Project of the Day : Cigar Pokers
 

I know everybody and their brother has made these along the way, and there have been a ton of different designs. Recently a friend asked if I'd crank some out for him, so I thought I'd give it a shot and put my own twist on them.

There's not a lot to say, so I'll do it quick and get to the pics.
They're made out of quartersawn red oak, and the board I picked is pretty highly figured. Quartersawn lumber usually shows some nice figuring and this piece has some curly to it, almost checkered. It makes it a bit more interesting.

I painted the lettering with a gold pinstriping paint.
I stained the oak with some cherry stain which really has no color at all. It just brings out the grain a bit and gives the oak a "wet" look.
I filled the Cohiba logo with a bar epoxy, then sanded everything out to a 400 grit. That was just to take out any scratches and the little bit of slopped around epoxy. Then I gave this Cohiba poker a couple more coats of stain, dried it, polished it with carnauba wax, then used a liquid "Ice" wax on top of that.

I'm not going to use the bar epoxy on any of the other pokers, this particular poker was for Sexy Dave and I wanted to take it up a notch. The rest will get polyurethane.

I've done 3 logos for other projects, Partagas, Cohiba, and most recently, LGC. I just smallered those logos and used them for these pokers. The logos and paint really worked out great.
What I do there is carve the letters first, paint down in the carved areas, then take off maybe 1/32" from the whole board. That takes up any paint that's not in the carving groove and saves me a ton of work.

That's all I can really say about that.
Pics...

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Lookin good, now get started on that fancy desk thingy with all the compartments :tu

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I was hoping against hope that nobody would post in between posting pics. I'm sucessful about 1/2 the time. Thanks, Ben!!! :)

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It's what I'm good for ;s

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That'd kill me. :)
I'm gonna fight with cribbage boards now. :tu

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They look good Scott :tu

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You didn't test the poker end on your leg, did you? :)

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Pretty cool amigo!

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You could poke my cigars any day, Scott!

Great job!

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Definitely an eye catcher. Good work, Scott.

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Looks awesome amigo, is the barrel of the poker grooved?

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They look awesome, Scott.

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Looks like it will fit in your pocket.
How do you carve the letters & stuff?

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Looks awesome!

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:tu:dr

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Looking good

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Me likey... especially the Partagas one :tu

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Great for cigars, or if Bubs gets constipated. :tu

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If you plan on making these for sale, I would love one of those cohiba ones.

It looks amazing!

I could use a good nubber

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Stellar work, Scott!

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According to that one pic, that is exactly what I thought.

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So, can I get one with the Litto Gomez Diez logo on one?

Looking good.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

Todd

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Very nice!!!!!:tu

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Roger, I carve and cut then out with my cnc machine.

Tim, Yes. I personally test every poker for sharpness. My leg is killing me.

Todd, not a chance of doing an LG logo. It takes a couple days to do a logo. I only do ones that I know I'll use over and over again.

Adam, no grooves. That's just smooth 1/8" brass rod.

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They look amazing Scott!!

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That looks awesome, Scott!

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Oh, in that case how about a Green Bay Packers one? :D

Nice looking pokers. Could have used one the other day. Used a shishkabob skewer instead.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

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Beautiful!

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These are awesome. If you decide to start selling them let me know I am in! :banger

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These are pretty cool, Scott!

Made me think of a cigar coffin/poker combo. That seems like it would be cool. Although, I'm not sure if most people would want to carry just 1 cigar around.

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Very sweet.