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'''GtP''' stands for '''Gouda Tobacco Pipes'''. The pipes are made in Gouda, The Netherlands, by a man named Adriaan van der Want. He is the last in a long line of Gouda clay pipe manufacturers. | '''GtP''' stands for '''Gouda Tobacco Pipes'''. The pipes are made in Gouda, The Netherlands, by a man named Adriaan van der Want. He is the last in a long line of Gouda clay pipe manufacturers. | ||
[[File:GtP Clay.jpg|thumb|Nice example, courtesy Flemming Lyngholt Hansen]]The pipes are very pretty to look at and they come in different sizes, | [[File:GtP Clay.jpg|thumb|Nice example, courtesy Flemming Lyngholt Hansen]]The pipes are very pretty to look at and they come in different sizes, shapes and colours. I have 3 GTP pipes, never bought one though. The pipes give a reasonably cool smoke especially compared to the traditional long Gouda clay pipes. However they tend to get hot and because they have a double siding you can get some trouble with [moisture]. As far as clay pipes go, the GTP pipes are rather good. | ||
shapes and colours. I have 3 GTP pipes, never bought one though. The pipes give a reasonably cool smoke especially compared to the traditional long Gouda clay pipes. However they tend to get hot and because they have a double siding you can | |||
get some trouble with | |||
''From the following A.S.P. thread'': https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/alt.smokers.pipes/DlI7WFNYVeM/0JVc3Xsy_oIJ | ''From the following A.S.P. thread'': https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/alt.smokers.pipes/DlI7WFNYVeM/0JVc3Xsy_oIJ |