clay pips?

[greggors]

Was wondering if any one knows of any sites that sell long stemmed clay pipes or if they have one to sell themselves? I have a very small clay that I like ( the only type that I can find around here) but the stem is too small to comfortable hold.

 

[pipetrucker]

I would like to have one myself, but they seem too fragile to ride around in a truck.
I think one like this may be what you are looking for.

 

[lagavulin92]

Clay pipes are great English blend smokers, but the pricing of pipesand cigars is plain wrong

 

[pipetrucker]

the pricing of pipesand cigars is plain wrong

How so? Most of the ones I have seen tend to run in the $35 - $45 range.

 

[greggors]

That's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks pipetrucker =) ill keep looking for a bit longer b4 I order from them just in case I'm able to find a better deal. With Murphy's law Ill probably find a cheaper one after I make the purchase lol.

 

[pipetrucker]

That's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks pipetrucker =) ill keep looking for a bit longer b4 I order from them just in case I'm able to find a better deal. With Murphy's law Ill probably find a cheaper one after I make the purchase lol.

You're welcome. And yeah, it seems we can always find a cheaper one after we buy something. LOL.
I did find some online for around ten bucks, but they don't have the coating on the bit to prevent it sticking to your lips.

 

[puffintuff]

Let us know how it turns out. I'd like to try one myself.

 

[pstlpkr]

Have you looked here? Clay Tobacco Pipes

 

[pipetrucker]

Lawrence, those are certainly some interesting looking clays.

 

[antipodesman]

Hey Pipetrucker, do you have a link for those $10 long stem clays.

 

[expatpipe]

I've also been wanting to try a clay. Is the red color at the end the coating needed to protect your lips? I spotted one on ebay shaped as an owl that I like. It has the red color at the end. I'm thinking this is the coating your talking about?

 

[lonestar]

Dawmist Studios is an awesome site for researching clays. Never ordered one from her, but I would expect them to be very high quality.

I like Ebay myself.

If you can save this search, http://tiny.cc/29ggs

it should show you just about every clay on Ebay

I'd watch all the auctions on Ebay for a few weeks and look for a deal.

There is a guy who is making clays in Germany from historic molds, he usually list his auctions with 3 different styles in each auction, but I couldn't find any of his listed right now. I'd keep an eye out for him . He makes them with black clay, as well as white.

Heres a couple interesting auctions right now;

http://tiny.cc/5prt2

http://tiny.cc/fgo8a

http://tiny.cc/1mp0l

 

[pipetrucker]

Hey Pipetrucker, do you have a link for those $10 long stem clays.

Sure, I found them here. I know nothing at all about the company selling them.

 

[pipetrucker]

I've also been wanting to try a clay. Is the red color at the end the coating needed to protect your lips? I spotted one on ebay shaped as an owl that I like. It has the red color at the end. I'm thinking this is the coating your talking about?

Well, I should have used the word "glazing" instead of "coating", but yes many of them glaze the mouth end so it doesn't stick. The glaze is usually colored.

 

[lonestar]

I had thought of picking up some plastic dip from home depot to dip the stem ends into. Its for dipping tool handles into, but I've never used it myself. I believe you can find it in the paint section, might be the ticket for making a clay stem easier on the mouth.

 

[expatpipe]

Thanks pipetrucker, this is the clay I'm going to purchase.

 

[pipetrucker]

Thanks pipetrucker, this is the clay I'm going to purchase.

Interesting.

 

[lonestar]

BB, nice pipe. I really like the 1600's pipes he has for sale.

Its interesting to see, the further you go back in time, the more valuable tobacco was, and the smaller the pipes get. I imagine you could barely get the end of your pinky finger into those bowls.

 

[lagavulin92]

http://www.danpipe.de/Pfeifen-Extra-lange-Churchwarden--Tonpfeifen-P_17092.html

http://www.danpipe.de/Pfeifen-Kleine-Tonpfeifen-P_17091.html

http://www.danpipe.de/English-Help-Node_17998.html
Dan Pipe is a reputable German online tobacco shop. That would be my hint to good clays for a realistic price. The small clays have a diameter of 5/8 inches and the bigger ones a diameter of 13/16 (estimate).

 

[expatpipe]

They are small chambers. Thinking that all those old clays played a large part in funding the American colonists makes them even more nice to look at. In England their are guys that go digging in the mud on the banks of the Thames and pull up broken clays. Kinda like we hunt for arrow heads back home. The tradition of each football (soccer) team having it's own clay, you can still see these hooligans barraling down the street with their teams clay. Will be fun to smoke a strong blend in a really small bowl and see what happens. I've never smoked a clay in my life. At the Tobak museum in Sweden they say there is a great clay pipe department. I still have that on my to do list. I've put off buying a clay cause I read a thread where someone described burning the top of their mouth really badly and the skin even came off the top of their mouth. That made me a little gun shy about clay pipes.