Sasquatch
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Hey so is craftsmanship just a random application of tools as you see fit Rad? Or do you do specific things like countersinking the end of the tenon? You do that just because someone told you to? Or you do it because it makes for less gurgle?
You know something about fluid dynamics - you know how to make a pipe smoke good, and whether it's an idiot-savant approach, a formally schooled theoretical approach, or just a "this seems to work" approach, calling it "craftsmanship" avoids the fact that the craftsman must have intimate working knowledge of functional pipery. I agree with you that it's part of the pipe making craft - but to merely call it "craftsmanship" ignores the physical principles which make it work.
I suppose an artisan could be told by a master "Here is what you must do." and never question it, never figure out why one must do it (or indeed IF one must do it). Again, I don't believe for one second that you see this as cut and dried, simplistic "pipebuildingknowledgeship" (to coin a German word in English). You just cut your slot the way you do because someone told you that's right? Tool it how you tool it because it looks "nice"? Horseshit. You do it all to tight tolerances of comfort and airflow, because it works.
Under the banner of "craftsmanship" you could make your pipes any number of ways, each one different - you're the craftsman after all! And yet I suspect you'll admit to a more uniform approach. What drives that?
You know something about fluid dynamics - you know how to make a pipe smoke good, and whether it's an idiot-savant approach, a formally schooled theoretical approach, or just a "this seems to work" approach, calling it "craftsmanship" avoids the fact that the craftsman must have intimate working knowledge of functional pipery. I agree with you that it's part of the pipe making craft - but to merely call it "craftsmanship" ignores the physical principles which make it work.
I suppose an artisan could be told by a master "Here is what you must do." and never question it, never figure out why one must do it (or indeed IF one must do it). Again, I don't believe for one second that you see this as cut and dried, simplistic "pipebuildingknowledgeship" (to coin a German word in English). You just cut your slot the way you do because someone told you that's right? Tool it how you tool it because it looks "nice"? Horseshit. You do it all to tight tolerances of comfort and airflow, because it works.
Under the banner of "craftsmanship" you could make your pipes any number of ways, each one different - you're the craftsman after all! And yet I suspect you'll admit to a more uniform approach. What drives that?
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