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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?
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I have no idea where you can get large clay pipes. Lepeltier are the largest clays that I have seen and was going to recommend them until I finished reading your post, lol.
I have no idea why clays are made so small.
I have 2 of them and they are both small. I never smoke them. I have smoked 1 of them 2 times but I don't like the mouth feel of them.
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Max,
In doing some reading, I think one of the reasons that clay pipes were made small was because they were used by women, so they made them “dainty”…
I have tried a clay in the past and I too did not care for the feel…
Try this web site and maybe they can put you in contact with someone that could make you large bowl clay. http://www.pipeshoppe.com/
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I have a clay that I use for Cavendish tobaccos. I think it brings out the best in them. If you want a truly transcendent experience, smoke McClelland Bulk 2050: Oriental Cavendish in a clay.
In my totally uninformed opinion, clays are usually small because
● they are generally heavier for their size,
● they burn hot, so the stems are usually longer, giving less jaw leverage, thus requiring smaller size,
● they probably have a reasonable bowl capacity, but their thinner wall gives the illusion of a smaller bowl.
That's my 2¢ worth. (I haven't bought a clay in decades, so I can't make a recommendation.)
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as if I could kill time without injuring eternity. -- Thoreau
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Thanks Phil,
I will give them a try.
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I think I am going to get one of those clay pipes from wwww.pipesandcigars.com , not a big investment. Just for historical value.
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http://www.dawnmist.demon.co.uk/pipesale.htm
Heather Coleman Makes all sizes of clays.
Her website should be updated any day now with new pipes.
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Max,
Take a peek here, there is some pretty good information at the pipemakersforum.com
This link has to do with "Clays"
http://www.pipemakersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4268
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