Posts: 720
Sat 01 Sep, 2012 6:22 am
clay pipes
Do you know a good place where i can buy a 17th century clay pipe?
a real one not just a costume piece, i would prefer a place in europe but i'm open to every suggestion
thanks
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Posts: 17 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands
Sat 01 Sep, 2012 6:41 am
A while ago I bought a really nice handrolled 17th-century pipe from Heather Coleman at
http://www.dawnmist.demon.co.uk/pipesale.htm She seems to have sold out on most of her stock, but you can always contact her for a custom order I guess. She seems to be making pipes in all sorts of different styles, most of which are pretty much impossible to find anywhere else.
Posts: 720
Sat 01 Sep, 2012 10:24 am
Hi Bart,
thank you, i have been lucky and i have found one in stock just of the pattern that i was looking for!
her work looks very accurate and period and pretty cheap, do you smoke yours?
Posts: 17 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands
Sat 01 Sep, 2012 10:28 am
I used to, but I quit smoking al forms of tobacco over a year ago, except when mixed with...other...smokeables. I remember it being a pretty good smoke, especially for it's very small size; almost no bite!
Posts: 4,393 Location: Northern California
Sat 01 Sep, 2012 12:54 pm
On a slight side note, a long time ago I was on an archaeological dig in Monmouthshire, UK, excavating a Roman fort. On the way down to the Roman level, we found many broken off pieces of clay pipe stem from the 18th century. I believe it was the practice to buy a long-stemmed clay pipe, which would gradually get shorter as the stem end would keep breaking off.
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