My clay pipes. Pic heavy.

[HLS]

Clay pipes from the 'bay. The claw had a broken stem, so I made an adapter and "stem"(?) from an old cutting board. I cut, drilled, sanded, shaped, stained and sprayed the stem and adapter with shellac.
The figural man's head was broken on the underside of where the stem is inserted. I made a piece from oven cured hobby clay, put the reed stem in, placed the newly fashioned piece on with epoxy to hold the stem in place, wrapped it with a brown jute, glued the end of the jute in place and used a spray shellac on most of the entire pipe. Both smoke well and are a real please just to look at in the rack. None of my repairs or materials are placed in such a way as to not be toxic to the smoker(me)

 

[Argonaut]

Very cool. The figural pipe looks like he has a wicked five o'clock shadow.

 

[syngent]

lets shave him,...

Cool looking pips,.. love the stems and wrapping,... man pipe stuffs have some really interesting art out there

 

[syngent]

are most all clay pipes, specially vintage ones, smaller compared to the wooden ones ?, i have a couple of clays around here i play with in the car during lunch time that seem to be about the same in scale but its touch to see without reference

 

[HLS]

Yes, they are alot smaller. I showed one of my clay pipes to a sixties ex hippy girl and she said that's the perfect size. What ever that means............

 

[syngent]

means she does not care about ghosting her pipes lol, i have to hide my little guys when friends come over,.. i dont like the smell not sure i would like the taste (im totally sure i dont like the taste)

 

[Hunter]

are most all clay pipes, specially vintage ones, smaller compared to the wooden ones ?, i have a couple of clays around here i play with in the car during lunch time that seem to be about the same in scale but its touch to see without reference

I love smoking my clay pipe in my car too, it is the perfect size to hold while driving and when I need to put it down I have a cup holder that it fits in without spilling any ash or tobacco. Also if anything happens to it, I can pick up another one!

 

[smalltank]

question...does the clay material burn hotter and heat the tobacco hotter than a "standard run of the mill" pipe...whatever that means....

 

[Hunter]

Because the walls of the bowl are thinner the clay isn't as good a insulator as wooden pipes, so a smoker will have to hold it by the stem.

 

[oc_in_fw]

Yes, they are alot smaller. I showed one of my clay pipes to a sixties ex hippy girl and she said that's the perfect size. What ever that means............

I can see that. I know they are good when you want a five minute smoke. It is good for the transitioning cigarette smoker.

 

[Hunter]

I have mine half filled with my christmas blend, should be enough to get me most of the way home.

 

[hotreds]

So you get a real quick 5-10 minute smoke from something that size?

 

[Hunter]

a fully packed bowl with my clay will last 30-45 minutes, if I do a half pack it will be 15-20 minutes. Which sometimes is all a guy needs during a coffee break or inbetween PT exercises with a lady

 

[Landri]

Where did you pick those?
AlL I can find around here are wood pipes (some made from local wood).
It is safe to look for those on ebay?

 

[HLS]

Yes, ebay is fine. That's where mine came from. I just had to put some work and creativity into it. I didn't have a clue what I was doing.

Jim

Where did you pick those?
AlL I can find around here are wood pipes (some made from local wood).
It is safe to look for those on ebay?

 

[oc_in_fw]

a fully packed bowl with my clay will last 30-45 minutes, if I do a half pack it will be 15-20 minutes. Which sometimes is all a guy needs during a coffee break or inbetween PT exercises with a lady

Must be a big clay.

 

[Hunter]

Nope, I would say about average, but I smoke very slowly with it.