use for joining the bits

- There are plenty of glues and epoxies out there, but this is what I use.

Some of these are affiliate links, and purchase of the product helps the channel at no additional cost to you.

MUSIC
'Cirrus' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0.

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[arcangeloambrosi]

Great work and very interesting video my friend! Thanks for the mention! It is incredible that you make all these precise drilling without a lathe. I can say that even with it, it is difficult to make centered drillings. You make me want to try to make a single-piece churchwarden 😁

[abundantharmony]

Wood workers, baccy smokers, and wizard stoners... all united here. Feels good man.

[ShiroArctic]

Do I smoke? No. Do I ever plan on smoking? Also no. But I still watched this entire video to the end because it's very well put together.

[ThisIs-Heaven]

I have wanted to make one these for years. I used to work as a bartender and a guy walked in and asked me if I wanted to buy a handmaid pipe he makes. He brought it into me a few weeks later. He made the bowl and mouth out of antler and the shaft out of cactus. It's a really cool pipe.

[Rich_]

One of my favorite childhood memories was sneaking a few puffs from my grandfather's unlit pipe.

[azerradmournes]

The fact you explained how to drill, and what to watch for 😮. Good work sir!

[rayfox]

That pipes so nice it makes me want to start smoking

[peteroxley]

One of the best how-to you tubes I have seen. Not just what to do, but what not to do.

[christopherking]

I appreciate the directness of your video almost as much as I appreciate your art. Well done.

[MattMurphyWoodworking]

my man, this is one of those videos I just don't feel quite right watching for free. thank you for sharing all of this. just bought the bits, gunna give it a go!

[martinhooijenga]

The fact that I was fascinated for the whole length of the video says something. Great and very clear vid with no chaff and it makes me feel like I can do this myself as well! Going to practise it with some lumber before I buy me some nice cherry or briar wood. Thanks EA!

[imstupid]

FINALLY, this is exactly what I needed. Tired of seeing people using toxic wood and/or glue to make their pipe, and while I'm fine with the default bowl+stem tenon-mortise setup, it really is something else seeing such a long pipe (or any pipe, really) made out of a continuous piece of wood. It's hard enough find a 100% briar pipe (so far all I know of are the old Kaywoodie Allbriars), but haven't found anything for solid pipes yet.

[slouchyjoe]

You make a lot of alternative tobacco smokers very happy! Beautiful workmanship!

[stalhandske]

A clear, easy-to-follow guide, which I'll employ when trying my hand making one of these. Much appreciated!

[zrnki]

Hey, I've never been a smoker but I've always loved pipes. Especially those from Middle Earth. I've wanted to make one for at least 10 years. Your video really inspired me to do so. So I'm going for it. I love the way you make these...just one piece of wood. I can tell you love doing this and it shown. I love people who has this kind of passion for what they do. Thank you for sharing a process and inspiring me to make my own. Have a beautiful day :)

[dougiewood]

You have a good eye my friend. On my 3rd attempt and struggling to drill my draft hole straight. However I have a lot of suitable wood scraps So here I go again. Great video.

[DCGdesign]

Beautiful. inspiring. Thank you. ... For some crazy reason I always assumed the hole was drilled last and wondered how in the world that was accomplished. This is yet another perfect example of how looking at something we don't understand from a completely different perspective can make everything come together and make perfect sense.

[northernironforge]

This is cool. I’m a knife maker and a tabacco pipe smoker, and always wanted to have a hand made pipe but either they are out of my budget or seem way to hard to make. This video has given me the inspiration and know how to attempt my first pipe

[lucazambelli]

I have a strong adversion toward the smoking of tobacco but I can't help to love the process, the end result and the filosofical choice to use one single piece of wood. Absolutely love it

[benoitpeeters]

Nicely done!! I smoked pipe 15 years ago…. That video came out of nowhere by the YouTube algorithm! But I’m glad it came to me! Nice video and very nice job!