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Tobacco Pipes - The Parts and the Materials

This article will provide you with somemeerschaum pipes.
of the most basic information on tobacco· Clay - if you are wanting to buy a
pipes, from the parts that make them upclay tobacco pipe, it is worth spending
to the materials they are made out of.the few extra dollars to get one made
Tobacco pipes are made up of three majorfrom an expensive clay rather than a
parts:cheap clay. Cheap clay pipes can add
· The bowl - this is the small chamberbad flavors to a smoke. They are also
in which the tobacco is placed.porous and low quality. Good clays, on
· The shank - this is the thin stemthe other hand, can make some great
that leads to the bit. The smokepipes. Many say that these good clays
travels up the stem.(made into good pipes) give a tobacco
· The bit - the bit is the mouthpiecesmoker a pure smoke, meaning that there
of the pipe.is not flavor besides that which the
There is not just one material thattobacco itself imparts.
tobacco pipes are made out of. They are· Wood - if you have a wood tobacco
made from many different materials.pipe and you want to be sure that it
Some of the most popular materialswill not burn, you can spread a mixture
include:of honey and water into the bowl. After
· Briar - this is the most commonyou use the pipe a few times, the
material for tobacco pipes. Why is itmixture will create a burn resistant
so common? Because, although it is abarrier.
type of wood (more specifically, it· Glass - hand-blown glass pipes can be
comes from the root burl of the treevery beautiful and interesting. You
heath), it is naturally resistant towill find that there is a large variety
fire. Also, it does not absorb moistureof colors and styles of glass tobacco
· Corncob - this is a very cheappipes. A benefit of glass pipes is that
material to make tobacco pipes from. Inthey cannot affect the flavor of the
fact, because corncob makes such cheapsmoke.
pipes, it is no wonder that the people· Metal - there are such things as
who built "Frosty the Snowman" did notmetal tobacco pipes, but you will likely
mind sticking one into the snowy mouth!see them more commonly used with other
Yes, they are cheap, but they are stilldrugs like cannabis. Aluminum, brass,
effective.and steel are the metals generally used
· Meerschaum - before briar tobaccoto make metal tobacco pipes. The
pipes became so popular, meerschaum andproblem associated with metal pipes for
clay were the materials of choice fortobacco smokers is that the metal bowls
pipes. Meerschaum is a mineral that canneed to have a break-in period of
be carved into beautiful shapes - youresination. Before this happens, the
will find many interesting and intricatesmoke will have an aftertaste.



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