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A tobacco pipe, often called simply a pipe, is a device specifically made to smoke tobacco. It comprises a chamber (the bowl ) for the tobacco from which a thin hollow stem (shank) emerges, ending in a mouthpiece. [ 1 ]
The Frank Method is a method for packing tobacco into a smoking pipe initially developed by Achim Frank for use in pipe smoking competitions.. The Frank method involves compacting the tobacco from the sides without compressing the top.
A pipe tool is a small gadget designed to aid in packing, smoking, and emptying a tobacco pipe. There are three principal pipe tools: the tamper, the reamer, and the pick: [ 1 ] The tamper is a blunt instrument, either a simple dowel or shaped like the head of a nail.
The exterior surface of the bowl of some pipes may be fashioned with some kind of design. The character Leopold Bloom, in James Joyce's Ulysses carries a tobacco pipe with the bowl carved into a head: "He carries a silverstringed inlaid dulcimer and a longstemmed bamboo Jacob's pipe, its clay bowl fashioned as a female head." [1]
A man smoking a kiseru. Illustration of the cover of the novel Komon gawa ("Elegant chats on fabric design") by Santō Kyōden, 1790.. There are two main types of kiseru; rau kiseru, which are made of three parts; the mouthpiece (吸口, suikuchi), stem (羅宇, rau), and shank (雁首, gankubi), and nobe kiseru, which are made with a single piece of metal.
A chibouk (/ tʃ ɪ ˈ b ʊ k,-ˈ b uː k /; French: chibouque; from the Turkish: çıbık, çubuk (English: "stick" from the Persian word choobak "چوبک" meaning small wooden stick) (Serbian: "Čibuk"); also romanized čopoq, ciunoux or tchibouque) [1] [2] [3] is a very long-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe, often featuring a clay bowl ornamented with precious stones. [4]
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Pipe makers now supplement their income by making wooden spoons and yokes for oxen. Non-smokers also purchase these pipes to put in their homes as ornaments but also as a symbolic link to tradition. Some pipe makers also sell their pipes to curio shops in towns as well as holiday resorts where there is a small demand for traditional Xhosa ...