Different Kinds of Tobacco Pipes


February 19, 2012
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Tobacco pipes have always been seen as an elegant way to smoke. A pipe has three main parts: a chamber, in which you put in the tobacco, a thin stem, and a mouthpiece, through which you breathe the smoke. Some common kinds of pipes include ones made of brier, clay, and corncobs.

Brier is the dense wood of a root of the tree heath. This kind is made of brier wood, which is known for its resistance to fire, as well as its ability to take in moisture. Those qualities make it a wonderful pipe-making material. Briers can be of really nice quality, and are the most common type found today.

A clay pipe is made of really fine white clay. These are seen as very cheap and of low quality, since they get very hot (and are therefore harder to smoke with). However, they’re very easy to make in large amounts, so they are common. Some people feel that using clay makes a pure smoke, such that the pipe itself does not give its own taste to the smoke.

A corncob pipe is made from a section of corn, which is dried for two years, hollowed out, and then polished by being dipped in a plaster mixture. A piece of pine wood is then placed in the chamber to make it resist heat better. These are not seen as fancy, but they work just as well are more expensive ones. Corncobs are known for being a good pipe for novice smokers.

Pipe smoking is almost as old as mankind, and with so many kinds of them being made, a person can choose whatever kind of instrument that suits them easily. These are the most common tobacco pipes seen, but there are more kinds that could suit the pickiest of smokers.

 
 
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