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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Q about a pipe carburetor: Is it essentially a tiny hole in the heel of the pipe, admitting cooler air (which I think would make the leaf burn a little hotter) and permitting heat and smoke to leave? The Zulu w/ carburetor I picked up over Xmas is pretty much that. If I hold the pipe up to a lamp, I can see a pinprick of light. Is there supposed to be some device in that tiny hole?
The pipe smokes as well as any Dublin shape I've ever had.
The pipe smokes as well as any Dublin shape I've ever had.
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Yes, it's just an added air jet at the bottom of the chamber. It was not so much to allow anything to leave, but to admit additional air. The claimed benefit is a slightly cooler, drier, albeit diluted draw. They were somewhat popular during the mid-Century, alongside the stinger, in primarily American pipes.
I never cared for them. But many others do. If you like yours, that's all that matters.
When I was smoking the Zulu last week, I noticed that the occasional whiff of smoke emerged from the hole. I didn't know if that was normal or not. The bowl gets no hotter than any other Dublin shape I've tried and the pipe draws just fine.
I spoke too soon. The Zulu does have a little device at the bottom of the chamber; my tamper/scraper bumped against it as I was cleaning the dottle out from this morning's smoke.
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The Royal Demuth: What was an "Ambria" mouthpiece? A forerunner of acrylic -- perhaps an early edition of the then-new field of plastics?
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Good question. Your guess seems likely at that price point.
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DeMuth had a pipe line named Ambria.
The ones I've seen have an Amber plastic looking stem.
That makes sense as the word Ambria is a derivative of Amber.
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