my progression

[Nomad]

Spoons are nice too. I would work on a bubbler with downstem push bowl next.

[Hung Low]

Cool sherlocks. I thought they were way bigger till that last pic. Why is the color so different,Lighting?

[Mattypo]

I am not sure but they look way different. Maybe while it was in the kiln? First time I used that color I will have to play with it some more.

[Nomad]

They are kind of small. But I bet they sell like crazy. Small dry pipes are more popular then the larger ones.

[Mattypo]

They are small, but I dig em. I have only sold 1 of these privately but I am back in the studio sunday and I am going to pump these out in all different colors for the local shop. Hopefully they like. What do you guys think I could get for those wholesale? I was thinking like 30.

[Nomad]

If you can get $30 take it. I would charge less. It would take me like 15-20 minutes to make that. So I would charge more like $12-$15 range myself and try to sell a lot of them. It might be hard to get that much for a dry pipe though. Water pipes are so much more popular.

[Nomad]

I try to charge about $20-$35/hour labor plus materials if that helps.
About 20% material costs is a good estimate.

[Mattypo]

Takes me an hour. Coil pot color, shape the 3 sections, piece together and then final shape. I am still a newb though.

[Nomad]

Then $30 wholesale is about right. I don't coil pot. It is not as strong as tube.
I think there really nice. You might want to add a marble or two and sell them as one of a kind head pieces. Then you can ask for up to 70% of the retail. Make only 3 a day you would be set. Raise the price for the marbles.

[Mattypo]

Thats a good idea Nomad. I have been doing fumed implosions and a tiny one on each of these would be perfect. I coil pot because I don't have any colored tube. I have been wanting to play with more color lately so these are the perfect little product for me. Thank you for the kind words also

[Nomad]

Asian colored tubing is really cheap. Your wrap and rake looks tight. I would go with that.
I use the same torch also.

[Hung Low]

If you coil pot and work it in I don't see how it is not as strong as tube. Tube can be stressed out and not be as strong as worked coil pot. Idk
Why are they 3 pieces? Are they welded where stem meets fatter stem then can?

[Mattypo]

^^ yep. Well with 3 pieces I can get that classic sherlock look with the black stem. Nomad I'm not a huge fan of china color they really only have a couple good one. I like the pink I used that for one. With coil potting I can use some cool colors but I get it. I like the wrap and rake but the shop I'm dealing with thinks that's all I can do so I decided to mix it up

[Nomad]

It is hard to get it the same thickness throughout the piece which is important to the durability if the piece.

If you coil pot and work it in I don't see how it is not as strong as tube. Tube can be stressed out and not be as strong as worked coil pot. Idk
Why are they 3 pieces? Are they welded where stem meets fatter stem then can?

[Nomad]

It is tight though.... I just had bad experices with coil pot.

[itssteve]

It is hard to get it the same thickness throughout the piece which is important to the durability if the piece.

That's why you puff it out and condense to even out those walls.

[Mattypo]

^^ this right here. Perfect color tubing, as I condense I spin too when I'm using a silver color so I get a better swirl in the color

[Mattypo]

[Nomad]

nice rig. I have yet to try one or have time to fuck around and make one yet.

[BlairArtGlass]

I love these old school looking sherlocks!!