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[[Image:Josef Prammer Pipe04.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Morta Pipes Courtesy of Josef Prammer]]
[[Image:Morta tobacco pipe.JPG|thumb|Morta Pipe]]
[[Image:Trevertalbert4.jpg|thumb|right|400px|[[Trever Talbert]] Morta]]


[[Trever Talbert]] uses Morta (bog oak, a partially petrified oak). Bog wood is wood extracted from trunks of trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the acidity and anaerobic bog conditions and the tannins leached out of other plant matter. It represents the first early stages in the fossilization of wood, with further stages ultimately forming lignite and coal over a period of many millions of years. For many great examples of this interesting pipe wood see [http://talbertpipes.com/mortagallery.shtml Trever's Morta Pipe Gallery.] Also, Trevor's describes the process of finding, harvesting, and making pipes from Morta [http://talbertpipes.com/mortacreation.shtml here].
<includeonly>[[Morta]], also known as Bog Oak or Abonos, is another form of wood used to make tobacco pipes.
This wood, however, has been preserved by being buried in peat bogs, sometimes for hundreds of years or more.
The material represents the early stages of wood's fossilization, and as a result the material is nearly 12% mineral in content, making it highly resistant to burnout.
It is also praised for a neutral taste caused by the removal of all tannins, resins and the like from the wood during its long period of submersion.</includeonly>
 
<noinclude>Several pipe makers are using [[Morta]], which is an excellent material for pipe making.
[[Morta]], or bog oak, is partially petrified oak that comes from trees that have fallen into peat bogs.
Being buried in the peat bog preserves the wood from decay due to the bog's acidity and anaerobic conditions.
Over the course of time, tannins are leached out, leaving the wood in the early stages of fossilization.
If the process continues, the wood would eventually turn into lignite and coal, a process that takes millions of years.
 
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Image:Morta_br.jpg|thumb|Brown Morta, courtesy of [[Hermann Hennen]]
Image:Morta_sz.jpg|thumb|Black Morta, courtesy of [[Hermann Hennen]]
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[[Davorin]] is a pipemaker from Croatia who is also using [[Morta]] on a regular basis. He explains the material in his article [https://davorinmortapipes.com/what-is-abonos-morta/ What is abonos – morta?]. In addition to Black Morta, Davorin uses "Copper" and "Golden" Morta.
 
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Black Morta pipes by [[Davorin]]">
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<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Copper Morta pipes by [[Davorin]]">
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[[Trever Talbert]], maker of "The Scallop", a beautiful example of a [[Morta]] pipe pictured below, has made [[Morta]] a regular part of his work. Examples of Trever's Morta pipes can be seen in  [http://talbertpipes.com/mortagallery.shtml Trever's Morta Pipe Gallery]. Trever also describes the process of finding, harvesting, curing, and making pipes from Morta in [[Creating Pipes From Morta]].
 
<gallery widths=300 heights=200>
Image:Trevertalbert4.jpg|[[Trever Talbert]] Morta
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<gallery widths=300 heights=200>
Image:Josef Prammer Pipe04.jpg|Morta Pipes, courtesy of [[Josef Prammer]]
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== Links ==
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog-wood
 
[[Category: Morta]]</noinclude>

Latest revision as of 13:56, 18 December 2022

Morta Pipe


Several pipe makers are using Morta, which is an excellent material for pipe making. Morta, or bog oak, is partially petrified oak that comes from trees that have fallen into peat bogs. Being buried in the peat bog preserves the wood from decay due to the bog's acidity and anaerobic conditions. Over the course of time, tannins are leached out, leaving the wood in the early stages of fossilization. If the process continues, the wood would eventually turn into lignite and coal, a process that takes millions of years.

Davorin is a pipemaker from Croatia who is also using Morta on a regular basis. He explains the material in his article What is abonos – morta?. In addition to Black Morta, Davorin uses "Copper" and "Golden" Morta.

Trever Talbert, maker of "The Scallop", a beautiful example of a Morta pipe pictured below, has made Morta a regular part of his work. Examples of Trever's Morta pipes can be seen in Trever's Morta Pipe Gallery. Trever also describes the process of finding, harvesting, curing, and making pipes from Morta in Creating Pipes From Morta.

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