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=== Calabash === | === Calabash === | ||
[[Image:Gourd09_Right.JPG|right]] | [[Image:Gourd09_Right.JPG|right|thumb|Calabash Gourd Pipe With Meerschaum Bowl Insert & Removable Bamboo Stem Extension Courtesy of Frank]] | ||
Calabash gourds (usually with meerschaum or porcelain bowls set inside them) have long made prized pipes, but they are labour-intensive and nowadays quite expensive. Because of this expense, pipes with bodies made of wood (usually mahogany) instead of gourd, but the same classic shape are sold as calabashes. Both wood and gourd pipes are functionally the same. They both have an air chamber beneath the bowl which serves to cool, dry, and mellow the smoke. There are also briar pipes being sold as calabashes. These typically do not have an air chamber and are named only because of their external shape. | Calabash gourds (usually with meerschaum or porcelain bowls set inside them) have long made prized pipes, but they are labour-intensive and nowadays quite expensive. Because of this expense, pipes with bodies made of wood (usually mahogany) instead of gourd, but the same classic shape are sold as calabashes. Both wood and gourd pipes are functionally the same. They both have an air chamber beneath the bowl which serves to cool, dry, and mellow the smoke. There are also briar pipes being sold as calabashes. These typically do not have an air chamber and are named only because of their external shape. | ||
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Gourds specifically intended for pipemaking are usually "hand trained" while they are still green & growing. Every few days, after the fruit has begun to develop, the grower will bend the "neck" of the gourd, until it has formed into a near semi-circle. | Gourds specifically intended for pipemaking are usually "hand trained" while they are still green & growing. Every few days, after the fruit has begun to develop, the grower will bend the "neck" of the gourd, until it has formed into a near semi-circle. | ||
Family: | |||
Family: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitaceae] (koo-ker-bih-TAY-see-ay) | |||
Genus: | Genus: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagenaria Lagenaria] (lag-en-AR-ee-uh) | ||
Species: | Species: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash Siceraria] (sy-ker-AR-ee-uh) | ||
Cultivar: Dipper(?) | Cultivar: Dipper(?) | ||