Olive Wood Billiard

[smudgersmissingleg]

So I liked my first Olive wood experiment. So I decided to have another go and that I didn't really have a plain billiard - and so, a simple billiard. I uploaded two photos since the light makes such a huge difference. It's 6" long, 1.75" diameter with a 1.875" deep 20mm parabolic chamber. I'm hoping it smokes good!
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That's a beautiful pipe?. I love the way olive wood looks.

 

[sumusfumus]

Interesting comments, experiences, and good information.

Thanks

 

[saltedplug]

I had several, and all smoked fine. Workhorses that I smoked frequently.

 

[mso489]

For folks with a good many pipes (whatever that means to you) I would think an olive wood pipe would make a nice addition to the rack, a little different with the interesting grain. The idea that it is heavier than briar makes me think a slightly smaller pipe might be better, to keep that weight down, but that's a personal choice. Some like 'em heavy.

 

[craig61a]

I’ve never gotten around to buying an olive wood pipe... But they are nice looking.

I made a pipe out of Lilac, which is supposedly similar to Olive from what I’ve read.

 

[Elric]

I have one but found it was very hot to hold when smoked. It languishes in a box destined to go to SPC at some point.

 

[tomatamot]

I had several, and all smoked fine. Workhorses that I smoked frequently.

I still own a bunch of Olive wood pipes. Smoke fine, but all mine have a 9 mm filter tenon and that’s not really my thing.
So another bunch of projects in the drawer. ?