Choosing a Pipe

So how do you choose a pipe? Before you decide on which pipe you would like to buy, let's discuss how to select the best pipe for you. You could almost say that selecting a pipe is like buying a car. There are a huge variety of cars available, both brand new and used, small economy cars to high performance sports cars. This is the same with tobacco pipes - new and vintage, cheap and expensive. The price of pipes in most cases is dictated by whether the pipe was crafted by hand, automatic machines, or a combination of both. ...

Breaking in Your New Pipe

Each smoker, each pipe maker, each smoking expert has got a different opinion on how to break in their new pipes. Numerous people advise wiping the inner of the bowl with honey prior to filling it with tobacco, whilst other people favor using a swab of water and then allow it to dry out. Others favor filling the pipe with a quarter or one-half of a bowl full of tobacco. The importance is to not smoke the first few bowls too hot. Keep the pipe well lit, just smoke slowly till all the tobacco has been used up. If you ...

Hand Carved or Machine Made

A lot of pipes bought today normally cost in the region of $50. The pipes within this price range are generally machine made from ebauchon briar wood. However, the smoke that they provide isactually pretty good. These days machine made tobacco pipes can smoke pretty much as good as the more expensive, hand made Dunhill pipes. The cheaper pipes are actually inexpensive due to the work being automated and with materials that are standardised. It may be a case that you find that the stems don't always fit really tightly or maybe the pipe has noticeable putty fills. The majority ...

Choosing a Tobacco

Choosing a tobacco is very hard, as there are so many available. Tobacco for smoking pipes is frequently cautiously treated and combined to attain flavor refinements not available in different tobacco products. Numerous of these are blendings employ basic ingredients of variously aged Burley and Virginia tobaccos which are intensified by spice tobaccos, amongst them a lot of Oriental or Balkan varieties. Examples of this are Latakia, a fire-cured spice tobacco of Syrian origination, Perique, which is uniquely farmed in Louisiana, or blendings of Virginia and Burley tobaccos of African, South American or Indian roots. Traditionally, a lot of American blendings ...

Cleaning Your Pipe

When you've finished smoking your pipe, you need to clean out the ash and last bits of unburned tobacco with a pipe tool, then you need to run a pipe cleaner through the airway of the stem and shank to get rid of any moisture, ash and any other residue before putting it aside to allow it to cool and dry. However, make sure that you do not disturb the cake build up around the inside of the bowl. This carbon lining protects the pipe wood from the fire, providing a cooler smoke. Ideally, you need to keep to a maximum ...

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Smoking a pipe is a refined, relaxing ritual. More than a tool for reflection, a well crafted pipe is a work of art to be admired and appreciated. Whether made of clay, briar, or meerschaum, every pipe's personality and history is evident in the beauty of its bowl and the style of its stem.

In this site you will explore the exquisite artistry of pipe making and enjoy a behind the scenes tour of carving styles and manufacturing techniques. You will also learn about the history of the pipe, from its North American origins to its spread throughout Europe and the Middle East, to the wide variety of classical and freehand styles popular today. Finally you'll discover modern pipe smoking customs and practices as well as learn how to select, smoke and care for your pipes. Perfect for both pipe enthusiasts and anyone with a penchant for the occasional puff, we provide practical advice along with a wealth of information.

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