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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 R88.50 |
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Corn Cob - Unpretentious pleasure
57-JCobFilter R125.50 |
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.
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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. |
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| 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. The pipes are individuals - each one is different; the shape depends on the bend of the original gourd. They are all bents (b) or half-bents (a) and in every case the pipe has been carefully balanced. |
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