How do you care for them? Any preparation needed before smoking? Do you need to clean them? Sell me on buying one because I'm on the fence.
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Do You Smoke Clay Pipes? :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
I have a couple of clay pipes that I really like. I smoke them for two reasons. First it is kind of nostalgic. I like to image the day when tobacco was brought to Elizabeth's court by Sir Walter Raleigh or a Stub like sailor walking the decks of a whaling ship. The other reason I like to smoke...
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You can burn tobacco in them.
Just get one.
They are great for encouraging slow cadence, when you can hold a clay and not burn your fingers you know you are smoking slow!
you can clean them like any pipe...or like any pottery.
They are great for encouraging slow cadence, when you can hold a clay and not burn your fingers you know you are smoking slow!
you can clean them like any pipe...or like any pottery.
If you’re trying to evade capture by some government agency, you can get rid of your finger prints pretty quickly with a clay pipe. The staggering temperatures a clay pipe will reach with even the slightest puff will eradicate any identifying marks most anywhere on the human body. They can also be used to cauterize a wound in a pinch.
A must have in the go bag of dedicated doomsday pepper.
A must have in the go bag of dedicated doomsday pepper.
They worked fine since the 1600s. Besides, it’s not like a lifestyle choice or anything since you can buy one for about the price of a cob pipe and a cup of coffee.
Break in includes your lip sticking to it the first time you smoke it, burning your fingers once when you handle it wrong, and rolling it over and dumping the tobacco in your lap, lol. Otherwise, they taste like clay for a couple days but then great.
No maintenance really but if it needs it set it in the bbq grill and bake it clean!
Worth trying.
Break in includes your lip sticking to it the first time you smoke it, burning your fingers once when you handle it wrong, and rolling it over and dumping the tobacco in your lap, lol. Otherwise, they taste like clay for a couple days but then great.
No maintenance really but if it needs it set it in the bbq grill and bake it clean!
Worth trying.
I've only smoked one a few times so I've no real experience. What I did observe was, taste wasn't bad, gets hotter than a two dollar pistol and not a clincher. However, many guys really enjoy them and for the price you may as well try one.
Maybe I'm a weirdo, but I like the taste of a fresh clay pipe.
Nothing wrong with that, but I prefer the taste of the tobacco. One of the great things about clay pipes is how clean they smoke.
I’ve still be eyeing the Clarin Canadian One…. Oooh they have a Grey one now. 
I wonder if @condorlover1 would like a Grey Clay Cutty?
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I wonder if @condorlover1 would like a Grey Clay Cutty?
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It something of an acquired taste of a certain type of pipe smoker. Most smokers, myself included. figure that a clay pipe is something of an affectation requiring the greatest heat tolerance on the part of the smoker. Not for me.
Even though my profile photo shows me smoking a clay pipe I've broken far too many of them to be reasonable and I finally just stopped using them - too much hassle in my opinion.
They work far better than pipes made from Play-Doh. Other than that, I got nuttin.
I don't smoke mine, not for years. But it's a pipe experience that if you have to have it, get one!
Almost as cheap as a cob but x10 better.
Nothing special to it, treat it like any other pipe for the most part, as far as cleaning and whatnot.
As to smoking, hold it by the stem (stem should never get hot like the bowl can), and either coat the end (enamel nail polish works if you just give it a few days to fully gass-off, or you can wrap it in twine), or leave it uncoated and uncovered and just make sure you wet the end of it and your lips frequently so it doesn't stick.
Nothing special to it, treat it like any other pipe for the most part, as far as cleaning and whatnot.
As to smoking, hold it by the stem (stem should never get hot like the bowl can), and either coat the end (enamel nail polish works if you just give it a few days to fully gass-off, or you can wrap it in twine), or leave it uncoated and uncovered and just make sure you wet the end of it and your lips frequently so it doesn't stick.
If I were in the market I'd get one with a bowl full of tobacco, smoke it then, wander down to the Thames and toss it in. That way you have the full, historical (hysterical?) experience. 
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