I bought a small clay pipe from John Pollock and Co. a month or so ago. It's the head of Gladstone.
It arrived in good shape, but it is very small, as pipes go. What I wanted was a normal size pipe made out of clay.
I started looking on the net and found a few clay pipe makers, but none offered larger size pipes. They were all colonial, which are very small, or just small heads of different people.
I did find a few larger pipes on Ebay, but they were already sold. I also found someone in England that made what she called giant pipes ( which really weren't that big ) but after contacting her, I was informed that she only made them a couple times a year, and had none left.
I also found Lepeltier pipes, but they are all glazed, which isn't what I am looking for.
Why are clay pipes made so small? Does anyone know where I may locate a good sized, unglazed clay?
It arrived in good shape, but it is very small, as pipes go. What I wanted was a normal size pipe made out of clay.
I started looking on the net and found a few clay pipe makers, but none offered larger size pipes. They were all colonial, which are very small, or just small heads of different people.
I did find a few larger pipes on Ebay, but they were already sold. I also found someone in England that made what she called giant pipes ( which really weren't that big ) but after contacting her, I was informed that she only made them a couple times a year, and had none left.
I also found Lepeltier pipes, but they are all glazed, which isn't what I am looking for.
Why are clay pipes made so small? Does anyone know where I may locate a good sized, unglazed clay?