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'''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. | ||
'''Oom Paul''': A shape name which actually means Uncle Paul in Dutch, Oom Paul pipes are full bent billiards, according to the [[Oom Paul/Hungarian|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]]. The name comes from the nickname for Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, president of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900 and the face of the Boer cause against Britain during the Second Boer War of 1899 to 1902. Also called a Hungarian. | |||
'''Opera Pipe''': A shape which the [[Oval|A.S.P. Pipe Parts Charts by Bill Burney]] refer to as an "Oval" or Pocket pipe, the opera pipe is a billiard with a bowl "squashed" into an oval, with the long side of the oval parallel with the shank and stem. In fact, "opera" pipe is a misnomer. The original name of the pipe was the au pair pipe, as it gained popularity with domestic workers unable to smoke around children. | |||
'''Oriental''': Used interchangeably with "Turkish" to refer to sun cured condimental tobaccos grown in the Eastern Mediterranean. This category of tobaccos includes Yenidje, Smyrna, Samsun, Izmir, Drama, Xanthe, and often Basma, which is not a particular leaf but a generic Turkish blend, and all that pipe tobacco blenders are often able to find due to the purchase of most oriental varietals by cigarette manufacturers. | '''Oriental''': Used interchangeably with "Turkish" to refer to sun cured condimental tobaccos grown in the Eastern Mediterranean. This category of tobaccos includes Yenidje, Smyrna, Samsun, Izmir, Drama, Xanthe, and often Basma, which is not a particular leaf but a generic Turkish blend, and all that pipe tobacco blenders are often able to find due to the purchase of most oriental varietals by cigarette manufacturers. | ||