I have one. Beaten and battered but it remains one of my favourite pipes. Ebony does tend to crack over time( I just filled in mine with pipe mud) if you smoke them too often in a single day as it’s a short grain hard wood which does not cope all that well with the thermocycle of pipe smoking . Other than that they make fine smoking pipes.
Ebony pipes
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Me too!Shows what I know. When I heard "ebony" pipe I thought they were just talking about the color.
I know ebony is an African hardwood that is extremely dense. I think it would make for a bad substitute for briar with the health risks that it would have.
In the interest of clarity:
1. Ebony is a very dense, hardwood that may or may not be legal/suitable for pipe making (especially given the risk of toxicity).
2. It's said in this thread that pipe makers may use a material called ebony, which may or may not be wood (likely not).
3. Ebony is the name of a finish used by Peterson for some of its pipes. These pipes are made of conventional briar wood with a unique finish called "ebony" which is described <at this link> (a worthwhile read). Dunhill makes a similar finish called "dress." Other makers use it as well, I gather.
"Ebony" isn't a one-size-fits-all topic.
1. Ebony is a very dense, hardwood that may or may not be legal/suitable for pipe making (especially given the risk of toxicity).
2. It's said in this thread that pipe makers may use a material called ebony, which may or may not be wood (likely not).
3. Ebony is the name of a finish used by Peterson for some of its pipes. These pipes are made of conventional briar wood with a unique finish called "ebony" which is described <at this link> (a worthwhile read). Dunhill makes a similar finish called "dress." Other makers use it as well, I gather.
"Ebony" isn't a one-size-fits-all topic.
Just got an ebony pipe from Muxiang as a goof. I'll let you all know if it gives me hives when it arrives some time in 2025.
Last Christmas I got a Scotte ebony pipe and some Captain Black from my aunt. I just texted her a thank you and put it in a cabinet. I certainly appreciated the thought, there's no way she would've known of any reputable pipe brands or that there's better quality blends. I don't trust Chinese pipes from Amazon like Scotte, Joyoldelf, et al. However there are some Danish trained Chinese pipe artisans who make amazing work I'd definitely buy if I could afford
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