A Different Taste

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"A DIFFERENT TASTE"
Pipes other than briar

Stay with the tobacco you are used to
- let the pipe introduce a subtle change in flavour.

Clay Churchwardens - cool & dry
These pipes are specially made for us in South Africa.
The quality of clay used is equal to that of the traditional "Olde English" pipes and the rough, casual finish adds an air of authenticity.
The long stem tends to produce a cool, dry smoke, and if the stem should snap you can convert your churchwarden to a shorter pipe by filing the end smooth and painting it with lacquer.

57-CGClay R79.95

Corn Cob - Unpretentious pleasure

57-JCobFilter R110.00

In tune with modern trends ours are fitted with a disposable 6mm filter.

Made in Missouri USA from a specially developed hybrid of corn with a large cob, and cheekily labelled "Missouri Meerschaums", they are light and porous and give a cool, dry, slightly sweet "Cob" taste, with no breaking in required. "The closest thing to meerschaum" say its devotees, and they may be right.

When away on holiday, especially to the wilder areas, it may not be advisable to take your best pipe. It won't matter so much if it is your corncob that disappears into the ocean, or is trodden on by an elephant.
The life of a corncob is comparatively short, but it is priced accordingly. Try one - an essential part of pipe smoking experience.

Mini Corncob

Black or amber mouthpieces
57-JCobMini R60.00

- South Africa's own pipe,
very suitable for an overseas gift.

Made from the neck of a gourd that has been deliberately shaped during its growth, the Calabash offers a different experience in smoking.

Calabash Pipe
Two degrees of bend: A and B

Being extremely porous, the Calabash is virtually self-cleaning in that any moisture absorbed from the smoke passes through the pipe and evaporates, colouring the pipe to a rich brown. Being a natural product, grown in the open air, it is subject to the vicissitudes of nature – which means it will usually have small surface marks from the action of weather or insects. Once the pipe has been well coloured these marks look like “beauty spots” on the rich brown surface.

As always, don't oversmoke the pipe.
Allow it to dry out between smokes.
A leather "bean bag" is the ideal pipe rest

57-CGCala R625.00

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