Personally, I think that any attempt to compare Mike Nelson's Book and
website with the Cocks and Bryan Pipemaking book is a bit like
comparing apples and pears.
Jim Bryan's book was an honest attempt at getting at getting
information about pipemaking as it was understood within NPS circles
into the public domain and he received some criticism for 'revealing
secrets'. The main value of the book lies in the drawings as far as I
am concerned. They have there inaccuracies and in some cases errors
but nevertheless they contain much valuable information about classic
pipe design. Many pipemakers (including Mike Nelson) have started
their 'careers' by making the a set of pipes using the drawings of a
simple set made by Dunn for Peacock.
Mike Nelson brought his skills in engineering design to pipemaking and
made a small number of sets (which are highly valued by their owners)
and made his knowledge available to the piping community, initially
through his book (published by Richard Butler) and more recently via
his website. I have certainly encountered many parts of pipes which
obviously came from Mike's drawings and I am aware that his book was
widely photocopied.
Barry
Quoting Richard Shuttleworth <rshuttlewo...@sympatico.ca>:
Mine is a hardback edition in pristine condition. Never used - I
prefer the information on Mike Nelson's web site.
Richard
----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Gruar" <phi...@gruar.clara.net>
To: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:41 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: Cocks & Bryan Book for sale
I've got one with probably even more oil stains than the one for
sale. Perhaps I could get more than $100 for mine.
Philip
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