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[[Image:Morta tobacco pipe.JPG|thumb|Morta Pipe]] | |||
[[Morta]], also known as Bog Oak or Abonos, is another form of wood used to make tobacco pipes. | <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. | 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. | 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. | ||
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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. | |||
[[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 | |||
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Black Morta pipes by [[Davorin]]"> | <gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Black Morta pipes by [[Davorin]]"> | ||
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File:DavorinCopperCalabash.jpg | File:DavorinCopperCalabash.jpg | ||
File:DavorinCopper.jpg | File:DavorinCopper.jpg | ||
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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]]. | |||
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Image:Trevertalbert4.jpg|[[Trever Talbert]] Morta | |||
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<gallery widths=300 heights=200> | <gallery widths=300 heights=200> | ||
Image:Josef Prammer Pipe04.jpg | Image:Josef Prammer Pipe04.jpg|Morta Pipes, courtesy of [[Josef Prammer]] | ||
</gallery></noinclude> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category: Morta]]</noinclude> | |||