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This Glossary needs to be updated as more terms and acronyms are added to our pipes and tobacco lexicon daily. | |||
An interested read on this subject is [[Ben Rapaport]]'s article, '''[https://pipedia.org/images/6/67/Rapaport-Whatever_Happened_to_Plain_Speak.pdf My Manifesto: A Plea for Plain Talk]''' (Spring 2019) | |||
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'''Aromatic''': A type of tobacco which is either cased or top flavored in order to produce a taste and room note other than the tobacco's natural smell, whether simply sugar or molasses, whiskey or other alcohols, or many other flavorings. Used as a major category for pipe tobaccos, along with non-aromatic and latakia based blends. | '''Aromatic''': A type of tobacco which is either cased or top flavored in order to produce a taste and room note other than the tobacco's natural smell, whether simply sugar or molasses, whiskey or other alcohols, or many other flavorings. Used as a major category for pipe tobaccos, along with non-aromatic and latakia based blends. | ||
'''Army Mount''': Also called a "military bit", a pipe with an army mount stem is designed to permit the stem to be removed from the pipe while hot by inclusion of a shank cap, often made of silver, to reinforce the briar. A more elaborate variation of the army mount is the spigot. According to most likely mythological history, the first army mount was invented when a World War One soldier fixed a broken pipe shank by inserting a spent rifle casing into it and piercing a hole for the stem. | '''Army Mount''': Also called a "military bit", a pipe with an army mount stem is designed to permit the stem to be removed from the pipe while hot by inclusion of a shank cap, often made of silver, to reinforce the briar. A more elaborate variation of the army mount is the spigot. According to most likely mythological history, the first army mount was invented when a World War One soldier fixed a broken pipe shank by inserting a spent rifle casing into it and piercing a hole for the stem. | ||
[[File:Kaldenberg Army Mount.jpg|thumb|center|100px|An Army Mount Pipe]] | |||
'''Author''': According to the [[Author|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the Author is a beefed-up prince, featuring a flattened ball-shaped bowl and a heavy 1/8 to 1/4 bent stem. | '''Author''': According to the [[Author|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the Author is a beefed-up prince, featuring a flattened ball-shaped bowl and a heavy 1/8 to 1/4 bent stem. | ||
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'''Burley''': A tobacco of light-colored variety grown primarily in Kentucky and Tennessee, the bulk of burley tobacco produced in the United States is used for cigarette production. All burley today is of the white burley variety, and is often sweetened due to the low natural sugars present in the leaf. Most aromatics use a base of burley due to its ready ability to absorb flavors. While some claim burley does not age, it does improve with time. However, this takes time measured in the several decades at least. | '''Burley''': A tobacco of light-colored variety grown primarily in Kentucky and Tennessee, the bulk of burley tobacco produced in the United States is used for cigarette production. All burley today is of the white burley variety, and is often sweetened due to the low natural sugars present in the leaf. Most aromatics use a base of burley due to its ready ability to absorb flavors. While some claim burley does not age, it does improve with time. However, this takes time measured in the several decades at least. | ||
'''Burnout''': A term used to refer to a possible condition in estate pipes which, short of extraordinary effort on the part of a capable restorer, generally means the death of a particular pipe. A burnout is a spot where char has actually penetrated or begun to penetrate the outer layer of the bowl. Usually caused by hot smoking, although some claim burnout is always the fault of an unseen flaw in the briar. Uneven packing can also result in one spot suffering more damage than others. While most smokers stop smoking a particular pipe when burnout begins to appear, some continue smoking until they have burned straight through a wall or the foot of the pipe. | |||
'''Button''': The button is the raised portion at the end of a pipe mouthpiece or stem intended to permit the teeth purchase to hold the pipe. | '''Button''': The button is the raised portion at the end of a pipe mouthpiece or stem intended to permit the teeth purchase to hold the pipe. | ||
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'''Canadian''': According to the [[Canadian|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the canadian is a long-shanked billiard with an oval shank and a tapered bit. The shank is roughly twice as long as the height of the bowl. Variations on this shape include the lumbermand, lovat and liverpool. | '''Canadian''': According to the [[Canadian|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the canadian is a long-shanked billiard with an oval shank and a tapered bit. The shank is roughly twice as long as the height of the bowl. Variations on this shape include the lumbermand, lovat and liverpool. | ||
'''Captain Warren''': According to various sources, the Captain Warren is a distinct pipe shape and type - a hybrid between a hawkbill and a cherrywood shape, with a rounded heel that extends at least half as much below the point of where the shank meets the bowl as the upper half. It has an underbore system (or double chimney), where the draught hole opens into a lower chamber below a screw-in bowl. The shank is roughly as long as the stem. The shape is clearly defined in the 1895 Harrod's catalogue, under Cigars, Cigarettes, and Tobacco Department, on page 136. The shape is also included in the Gisclon pipe factory catalogue (Lille, France) in 1870. The name's origins are unclear, though some speculation has placed the name as possibly referring to the English archaeologist Charles Warren, who carried out excavations in Jerusalem during that period. However, a British Navy Captain Warren who came up with a new design for a cooking stove, where a separate inner chamber cooked the food, surrounded by a steam chamber, called "Captain Warren's System of Cooking" may have had a part in the naming of pipe type, described in the Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, in March, 1868. | |||
'''Casing''': Whether sprayed with or soaked in a sauce, casing refers to the addition of flavoring, sugar or the like prior to the finishing of the tobacco, as opposed to top-flavouring, which is added by spraying the finished blend with scents and flavours. | '''Casing''': Whether sprayed with or soaked in a sauce, casing refers to the addition of flavoring, sugar or the like prior to the finishing of the tobacco, as opposed to top-flavouring, which is added by spraying the finished blend with scents and flavours. | ||
'''Cavendish''': There are two forms of Cavendish, which is more a process of curing and a method of cutting tobacco than a type of it. Common cavendish is made when tobacco leaves are pressed into a cake about an inch thick and heated before being allowed to ferment, resulting in a mild and sweet tobacco. Flavoring is often added before the leaves are pressed. English Cavendish uses a dark flue or fire cured Virginia , which is steamed and then stored under pressure to permit it to cure and ferment for several days or weeks. | '''Cavendish''': There are two forms of Cavendish, which is more a process of curing and a method of cutting tobacco than a type of it. Common cavendish is made when tobacco leaves are pressed into a cake about an inch thick and heated before being allowed to ferment, resulting in a mild and sweet tobacco. Flavoring is often added before the leaves are pressed. English Cavendish uses a dark flue or fire cured Virginia , which is steamed and then stored under pressure to permit it to cure and ferment for several days or weeks. | ||
'''Char''': Used to refer to wood that has actually begun to burn, usually at the start of a burnout in a bowl or, far more likely and most often due to lighter abuse, at the rim. | |||
'''Cherrywood''': According to the [[Cherrywood|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], a cherrywood is a bent poker. The name cherrywood derives from the pipe shape's origin as a copy of the cherry wood pipes made by Eugène-Léon Ropp and others in mid-19th century France. | '''Cherrywood''': According to the [[Cherrywood|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], a cherrywood is a bent poker. The name cherrywood derives from the pipe shape's origin as a copy of the cherry wood pipes made by Eugène-Léon Ropp and others in mid-19th century France. | ||
'''Churchwarden''': According to the [[Churchwarden|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the churchwarden is the only pipe defined by the shape of its stem, rather than its bowl. Whether bent or straight, the stem on a churchwarden is 9 to 18 inches long, but not so long as to make lighting the pipe while holding it in the mouth impossible. | '''[[Churchwarden]]''': According to the [[Churchwarden|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the churchwarden is the only pipe defined by the shape of its stem, rather than its bowl. Whether bent or straight, the stem on a churchwarden is 9 to 18 inches long, but not so long as to make lighting the pipe while holding it in the mouth impossible. | ||
'''Cigar Leaf''': A generic term used to describe a great many different types of leaf primarily used in cigars which are also included in pipe tobacco. Connecticut Broadleaf and Cuban-Seed Varietals are frequently used among others to add flavor to a blend. | '''Cigar Leaf''': A generic term used to describe a great many different types of leaf primarily used in cigars which are also included in pipe tobacco. Connecticut Broadleaf and Cuban-Seed Varietals are frequently used among others to add flavor to a blend. | ||
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'''Cob''': The common parlance for a corn cob pipe, which in its loosest definition is simply any pipe with a bowl made from a dried and drilled corncob. Traditionally fitted with river cane stems, most modern cobs have wood shanks and plastic bits. | |||
'''Coin''': A term used to refer to a single slice of tobacco cut from a rope or twist, and resembling a flake, except that it is round and often thinner. | |||
'''Cumberland''': Called brindle by Dunhill and others, cumberland is a form of vulcanite made with brown and red pigment added to the rubber to give it a marble like appearance. | '''Cumberland''': Called brindle by Dunhill and others, cumberland is a form of vulcanite made with brown and red pigment added to the rubber to give it a marble like appearance. | ||
'''Curly Cut''': A term used to refer to tobacco which has been sliced from rope or twist tobacco into thin "coins", similar to flakes excepting that they are thinner and round. | |||
'''Cut''': Pipe tobacco may be cut as shag, ribbon, flake, plug, rope, discs, coins, or in other forms. These terms simply refer to the manner in which the finished product is reduced into a small enough size to consume. The most common cut is ribbon cut. | '''Cut''': Pipe tobacco may be cut as shag, ribbon, flake, plug, rope, discs, coins, or in other forms. These terms simply refer to the manner in which the finished product is reduced into a small enough size to consume. The most common cut is ribbon cut. | ||
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'''Delayed Gratification Technique''': Or DGT, the habit of some pipe smokers to light a pipe and leave it to sit for hours or even days before completing the smoke. Many blends gain a far different taste profile from this technique which some find pleasant. | '''Delayed Gratification Technique''': Or DGT, the habit of some pipe smokers to light a pipe and leave it to sit for hours or even days before completing the smoke. Many blends gain a far different taste profile from this technique which some find pleasant. | ||
'''Delphin''': A variation on the Ulmer pipe where the shank runs directly up the back of the bowl and there is no gap between the bowl and the shank. | |||
'''Delrin''': A brand name for polyoxymethylne or POM, also called acetal, polyacetal, or polyformaldehyde, delrin is a thermoplastic used by pipe makers as a material for non-integral stem tenons, and for screw-in tenons for meerschaum push/pull connections. Delrin is appreciated as a "self-lubricating" material, meaning that it has a low drag coefficient to interfere with the smooth passage of smoke, and for the ease of reliance on separate stems and tenons. | '''Delrin''': A brand name for polyoxymethylne or POM, also called acetal, polyacetal, or polyformaldehyde, delrin is a thermoplastic used by pipe makers as a material for non-integral stem tenons, and for screw-in tenons for meerschaum push/pull connections. Delrin is appreciated as a "self-lubricating" material, meaning that it has a low drag coefficient to interfere with the smooth passage of smoke, and for the ease of reliance on separate stems and tenons. | ||
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'''Don''': A pipe shape, according to the [[Duke/Don|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], similar to a Duke but with a rudimentary shank and a vulcanite bit. Sometimes, such as by [[Peterson]], called a tankard. | '''Don''': A pipe shape, according to the [[Duke/Don|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], similar to a Duke but with a rudimentary shank and a vulcanite bit. Sometimes, such as by [[Peterson]], called a tankard. | ||
'''Doppelpfeife''': A variation on the Ulmer shape hallmarked by two separate bowls, evidently intended to permit a smoker to mingle the tastes of two different tobaccos. | |||
'''Dottle''': The leftover plug of unburnt tobacco and ash left in the heel of a pipe bowl after smoking. Dottle is avoided by smokers as a waste of tobacco and occasionally souring of the bowl, but is sometimes unavoidable. | '''Dottle''': The leftover plug of unburnt tobacco and ash left in the heel of a pipe bowl after smoking. Dottle is avoided by smokers as a waste of tobacco and occasionally souring of the bowl, but is sometimes unavoidable. | ||
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'''Egg''': According to the [[Egg|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the egg is usually but not always a bent pipe with a bowl shaped like an egg, which can be thought of as an elongated apple shape. | '''Egg''': According to the [[Egg|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the egg is usually but not always a bent pipe with a bowl shaped like an egg, which can be thought of as an elongated apple shape. | ||
'''Elephant's Foot''': A pipe shape originally created by Bo [[Nordh]] and characterized by straight grained side panels and wide front and back domed surfaces on the bowl exhibiting birdseye. | |||
'''English''': Aside from the obvious geographical uses, the word "English" is often used among pipe smokers to refer to blends with latakia in them. In reality, however, the term only developed to differentiate blends made in the United Kingdom, especially in the days of the now defunct Tobacco Purity Laws, which prohibited humectants and most flavorings from being added to the tobacco. A more precise term is "latakia based". | '''English''': Aside from the obvious geographical uses, the word "English" is often used among pipe smokers to refer to blends with latakia in them. In reality, however, the term only developed to differentiate blends made in the United Kingdom, especially in the days of the now defunct Tobacco Purity Laws, which prohibited humectants and most flavorings from being added to the tobacco. A more precise term is "latakia based". | ||
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'''Fill''': A void, pit or flaw in the briar which is made level with the surface of the pipe with either putty or a mix of briar dust and cyanoacrylate glue and which, despite staining, is often visible on close inspection. | |||
'''Fire Cured''': Unlike flue cured tobacco, which is cured by indirect heat without smoke, fire cured tobacco is cured with smoke, in the tobacco equivalent of barbecuing. Dark Fired Kentucky and Latakia are both fire cured, and the process results in lower sugars and higher nicotine in the leaf. | '''Fire Cured''': Unlike flue cured tobacco, which is cured by indirect heat without smoke, fire cured tobacco is cured with smoke, in the tobacco equivalent of barbecuing. Dark Fired Kentucky and Latakia are both fire cured, and the process results in lower sugars and higher nicotine in the leaf. | ||
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'''Gourd Calabash''': According to the [[Gourd Calabash|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], a gourd calabash is a pipe made from a calabash gourd which is dried and the seeds removed, and then fitted with a stem and meerschaum bowl cap. The driest and smoothest of all pipes. | '''Gourd Calabash''': According to the [[Gourd Calabash|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], a gourd calabash is a pipe made from a calabash gourd which is dried and the seeds removed, and then fitted with a stem and meerschaum bowl cap. The driest and smoothest of all pipes. | ||
'''Gravity Fill Method''': Also called the Three Step Method, this is the method of packing a pipe most often taught to new smokers, and involves drizzling enough tobacco into the bowl to cover the heel, tamping very lightly, followed by drizzling tobacco to the rim twice and tamping after each time, with more pressure the on the last. | |||
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'''Horn''': According to the [[Horn|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the horn is a graceful freehand shape varying from a straight tapering tube to a more standard bent pipe, but in all cases with a smooth tapering from bowl to shank and no abrupt transitions. | '''Horn''': According to the [[Horn|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the horn is a graceful freehand shape varying from a straight tapering tube to a more standard bent pipe, but in all cases with a smooth tapering from bowl to shank and no abrupt transitions. | ||
[[File:Horn2.gif|thumb|center|100px|The Horn Shape]] | |||
'''Hungarian''': More commonly referred to as an Oom Paul, the Hungarian is a fully bent billiard named for former South African President Paulus Kruger, according to the [[Oom Paul/Hungarian|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]]. | '''Hungarian''': More commonly referred to as an Oom Paul, the Hungarian is a fully bent billiard named for former South African President Paulus Kruger, according to the [[Oom Paul/Hungarian|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]]. | ||
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'''Kabakolak''': A family of Turkish tobacco strains similar to Basibali, but with wings on their leaf stems in addition to distinct stems. | '''Kabakolak''': A family of Turkish tobacco strains similar to Basibali, but with wings on their leaf stems in addition to distinct stems. | ||
'''Kalmasch''': A traditional German pipe shape, primarily seen in meerschaum, hallmarked by a bowl and shank of nearly the same, large diameter with a slightly bent shank, and often a very long stem made of cherry wood, flexible tubing, and various other materials. | |||
[[File:Barling Full 1850.jpg|thumb|center|100px|A Kalmasch Pipe]] | |||
'''Katerini''': A Turkish varietal of the Samsun basibali type, with a milder, sweeter leaf. Grown southwest of Thessaloniki in the Greek province of Macedonia. | '''Katerini''': A Turkish varietal of the Samsun basibali type, with a milder, sweeter leaf. Grown southwest of Thessaloniki in the Greek province of Macedonia. | ||
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'''Maryland''': An extremely mild tobacco used in a number of American tobacco blends, especially to add a nutty flavor to Burley. Sadly the state of Maryland now pays farmers not to grow tobacco. | '''Maryland''': An extremely mild tobacco used in a number of American tobacco blends, especially to add a nutty flavor to Burley. Sadly the state of Maryland now pays farmers not to grow tobacco. | ||
'''Meerschaum''': A mineral hydrous magnesium silicate called sepiolite, primarily found in Turkey near Eskisehr, which is used in the making of tobacco pipes. The word means "seafoam". | '''[[Meerschaum]]''': A mineral hydrous magnesium silicate called sepiolite, primarily found in Turkey near Eskisehr, which is used in the making of tobacco pipes. The word means "seafoam". | ||
'''Melding''': The term used to refer to a tobacco blend's property to acquire a single homogeneous taste over time, as a result of aging in an airtight container. | '''Melding''': The term used to refer to a tobacco blend's property to acquire a single homogeneous taste over time, as a result of aging in an airtight container. | ||
'''Mellowing''': Particularly used in referring to Latakia's tendency to be less overpowering after some aging, the term is sometimes used to refer to a general tendency of tobacco to become more smooth with age. | '''Mellowing''': Particularly used in referring to Latakia's tendency to be less overpowering after some aging, the term is sometimes used to refer to a general tendency of tobacco to become more smooth with age. | ||
'''Morta''': Also known as bog-wood or abonos, morta is a material cut from trees which have been buried in peat bogs and near-petrified by the acidic and anaerobic conditions of the bog for a period sometimes hundreds or even thousands of years long. It is valued for its very high mineral content and resulting resistance to fire. | |||
'''Mortise''': A mortise is at its most basic a hole cut or drilled to accept a smaller tenon and make a joint. The joint has been used in woodworking for thousands of years, and in pipe construction generally appears as a hole drilled larger than the airway and at the same depth as the stem tenon. Variations, however, are unlimited. | '''Mortise''': A mortise is at its most basic a hole cut or drilled to accept a smaller tenon and make a joint. The joint has been used in woodworking for thousands of years, and in pipe construction generally appears as a hole drilled larger than the airway and at the same depth as the stem tenon. Variations, however, are unlimited. | ||
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'''Nautilus''': A pipe shape originally created by Bo [[Nordh]] and named for its obvious resemblance to the shell of a nautilus, resulting in an airway passing through a shank curved in a loop and pierced in the center to suggest the closed portion of the shell, a bowl shaped like the long open mouth of the shell, and a foot curving in a near half circle beneath. | |||
'''Nail''': The simplest form of pipe tool is the venerable Pipe Nail, which generally looks much like its namesake, one end flat to tamp with and another coming to a point or spoon for clearing ash and tar. | '''Nail''': The simplest form of pipe tool is the venerable Pipe Nail, which generally looks much like its namesake, one end flat to tamp with and another coming to a point or spoon for clearing ash and tar. | ||
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'''ODA''': <q>The meaning of “OD”, which is sometimes found with a following letter ranging from “A” to “J”, a further price/grade indicator based on overall production costs and quality of the pipe, is not definitely known but it is consistently said to stand for “Own Design”.</q><ref>see [[The Early Dunhill OD]] by [[John C. Loring]]</ref> | |||
'''Oliphant''': A traditional name for a hunter's horn made from an elephant tusk, the oliphant shape was first designed by [[Sixten Ivarsson]] for the [[Pibe-Dan]] shop in the late 1950s. According to the [[Horn|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]]The shape is a variation of the horn meant to resemble the tusk of an elephant, and with a flat curve and even and gradual tapering throughout. | '''Oliphant''': A traditional name for a hunter's horn made from an elephant tusk, the oliphant shape was first designed by [[Sixten Ivarsson]] for the [[Pibe-Dan]] shop in the late 1950s. According to the [[Horn|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]]The shape is a variation of the horn meant to resemble the tusk of an elephant, and with a flat curve and even and gradual tapering throughout. | ||
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'''Panel Billiard''': According to the [[Panel Billiard|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the Panelled Billiard, also called a foursquare, is a basic billiard shape with flat, or panelled, sides. The classic panel has four flat sides and a round shank. | '''Panel Billiard''': According to the [[Panel Billiard|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the Panelled Billiard, also called a foursquare, is a basic billiard shape with flat, or panelled, sides. The classic panel has four flat sides and a round shank. | ||
'''Pear''': More commonly called an acorn today, according to the [[Pear/ | '''Pear''': More commonly called an acorn today, according to the [[Pear/Acorn|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]] the pear is a sort of softened dublin shape, with a conical bowl and tobacco chamber but with all sharp edges rounded. | ||
'''Perique''': Mistakenly believed to be a nickname for Pierre Chenet and actually a French mispronunciation of an American slang word for a part of the anatomy, perique is a type of tobacco grown only in St. James Parish, Louisiana, sauced and kept under massive pressure in barrels until it turns nearly black. Perique has flavors of spice and plum, and is prized as the truffle of pipe tobaccos. | '''Perique''': Mistakenly believed to be a nickname for Pierre Chenet and actually a French mispronunciation of an American slang word for a part of the anatomy, perique is a type of tobacco grown only in St. James Parish, Louisiana, sauced and kept under massive pressure in barrels until it turns nearly black. Perique has flavors of spice and plum, and is prized as the truffle of pipe tobaccos. | ||
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'''Pipe''': A tube with a small bowl at one end used for the smoking of tobacco. | '''Pipe''': A tube with a small bowl at one end used for the smoking of tobacco. | ||
'''Pit''': Briar grows underground and as such is prone to picking up bits of sand which create a void in the block, sometimes not noticeable until the pipe is nearly finished. Traditionally pits, or sand pits, would simply be filled with putty and stained over for a value priced pipe. | |||
'''P-Lip''': A type of pipe mouthpiece invented by Peterson of Dublin and relying on a small hole on the top of a stem rather than a hole at its end. Meant to reduce tongue bite by directing the flow of smoke away from the tongue. | '''P-Lip''': A type of pipe mouthpiece invented by Peterson of Dublin and relying on a small hole on the top of a stem rather than a hole at its end. Meant to reduce tongue bite by directing the flow of smoke away from the tongue. | ||
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'''Prince''': According to the [[Prince|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the prince is a pipe shape characterized by a squat rounded bowl and along, usually slightly bent stem with a short shank. The pipe was named after Prince Albert, later King Edward VII, the Prince of Wales. | '''Prince''': According to the [[Prince|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]], the prince is a pipe shape characterized by a squat rounded bowl and along, usually slightly bent stem with a short shank. The pipe was named after Prince Albert, later King Edward VII, the Prince of Wales. | ||
'''Push/Pull''': The term generally used to describe a two part mortise and tenon system used in meerschaum pipes and developed by Andreas Bauer originally. A push/pull consists of a threaded Delrin tenon and a separate threaded plastic mortise. The preferred method of connecting stem and shank in meerschaum pipes, which lack the durability for long term use of a standard mortise/tenon connection. | |||
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'''Samsun-Maden''': Also called Bafra for the village near Samsun, Samsun-Maden is a basibali Turkish tobacco characterized by leaves which are are small sized and ovalThe leaf faces are red to bright red. This strain can be smoked without blending. Nicotine content is often lower than 1% and sugar content is 9-12%. | '''Samsun-Maden''': Also called Bafra for the village near Samsun, Samsun-Maden is a basibali Turkish tobacco characterized by leaves which are are small sized and ovalThe leaf faces are red to bright red. This strain can be smoked without blending. Nicotine content is often lower than 1% and sugar content is 9-12%. | ||
'''Shag''': A fine-cut tobacco. | |||
'''Shank''': The portion of a stummel between the bowl and mouthpiece, and generally containing the mortise. The length of the pipe shank is one of the key variables in the shape of a pipe, as is it's shape, whether square, diamond, oval or round. | '''Shank''': The portion of a stummel between the bowl and mouthpiece, and generally containing the mortise. The length of the pipe shank is one of the key variables in the shape of a pipe, as is it's shape, whether square, diamond, oval or round. | ||
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'''Sphinx''': A shape created by Bo [[Nordh]] and characterized by a wide domed bowl front cut so as to show birdseye at the center with straight grain radiating out from that point, giving a sunburst pattern. A similar shape, the Mounted Sphinx, was created by [[Geiger Pipes|Love and Sara Geiger]], but was not created as a variation on the shape. | '''Sphinx''': A shape created by Bo [[Nordh]] and characterized by a wide domed bowl front cut so as to show birdseye at the center with straight grain radiating out from that point, giving a sunburst pattern. A similar shape, the Mounted Sphinx, was created by [[Geiger Pipes|Love and Sara Geiger]], but was not created as a variation on the shape. | ||
'''Spur''': A small protrusion at the bottom of traditional clay pipes to ensure a hot bowl does not burn the table. Frequently included in cutty pipes made even in briar and meerschaum in later decades as an ornamental element of the cutty shape. Seen only occasionally today. | '''Spiderwebbing''': A term used to describe a possible condition of estate pipes, spiderwebbing is the result of oversmoking but, rather than showing in a single spot like char in the bowl or a burnout, is characterized by a pattern of char lines, which look like shallow cracks and are actually burnt into the wood of the bowl. Can be concealed by any amount of cake or even a bowl coating, and so it is usually only evident in a bowl which has been sanded back to bare wood. | ||
'''Spur''': A small protrusion at the bottom of traditional [[clay]] pipes to ensure a hot bowl does not burn the table. Frequently included in cutty pipes made even in briar and meerschaum in later decades as an ornamental element of the cutty shape. Seen only occasionally today. | |||
[[File:Spur.jpg|thumb|center|100px|Clay Pipe Resting on Spur]] | [[File:Spur.jpg|thumb|center|100px|Clay Pipe Resting on Spur]] | ||
'''Srintil''': A type of heavily fermented, air cured Indonesian tobacco grown in the Java region in the Temangung valley which grows at the top of a plant and by abnormality produces an extreme amount of resin, making it highly potent. Fermentation details are thought to be similar to perique, and in 1983 approximately 3 tons a year of Srintil were grown worldwide. Sometimes extracted in an aqueous solution for use as a flavoring agent. | '''Srintil''': A type of heavily fermented, air cured Indonesian tobacco grown in the Java region in the Temangung valley which grows at the top of a plant and by abnormality produces an extreme amount of resin, making it highly potent. Fermentation details are thought to be similar to perique, and in 1983 approximately 3 tons a year of Srintil were grown worldwide. Sometimes extracted in an aqueous solution for use as a flavoring agent. | ||
'''Stinger''': Sometimes referred to as a "metal filter", "cleaner", or "condenser", a stinger is a metal protrusion containing the last portion of the airway in many pipes, primarily of the mid-20th century. A stinger extends from the tenon on a stem into the shank of the pipe, generally in turn drilled with a deeper mortise to allow space. Stingers were used commonly in non-filtered pipes for the majority of the twentieth century, but are no longer seen. | |||
[[File:8.jpg|thumb|center|100px|Pipe stem with Stinger]] | |||
'''Stummel''': German for stump, the stummel is a complete pipe minus only a stem and any final adornments, including the bowl, shank, and transition between the two. | '''Stummel''': German for stump, the stummel is a complete pipe minus only a stem and any final adornments, including the bowl, shank, and transition between the two. | ||
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'''Ukulele''': A pipe shape first designed by [[Sixten Ivarsson]] for the [[Pibe-Dan]] shop in the 1950s and named ukulele, some credit Ed [[Burak]] for the design which he considered a bulldog. A ukulele is characterized by a domed, wide bowl and a wide oval shank with a flat bowl bottom, according to the [[Ukulele|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]]. | '''Ukulele''': A pipe shape first designed by [[Sixten Ivarsson]] for the [[Pibe-Dan]] shop in the 1950s and named ukulele, some credit Ed [[Burak]] for the design which he considered a bulldog. A ukulele is characterized by a domed, wide bowl and a wide oval shank with a flat bowl bottom, according to the [[Ukulele|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]]. | ||
'''[[Ulmer Maserholzpfeifen]]''': A pipe shape which took its name from the city of Ulm, Germany, and originally attributed to Johann Jakob Glöckle in the early 18th century, the Ulmer Maserholzpfeife is a full bent pipe in a "U" shape with a wider portion at the base. | |||
[[File:Ulmer.JPG|thumb|center|100px|An Ulmer Maserholzpfeife]] | |||
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[[File:Zeppelin.jpg|thumb|center|100px|A Zeppelin Pipe]] | [[File:Zeppelin.jpg|thumb|center|100px|A Zeppelin Pipe]] | ||
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