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Meerschaum became a premium substitute for the clay pipes of the day and remains prized to this day, although since the mid-1800s briar pipes have become the most common pipes for smoking. The use of briar wood, beginning in the early 1820s, greatly reduced demand for clay pipes and, to a lesser degree, meerschaum pipes. The qualities of ...
Chalice, a pipe used by Rastafari in cannabis rituals; Chibouk, a long-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe with a clay bowl, often ornamented with precious stones; Chillum (pipe), conical smoking pipe originally from India; Hookah, tall stemmed pipe in which the smoke is cooled and filtered by passing through water, also known as a water pipe
A bong (also known as a water pipe) is a filtration device generally used for smoking cannabis, tobacco, or other herbal substances. [1] In the bong shown in the photo, the smoke flows from the lower port on the left to the upper port on the right.
Spoon pipes (glass pipes or glass bowl pipes) have become increasingly common with the rise of cannabis smoking. Spoon pipes are normally made of borosilicate glass to withstand repeated exposure to high temperatures. They consist of a bowl for packing material into, stem for inhaling, and a carburettor (carb) for controlling suction and ...
Pipe bowls are sometimes decorated by carving, and moulded clay pipes often had simple decoration in the mould. Unusual pipe materials include gourds (as in the famous calabash pipe) and pyrolytic graphite. Metal and glass, seldom used for tobacco pipes, are common for pipes intended for other substances, such as cannabis.
Bongs are an example of user-specific paraphernalia, in this case for the use of cannabis. A bong (also known as a water pipe) is a filtration device generally used for smoking cannabis, tobacco, or other herbal substances. [10] Bongs have been in use by the Hmong in Laos and Thailand, as well all over Africa, for centuries. [11]
Wooden dugout box with cigarette-styled one-hitter, technically a small chillum (with end-to-end channel) Sebsi (Morocco) with clay craterhead and long wooden tube. Brands of cigarette-sized one hitters for inconspicuous public use are marketed with a rectangular (or sometimes cylindrical) wooden case, known as a "dugout", with two compartments, the larger to store a stash of herb or tobacco ...
The exterior surface of the bowl of some pipes may be fashioned with some kind of design. The character Leopold Bloom, in James Joyce's Ulysses carries a tobacco pipe with the bowl carved into a head: "He carries a silverstringed inlaid dulcimer and a longstemmed bamboo Jacob's pipe, its clay bowl fashioned as a female head." [1]