Best Pipe Material?

[arifpateldubaiukpreston]

Title edited for caps and brevity. Please follow Rule 9. (very short read.)

Wood pipes are easily the most commonly used, and for good reason. Wood is widely considered the best material, both in terms of pipe durability and the smoking experience that it provides.

 

[anotherbob]

depends on what one considers best and what one is looking for. One might say more accurately most popular or common.

 

[mortonbriar]

I like that you provided both the question and answer with your opening post, saves all the hassle of a forum thread!

 

[mortonbriar]

To give my own answer though, I like briar because it is pretty and tastes nice. I like cobs because they are light and cheap and I get a kick out of making a fire in a corn cob. I like Meerschaum for the way it smokes, and the colour change of ageing. I like clay for its history and its neutrality of flavour.

 

[ashdigger]

Are you ruminating?

 

[georged]

Are you ruminating?

It's become a Thing, hasn't it?

 

[The Clay King]

So there are other things to make pipes from besides clay then???

 

[The Clay King]

To give my own answer though, I like briar because it is pretty and tastes nice. I like cobs because they are light and cheap and I get a kick out of making a fire in a corn cob. I like Meerschaum for the way it smokes, and the colour change of ageing. I like clay for its history and its neutrality of flavour.

@mortonbriar The same reasons as I like clay pipes; I got interested in clays after seeing re-enactors smoking them.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Wood is widely considered the best material, both in terms of pipe durability and the smoking experience that it provides.

Um, okay.

 

[tklee]

Errr..... I didn't know that..... Impressive! What kind of wood do they used to make pipes? Is it only wood? What about those white color pipes? Wood bleach to white color?

 

[Briar Lee]

Wood pipes are easily the most commonly used, and for good reason. Wood is widely considered the best material, both in terms of pipe durability and the smoking experience that it provides.

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Only old, well seasoned, aged Mediterranean briar.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Wood pipes are easily the most commonly used, and for good reason. Wood is widely considered the best material, both in terms of pipe durability and the smoking experience that it provides.

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A specific "wood": Briar. Meerschaum is a fine material. Some prefer it over briar.

In my opinion, these are the two best materials for a pipe, but others exist and have their proponents.

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