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As mentioned in [[Materials and Construction#Clay|Materials and Construction]] clay in this case is almost always a very fine white clay. Low-quality "clay" pipes are actually made from porcelain forming techniques known as slip, and poured into a mold. These are porous, of very low quality, and impart unwanted flavors to a smoke. Top-notch clays, on the other hand are made in a labor-intensive process that requires beating all air out of the clay, hand-rolling each pipe before molding it, piercing with a fine wire, and careful firing. Traditionally, clay pipes are unglazed. | As mentioned in [[Materials and Construction#Clay|Materials and Construction]] [[clay]] in this case is almost always a very fine white clay. | ||
Low-quality "clay" pipes are actually made from porcelain forming techniques known as slip, and poured into a mold. | |||
These are porous, of very low quality, and impart unwanted flavors to a smoke. | |||
Top-notch clays, on the other hand are made in a labor-intensive process that requires beating all air out of the clay, hand-rolling each pipe before molding it, piercing with a fine wire, and careful firing. | |||
Traditionally, clay pipes are unglazed. | |||
Clays burn "hot" in comparison to other types of pipes, so they are often difficult for most pipe-smokers to use. Their proponents claim that, unlike other materials, a well-made clay pipe gives a "pure" smoke, with no flavor addition from the pipe bowl. In addition to aficionados, reproductions of historical clay styles are used by some Historical re-enactors. | Clays burn "hot" in comparison to other types of pipes, so they are often difficult for most pipe-smokers to use. | ||
Their proponents claim that, unlike other materials, a well-made clay pipe gives a "pure" smoke, with no flavor addition from the pipe bowl. | |||
In addition to aficionados, reproductions of historical clay styles are used by some Historical re-enactors. | |||
Clay pipes were once considered disposable items and the large quantities discarded in the past are often used as an aid in dating by industrial archaeologists. | Clay pipes were once considered disposable items and the large quantities discarded in the past are often used as an aid in dating by industrial archaeologists. | ||
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* [[Tobacco Pipe Manufacturers and Distributors Found in U.S. Directories in the Library of Congress]], Compiled by Paul Jung in 1991 | * [[Tobacco Pipe Manufacturers and Distributors Found in U.S. Directories in the Library of Congress]], Compiled by Paul Jung in 1991 | ||
* Heather Coleman, [[A Short History Of Clay Pipes]] for additional information | * Heather Coleman, [[A Short History Of Clay Pipes]] for additional information | ||
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* Ivor Noël Hume, [https://www.slaveryandremembrance.org/Foundation/journal/Winter03-04/pipes.cfm Hunting for a Little Ladle, Tobacco Pipes] excellent article from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal | * Ivor Noël Hume, [https://www.slaveryandremembrance.org/Foundation/journal/Winter03-04/pipes.cfm Hunting for a Little Ladle, Tobacco Pipes] excellent article from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal | ||
* [https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/pipemarks-introduction.php 17th and 18th Century Marked Clay Tobacco Pipes From Ferryland, NL] useful website for identifying clay pipe makers marks | * [https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/pipemarks-introduction.php 17th and 18th Century Marked Clay Tobacco Pipes From Ferryland, NL] useful website for identifying clay pipe makers marks | ||
* | * Rebecca C. W. Robinson, [https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/hesperia/147907.pdf Tobacco pipes of Corinth and of the Athenian Agora] | ||
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* [[Bell]] William and David Bell; 19th century clay pipe factory in Quebec | * [[Bell]] William and David Bell; 19th century clay pipe factory in Quebec | ||
* [[Henderson & Lovelace, E.M.]] second half of the 19th century clay pipe factory in Montreal | * [[Henderson & Lovelace, E.M.]] second half of the 19th century clay pipe factory in Montreal | ||
* [[ | * [[Olde World Fine Clays]] Stephen Bray | ||
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=== Links === | === Links === | ||
* [http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/pdfs/howto/makers/LIVNP_2012_03_02_OSWALD.pdf Clay pipe makers list] as published by Adrian Oswald in 1975 | * [http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/pdfs/howto/makers/LIVNP_2012_03_02_OSWALD.pdf Clay pipe makers list] as published by Adrian Oswald in 1975 | ||
* Lloyd J. Edwards [http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6882/1/6882_4187.PDF?UkUDh:CyT Tobacco pipes, pipemakers, and tobacconists in Newcastle and Gateshead until c1800: an archaeological study] master thesis | * Lloyd J. Edwards, [http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6882/1/6882_4187.PDF?UkUDh:CyT Tobacco pipes, pipemakers, and tobacconists in Newcastle and Gateshead until c1800: an archaeological study] master thesis | ||
* S. Newns [https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.45.3.4 The Clay Tobacco Pipes] in N. Corcos et al. Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysis, Internet Archaeology 45. | * S. Newns, [https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.45.3.4 The Clay Tobacco Pipes] in N. Corcos et al. Excavations in 2014 at Wade Street, Bristol - a documentary and archaeological analysis, Internet Archaeology 45. | ||
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* [http://helene-bonn.info/AK/einen.htm KnasterKOPF – A specialist periodical dealing with the history of clay pipes and tobacco] | * [http://helene-bonn.info/AK/einen.htm KnasterKOPF – A specialist periodical dealing with the history of clay pipes and tobacco] | ||
* [http://helene-bonn.info/AK/enaein.htm German Society for Clay-Pipe Research] | * [http://helene-bonn.info/AK/enaein.htm German Society for Clay-Pipe Research] | ||
* Mehler, | * Natascha Mehler, [https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-018-0108-9 Clay Tobacco-Pipe Research and Historical Archaeology in Germany, a Difficult Relationship], Hist Arch 52, 454–466 (2018). | ||
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