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The Churchwarden style of pipe are one of the earliest pipe shapes and still remain very popular. The overall length of the mouthpiece is said to ensure a pleasant cool smoke, which is particularly suitable for an evenings relaxation. It really should fall into the same category as the Peterson "House Pipes" which are basically for confinement to house use. | The Churchwarden style of pipe are one of the earliest pipe shapes and still remain very popular. The overall length of the mouthpiece is said to ensure a pleasant cool smoke, which is particularly suitable for an evenings relaxation. It really should fall into the same category as the Peterson "House Pipes" which are basically for confinement to house use. | ||
In Elizabethan times the pipes were made from clay and were graceful with thin bowls and long stems. The Dutch redesigned these [[clay | In Elizabethan times the pipes were made from clay and were graceful with thin bowls and long stems. The Dutch redesigned these [[clay pipe]]s by enlarging the bowl and lengthening the stem and came to be known as the Alderman and was officially introduced by William II around 1700. The Alderman was adopted by the English and was graced with a curve to the stem and called "Yard of Clay" or "Churchwarden" as it's better known as today. The purpose of the long stem was to allow the smoker to rest his hand and bowl on the arm of the chair, the small knob on the bottom of the bowl was to stop the hot clay bowl from burning the chair arm, the knob reputedly for he benefit of the pipe maker, became more of an aesthetic part of the shorter pipes rather than a requirement in later times. This same style can be seen in many of Petersons early Patent pipes. | ||
Churchwardens were in vogue with the upper-classes of the Elizabethan times, the more common man would smoke a short pipe, often made shorter by snapping the end of the stem off due mainly to the "shared house pipes" in the Taverns and ale houses, these pipes were there for the enjoyment of the customers and by snapping the end off separated themselves from the previous smoker. Churchwarden pipes essentially have a long stem which gives an extra-cool smoke, producing a cooler smoke due to the distance smoke must travel from the bowl to the mouthpiece. They have the added benefit of keeping the users face further away from the heat and smoke produced by combustion in the bowl. Clay pipes and tobacco were often provided after dinners at taverns or at Club meetings and would be used for one evening only. | Churchwardens were in vogue with the upper-classes of the Elizabethan times, the more common man would smoke a short pipe, often made shorter by snapping the end of the stem off due mainly to the "shared house pipes" in the Taverns and ale houses, these pipes were there for the enjoyment of the customers and by snapping the end off separated themselves from the previous smoker. Churchwarden pipes essentially have a long stem which gives an extra-cool smoke, producing a cooler smoke due to the distance smoke must travel from the bowl to the mouthpiece. They have the added benefit of keeping the users face further away from the heat and smoke produced by combustion in the bowl. Clay pipes and tobacco were often provided after dinners at taverns or at Club meetings and would be used for one evening only. | ||