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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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