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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. | ||
'''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. | '''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. | ||