Editing Tobacco pipe (section)

==Types==
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===Pipe shapes===
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* Apple. Subtypes: Apple, Author, Diplomat, Egg, Hawkbill, Prince, Tomatoe (Ball).
* Billiard. Subtypes: Billiard, Brandy, Chimney, Panel, Oom Paul, Pot, Nose Warmer.
* Bulldog. Subtypes: Bulldog, Bull Moose, Bullcap, Rhodesian, Ukulele.
* Calabash. Subtypes: Calabash, Reverse Calabash.
* Canadian. Subtypes: Canadian, Liverpool, Lovat, Lumberman.
* Cavalier. Subtypes: Cavalier, Pseudo-cavalier.
* Churchwarden (Reading pipe). – Pipe with a long stem. {{main|Churchwarden pipe}}
* Dublin. Subtypes: Dublin, Acorn (Pear), Cutty, Devil Anse, Zulu.
* Freehand. Subtypes: Freehand, Blowfish, Horn, Nautilus, Tomahawk, Volcano.
* Sitter. Subtypes: Sitter, Cherrywood, Duke (Don), (Stand Up) Poker, Tankard.
* Tyrolean pipe.
* Vest Pocket.

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File:Smoking pipe billard.jpg|Billiard
File:Smoking pipe bent.jpg|Bent (Billiard)
File:Smoking pipe sitter.jpg|Sitter
File:Smoking pipe pot.jpg|Pot
File:Smoking pipe prince.jpg|Prince
File:Smoking pipe czech bulldog.jpg|Author (specifically "Czech Bulldog")
File:Smoking pipe churchwarden.jpg|Churchwarden
File:Smoking pipe tyrolean.jpg|Tyrolean
File:Smoking pipe cavalier.jpg|Cavalier
File:Smoking pipe vest pocket.jpg|Vest Pocket
File:Smoking pipe macarthur.jpg|MacArthur
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====Calabash====
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[[File:calabash-pipe.jpg|thumb|Calabash pipe with meerschaum bowl. This particular example was made in the US by the Pioneer pipe company. First appearing in the late 1960s, these were sold as a cheaper alternative to European-made calabashes.{{citation-needed|date=January 2022}}  The Vulcanite joiner and fussy bit are distinctive signs of the company's manufacture.{{citation-needed|date=January 2022}} ]]

[[Calabash]] [[gourd]]s (usually with [[meerschaum]] or [[porcelain]] bowls set inside them) have long made prized pipes, but they are labour-intensive and, today, quite expensive. Because of this expense, pipes with bodies made of wood (usually [[mahogany]]) instead of gourd, but with the same classic shape, are sold as calabashes. Both wood and gourd pipes are functionally the same (with the important exception that the dried gourd, usually being noticeably lighter, sits more comfortably in the mouth). They consist of a downward curve that ends with an upcurve where the bowl sits.  Beneath the bowl is an air chamber which serves to cool, dry, and mellow the smoke. There are also briar pipes being sold as calabashes. These typically do not have an air chamber and are so named only because of their external shape.

A calabash pipe is rather large and easy to recognize as a pipe when used on a stage in dramatic productions. Although a British newspaper cartoon of the early 1900s depicts the British actor [[H. A. Saintsbury]] as the Great Detective smoking what may be a calabash pipe,{{citation-needed|date=January 2022}} its now-stereotypical identification with [[Sherlock Holmes]] remains a mystery.

Some commentators{{Who|date=January 2022}} have erroneously associated the calabash with [[William Gillette]], the first actor to become universally recognized as the embodiment of the detective. Gillette actually introduced the curving or bent pipe for use by Holmes, but his pipe was an ornate briar.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Giford |first=Emily E. |date=2021-02-27 |title=Holmes at Home: The Life of William Gillette - Connecticut History {{!}} a CTHumanities Project |url=https://connecticuthistory.org/holmes-at-home-the-life-of-william-gillette/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Connecticut History {{!}} a CTHumanities Project - Stories about the people, traditions, innovations, and events that make up Connecticut's rich history. |language=en}}</ref> Gillette chose a bent pipe, more easily clenched in the teeth when delivering lines.<ref>{{Cite news |last=de Castella |first=Tom |date=2015-01-26 |title=William Gillette: Five ways he transformed how Sherlock Holmes looks and talks |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30932322 |access-date=2024-03-20 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

While there are promotional stills of [[Basil Rathbone]] smoking calabash pipes as Holmes for other projects, most notably his radio show, in his first two outings as Holmes produced by [[20th Century-Fox]] as taking place in the [[Victorian era]], Rathbone smoked an apple-bowled, black briar with a half bend, made by Dunhill,{{citation-needed|date=January 2022}}  the company known for making the best pipes at that time.{{citation-needed|date=January 2022}} In the next dozen films, the series produced by [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], with Holmes and Watson updated to the 1940s, Rathbone smokes a much less expensive Peterson half bend with a billiard-shaped bowl. A calabash is introduced in ''[[The Spider Woman]]'' but Holmes does not smoke it.{{citation-needed|date=January 2022}} 

In the original chronicles, such as "[[The Adventure of the Copper Beeches]]", Sherlock Holmes is described as smoking a long-stemmed cherrywood, which he favored "when in a disputatious, rather than a meditative mood." Holmes smokes an old briar-root pipe on occasion, for example in ''[[The Sign of the Four]]'', and an "unsavory" and "disreputable" black and oily clay pipe in several stories, notably in "The Red-Headed League". Dr Watson declares it to be the detective's preferred pipe: "It was to him as a counsellor" (''[[A Case of Identity]]''), the "companion of his deepest meditations" (''[[The Valley of Fear]]'')..
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====Pipes with removable bowl====

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File:Smoking pipe falcon 1.jpg|Falcon pipe.
File:Smoking pipe falcon 2.jpg|Falcon pipe with bowl detached.
File:Falcon-pipe.jpg|Falcon pipe.
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Bowls are made of varying shapes and materials to allow the smoker to try different characteristics or to dedicate particular bowls for particular tobaccos. Bowls are not interchangeable between manufacturers.

====Hookahs====
{{Main|Hookah}}
[[File:Hookah 2.jpg|right|thumb|An [[Egypt]]ian hookah (shisha)]]

A ''hookah'', ''ghelyan'', or ''narghile'', is a Middle Eastern water pipe that cools the smoke by filtering it through a water chamber. Often ice, cough-drops, milk, or fruit juice is added to the water. Traditionally, the tobacco is mixed with a sweetener, such as honey or [[molasses]]. Fruit flavors have also become popular.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Farag |first1=Mohamed A. |last2=Elmassry |first2=Moamen M. |last3=El-Ahmady |first3=Sherweit H. |title=The characterization of flavored hookahs aroma profile and in response to heating as analyzed via headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and chemometrics |journal=Scientific Reports |date=19 November 2018 |volume=8 |issue=1 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-35368-6 |pmc=6242864 }}</ref> Modern hookah smokers, especially in the US, smoke "me'assel", "moassel", "molasses" or "shisha", all names for the same wet mixture of tobacco, molasses/honey, glycerine, and often, flavoring. This style of tobacco is smoked in a bowl with foil or a screen (metal or glass) on top of the bowl. More traditional tobaccos are "tombiek" (a dry unflavored tobacco, which the user moistens in water, squeezes out the extra liquid, and places coals directly on top) or "jarak" (more of a paste of tobacco with fruit to flavor the smoke).

===Bowl materials===
North American natives along the East coast traditionally made their tobacco pipes from clay or from a type of pot-stone (''[[Lapis Ollaris|lapis ollaris]]''), or else [[Serpentine (stone)|serpentine stone]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kalm|first=Pehr|author-link=Pehr Kalm|title=Travels into North America: containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects |publisher=T. Lowndes |year=1772|location=London|translator=Johann Reinhold Forster |page=[https://archive.org/details/travelsintonorth01kalm_3/page/344/mode/1up 344]|url= |language=en|oclc=1083889360 |isbn=9780665515002 }}</ref> In the [[Upper Midwest]] they made use of the red pipestone or [[catlinite]] for the same,<ref name = Ioway>{{Cite web  | title = Catlinite, Calumet Pipes and Pipestone National Monument  | work = Maps, Material, Culture, and Memory: On the Trail of the Ioway  | publisher = [[University of Iowa]]  | url = http://archaeology.uiowa.edu/catlinite-calumet-pipes-and-pipestone-national-monument-0  | access-date = 20 August 2015  | archive-date = 3 July 2015  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150703082320/http://archaeology.uiowa.edu/catlinite-calumet-pipes-and-pipestone-national-monument-0  | url-status = dead  }}</ref> a fine-grained easily worked stone of a rich red color of the [[Coteau des Prairies]]. Today, other construction materials used for the bowl may include any of the following:
   
* Briar – root of ''Erica arborea'', prevalent material.
* [[Sepiolite|Meerschaum]] – mineral sepiolite called "sea foam".
* [[Gourd]]
* Porcelain
* Synthetics
* Ebony ("Zappi")
* Cherry wood
* Beechwood
* [[Corncob|Corn cob]]
* Metal – used by Japanese [[kiseru]] and Arabian [[midwakh]].

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File:Smoking pipe billard 2.jpg|Briar
File:Smoking pipe meerschaum.jpg|Meerschaum
File:Smoking pipe clay.jpg|Clay
File:Cherry wood smoking pipe.jpg|Cherry wood
File:Smoking pipe beechwood.jpg|Beechwood
File:Smoking pipe corn cobl.jpg|Corn cob
File:Smoking pipe tyrolean 2.jpg|Porcelain
File:Asbestos pipe 'REAL ASBESTOS BEST QUALITY'.jpg|Asbestos
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====Briar====
[[File:A-Peterson-pipe.jpg|thumb|A [[Peterson Pipes|Peterson]] briar pipe]]
The majority of pipes sold today, whether handmade or machine-made, are fashioned from [[briar wood|briar]]. Briar is a particularly well suited wood for pipe making for a number of reasons. The first and most important characteristic is its natural resistance to fire. The second is its inherent ability to absorb moisture. The [[burl]] absorbs water in nature to supply the tree in the dry times and likewise will absorb the moisture that is a byproduct of combustion. Briar is cut from the root burl of the [[tree heath]] (''Erica arborea''), which is native to the rocky and sandy soils of the [[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean region]]. Briar burls are cut into two types of blocks; ebauchon and plateaux. Ebauchon is taken from the heart of the burl while plateaux is taken from the outer part of the burl. While both types of blocks can produce pipes of the highest quality, most artisan pipemakers prefer to use plateaux because of their superior graining.

====Clay====
[[File:ClayPipesBedfordMuseum.JPG|thumb|A group of English clay pipes, from the early 17th to late 19th century, none complete, [[Bedford Museum]], 2010]]

[[Ceramic]] pipes, made of moulded and then fired [[clay]], were used almost universally by Europeans between the introduction of tobacco in the 16th century, and the introduction of cheap cigarettes at the end of the nineteenth.<ref name="CFAG Nov 2012" /> Contrary to popular belief, the stems were not broken off for the next patron when shared in taverns, as the understanding of germs at the time would not have prompted this behavior.[https://www.samsonhistorical.com/products/tavern]

The material is not very strong and the early varieties had long thin stems, so they frequently broke, but were cheap to replace. It has been claimed{{By whom|date=January 2022}} that this fragility was somewhat intentional as it was utilized by Colonial American tavern keepers, for example, in renting the clay pipes to patrons. It is known that communal pipes used in taverns were cleansed by being heated in an oven on special iron racks.<ref name="Hume">{{cite web|last1=Hume|first1=Ivor Noël|title=Hunting for a Little Ladle|url=http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/winter03-04/pipes.cfm|website=The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation|access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref>

In England clay pipes were sold in bundles of dozens or twenties, and were often free in taverns, where the tobacco was sold. They were made out of a [[ball clay]]. 

Forming the pipe involved making them in moulds with the bore created by pushing an oiled wire inside the stem. The preferred material was [[Clay#Historical and modern uses|pipeclay]] or "tobacco pipe clay", which fires to a white colour and is found in only certain locations. In North America, many clay pipes were historically made from more typical [[terracotta]]-coloured clays. According to one British writer in 1869, the French preferred old pipes and the English new, the middle class preferred long stems and the working class preferred short.<ref>"The Bane without its Antidote", ''The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1869'', reprint Cambridge University Press, 2013, {{ISBN|1108054870}}, 9781108054874, [https://books.google.com/books?id=8dScMUN84pYC&pg=PA83 google books]</ref> Short stemmed pipes, sometimes called ''cuttys'' or ''nose warmers'' in England, were preferred by manual laborers as they could be gripped between the teeth, leaving both of the smoker's hands free.<ref name="CFAG Nov 2012">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafg.net/docs/articles/ClayPipes.pdf |title=Evolution of clay tobacco pipes in England |date=November 2012 |website=Cambridge Archaeology Field Group |access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref>

Later low-quality clay pipes were made by [[Ceramic forming techniques|slip casting]] in a mould. Higher quality pipes are made in a labour-intensive hand shaping process.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.11141/ia.45.3.4 | issue=45 | title=The Clay Tobacco Pipes | year=2017 | journal=Internet Archaeology | last1 = Newns | first1 = Sarah| doi-access=free }}</ref> Traditionally, clay pipes are unglazed. Clays burn "hot" in comparison to other types of pipes, so they are often difficult for most pipe-smokers to use. Their proponents claim that, unlike other materials, a well-made clay pipe gives a "pure" smoke with no flavour addition from the pipe bowl. In addition to aficionados, reproductions of historical clay styles are used by some [[Historical reenactment|historical re-enactors]]. Clay pipes were once very popular in Ireland, where they were called
[[wiktionary:dudeen|''dudeens'']].
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Broken fragments of clay pipe can be useful as dating evidence for archaeologists. English specialists can date a pipe to around a 20-year period. In the 1950s, the American archaeologist [[J. C. Harrington]] noted that the bore of pipe stems decreased over time, so a late sixteenth or early seventeenth centuries pipe would have a stem bore diameter of around {{convert|9/64|in|mm}}, but a late eighteenth century pipe would have a bore diameter of around {{convert|4/64|in|mm}}. The size of bowls also increased over time as tobacco became a cheaper commodity, and later pipes tend to be more decorated.<ref name="CFAG Nov 2012" /><ref name="McMillan2010">{{Cite thesis |last=McMillan |first=Lauren |title=Put This in your Pipe and Smoke it: An Evaluation of Tobacco Pipe Stem Dating Methods |date=July 2010 |degree=Master of Arts |publisher=East Carolina University |url=http://thescholarship.ecu.edu/bitstream/handle/10342/2903/McMillan_ecu_0600M_10211.pdf}}</ref>

====Corncob====
[[File:Corncob-pipe.jpg|thumb|[[Corncob]] pipe]]
Made from [[corncob|corncobs]], these pipes are cheap and effective at absorbing heat and moisture. After being dried for two years, the cobs are hollowed out to form a bowl shape, then either dipped in a [[plaster]]-based mixture or [[varnish]]ed or [[lacquer]]ed on the outside. Shanks made from [[birch]] wood are then inserted into the bowls. 

The world's oldest and largest manufacturer of corncob pipes is [[Missouri Meerschaum]], located in [[Washington, Missouri]], where the company has produced the pipes since 1869.<ref name="MM">{{cite web |title=History of Missouri Meerschaum Company - The world's oldest and largest manufacturer of corn cob pipes. - Washington, MO |url=http://corncobpipe.com/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010509174106/http://www.corncobpipe.com/history.html |archive-date=2001-05-09 |website=corncobpipe.com}}</ref> General [[Douglas MacArthur]] and [[Mark Twain]] were perhaps the most famous historical smokers of corncob pipes, as well as fictional cartoon characters [[Popeye]] and [[Frosty the Snowman]].

Corncob pipes remain popular because they are inexpensive and require no "break-in" period like briar pipes, which means acquiring a layer of carbon in the pipe bowl.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/some-brief-questions-about-corn-cob-pipes|title=Some Brief Questions About Corn Cob Pipes :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion :: Pipe Smokers Forums|website=pipesmagazine.com|date=October 2013 |access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tobaccopipes.com/blog/how-to-break-in-a-corn-cob-pipe-/|title=How to break in a corn cob pipe|website=TobaccoPipes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref> Owing to these factors, corncob pipes are often recommended as a "beginner's pipe"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cigarsinternational.com/cigar-101/pipes-for-beginners/1818035/|title=Pipes for Beginners |website=Cigars International |language=en|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref> However, many seasoned pipe smokers enjoy the absorbing effect of the corn cob pipe, keeping tobaccos high in sugar like Virginias cool throughout the smoke. Additionally, pipesmokers who wish to sample different tobaccos and blends might keep a stock of corncobs on hand to permit them to try new flavors without "carryover" from an already-used pipe, sometimes called "ghosting," or to prevent a potentially bad-tasting tobacco from adding its flavor to a more expensive or favored pipe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tobaccopipes.com/blog/corn-cob-pipes-7-reasons-to-try-one/|title=Corn Cob Pipes: 7 Reasons to try one|website=TobaccoPipes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref>

====Meerschaum====
[[File:Meerschaumpfeife.jpg|thumb|A [[meerschaum pipe]]]]

[[Meerschaum]] (hydrated magnesium silicate), a [[mineral]] found in small shallow deposits mainly around the city of [[Eskişehir]] in central Turkey, is prized for the properties which allow it to be carved into finely detailed decorative and figural shapes. It has been used since the 17th century and, with clay pipes, represented the most common medium for pipes before the introduction of briar as the material of choice in the 19th century. The word "meerschaum" means "sea foam" in [[German language|German]], alluding to its natural white color and its surprisingly low weight. Meerschaum is a very porous mineral that absorbs the tars and oils during the smoking process, and gradually changes color to a golden brown. Old, well-smoked meerschaum pipes are valued by collectors for their distinctive coloring.

Meerschaum pipes can either be carved from a block of meerschaum, or pressed from meerschaum dust collected after carving and mixed with an adhesive. The pressed meerschaum pipes are far less absorbent, color in blotches, and lack the smoking quality of the block carved pipe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Large sizes in meerschaum |author= |website=Amsterdam Pipe Museum |date=n.d. |access-date=20 March 2022 |url= https://pipemuseum.nl/en/knotsen-van-meerschuim}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Beginners Guide to Using and Buying a Meerschaum Pipes and What Tobacco is Best |author= |work=Paykoc Imports |date=29 November 2019 |url= https://www.paykocimports.com/blog/the-beginners-guide-to-using-and-buying-a-meerschaum-pipes-and-what-tobacco-is-best/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Girly Pipes |author= |work=Paykoc Imports |date=29 November 2019 |url=https://cosmosartceramics.com/collections/girly-smoking-pipes}}</ref>

====Synthetics====
[[File:VenturiPipeGreen.jpg|thumb|Venturi pipe of synthetic materials]]

A variety of other materials may also be used for pipes. The Redmanol corporation manufactured pipes with translucent stems in the 1920s and a series of pipes were manufactured and distributed by the Tar Gard (later Venturi) Corporation of San Francisco from 1965 to 1975. Marketed under names such as "the pipe", "The Smoke" and "Venturi", they used materials such as [[pyrolytic graphite]], [[phenolic resin]], [[nylon]], [[Bakelite]] and other synthetics, allowing for higher temperatures in the bowl, reduced tar, and aesthetic variations of color and style.<ref>{{Cite web
  | last = Taylor II, Ph.D.
  | first = Billie W. 
  | title = A History of the pipe: Manufacturing and Marketing Pyrolytic Graphite Pipes from Development to Demise
  | url = http://www.thepipe.info/history/index.html
  | access-date = 2010-08-21}}</ref>
After Venturi stopped making pipes, several companies continue to make pipes from Brylon, a composite of nylon and [[wood flour]], as a cheaper substitute for briar.

===Types and shapes of pipe parts===

====Briar bowl finish types====
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* Brushed
* Carved
* Rustic
* Sandblast
* Smooth

====Corn cob bowl finish types====
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* Natural
* Stained
* Varnished (Polished)

====Chamber types====
* Important is size – diameter and depth.
* Chamber can be lined with other material, usually meerschaum or metal.

====Tenon shapes====
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* Army – Enables the pipe smoker to remove the stem from the shank while hot without fear of warping. Is often seen with a metal band, sometimes referred to as a ferrule, around the shank.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Army Mount |url=https://petersonpipenotes.org/tag/history-of-army-mount/#:~:text=Known%20by%20a%20wide%20variety,a%20loose%20or%20tight%20tenon. |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Peterson Pipe Notes |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Screw – Also allows for the immediate removal of the stem from the shank for cleaning while still hot. Often seen on pipes with stingers, allowing the pipe smoker to clean the stinger while still hot, making the task much easier.
* Standard

====Filter types====
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* None
* Cooler (Stinger)
* 6&nbsp;mm
* 9&nbsp;mm
* Other, e.g. Falcon dry ring.

====Stem materials====
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* Acrylic
* Amber
* Bakelite
* Cumberland (Brindle)
* Ebonite
* Horn (Keratin)
* Plastic
* Metal, e.g. Aluminium. Metal stem serves as a [[heat sink]].

====Stem shapes====
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* Combination
* Saddle
* Tapered

====Stem curvatures====
* Straight
* Slightly bent (semi-straight, half bent)
* Bent

====Bit shapes====
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* Denture
* Fishtail
* P-lip
* Standard

====Bit sizes====
* Regular (single bore)
* Double bore
* Wide comfort
* Double comfort