I make traditional clay tobacco smoking pipes (pottery pipes). Buy clay tobacco smoking pipes online. Latest addition: the Pakuranga Marbled pipe: pipe wall plaque and The Grape Vine clay pipe. Visit my Victorian clay pipe range see plain Victorian pipes called straws, and the smaller re-enactment cutty clay pipe. See traditional ‘Fancy clay pipes' like:’ the Ladies leg pipe, and ‘The Carney, an Eagles claw pipe. In the Gin pressed pipe section read information on clay tobacco pipes and learn about the Pakuranga toastie pottery pipe. Select from my early 1900 clay tobacco smoking pipes. Tinder box supplies clay tobacco smoking pipes to the historical re-enactment pipe market. Pipes make an unusual hat decoration and gift.
Victorian pipes Straws and Cuttys Victorian pipes Fancies Gin pressed pipes Pipes as hat decoration Pipe Making Pipe wall plaques Shipping policy
Tinder Box Pipes
Tinder box clay tobacco smoking pipes have red or green stem tips.
Historically, smoking pipes tips were painted. I glaze my clay pipe stems in a second firing to make them more pleasant to use.
Historical information on clay tobacco pipes
- Up until the second world war, clay tobacco smoking pipes were produced with black tips to the stems for funerals.
- Green was often used for irish clay pipes which had a shamrock emblem
Gin pressed pipes.
The original clay pipe making processRelated Article: What is a gin press? Before the invention of the gin press, it is thought that...............
The Pakuranga Toastie pipe story - 'out of the ground clay', Gin pressed pottery pipe
Early clay pipes were made from clay dug out of the ground, warpage and cracking were common. Today, clay is manufactured from the separate ingredients. Commercially produced, ‘scientifically’, modified and tested clays avoid warpage cracking and distortion. I wanted to make a clay pipe by the original process using ‘out of the ground clay’. I dug pipe clay out of the ground were I lived in Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand. I removed stones and roots, slaked the pipe clay in water, dried it to a 'pressable' consistency and pressed the raw pipe clay in my gin press in a replica Scottish T.McLachlin no 18 clay pipe mold. When fired, it exhibited a ‘ toast’ appearance: the Pakuranga toastie clay, pottery pipe was born! It exhibits a bit of warpage in the stem, but is a great little clay pipe, truly manufactured by the original clay pipe making process. My friends tell me they are a great smoke. There are a limited number of 'Pakuranga toastie clay pipes' - that suburb is being covered in concrete. I have moved to Riverhead, but intend to make a Riverhead clay pipe. 11cm. Visit my pipe making page to see the making process.
The Pakuranga Toastie clay smoking pipe
clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe Npp127
$11.00
The Pakuranga Marbled Clay smoking pipe.
Five years after introducing the Pakuranga Toastie clay smoking pipe, I decided to blend the Pakuranga clay with my white earthenware clay and the result is the Pakuranga marbled pipe.
Each pipe is different, exhibiting a marbled effect. Indeed I could not standardise the marbled effect if I tried!
11cm in length gin pressed out of the same mold as the Pakuranga toastie and White Eathenware clay pipes, it affords a unique and individual swirling pattern.
clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe BSIM 1216
$12.00
White earthenware Gin pressed clay tobacco pipe
Pressed in the same mold as the Pakuranga Toastie clay pipe - the T.Mclachlin no 18 mold. White earthenware pipe clay:
Bigger than the Pakuranga Toastie pottery pipe. Related article: Gin pressed clay pipes will shrink as much as 25 percent from the raw clay wet state...
11 cm.
clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe Npp128
$11.00
A 'Straw' is a clay tobacco pipe of about 7 to 8 inches in length.Straws were sometimes called ' London straws',
A clay tobacco smoking pipes are called a 'clay' or 'clays'.A cutty is a plain short clay smoking pipe largely used by working men.Parts of the clay pipe: the bowl - the hollowed part containing the tobacco, the stem or shank, the thin part through which the smoke is drawn.At the end of the pipe stem is the tip or mouthpiece.
Beneath the clay pipe bowl is the heel or spur.
Victorian 'Straw' clay tobacco smoking pipe - ideal re-enactment pipe.
The classic clay tobacco smoking pipe.
note the spur Related article: Origin of spurs on clay pipes.
It confers dignity on the clay pipe smoker with out the pretentiousness of the Tavern and Church warden clay tobacco pipes which - being longer, are more likely to break!
18cm ( 7.086 inches).
clay pipe information booklet.
Clay pipe BSIM1214
$12.00
Victorian Curved 'Straw' traditional clay tobacco smoking pipe. Red tipped stem.
A nicely shaped clay tobacco pipe often used as a civil war pipe.
18cm ( 7.086 inches).
clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe BSIM1215..
$12.00
Victorian small plain red tipped clay tobacco smoking pipe.
A delicate clay pipe. Ideal hat ornament
A favourite of historical re -enactors.
16 gms
clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe Npp135.
$11.00
Victorian pipes: 'Fancies'
Historical information on clay tobacco pipes
- "Fancy clay pipes' or 'Fancies' are clay tobacco pipes of unusual shape and design.
- All pipe makers made fancies. The designs were often of famous actors, actresses, politicians and the names and motto's of military regiments.
- There were clay smoking pipes for football, fishing and Masonic clubs etc.
- Some clay pipes were slightly risqué like the Ladies Leg pipe. others had character like the Eagle's Claw clay tobacco smoking pipe
- There was no occasion for which 'fancy' clay tobacco smoking pipes were not made, competition to introduce new pipes was intense.
The Grape Vine - clay tobacco smoking pipe.
The grape vine clay pipe has grapes and a leaf on one side of the bowl and leaf and smaller bunch of grapes on the other.
7 inches (18cm).available as a wall plaque with three other pipes.
clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe BSIM1210
$13
The Carney - Eagles Claw clay tobacco pipe .
There are many different claw pipes in the Victorian clay pipe catalogues.
This one is my copy of one. I named it for my friends, two brothers, Jack and Phil Carney.
clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe BSIM1211
$13.00
Ladies Leg - clay tobacco smoking pipe.
The Ladies leg clay smoking pipe appears in the tobacco pipe makers catalogues
of the Victorian era: Holland's and MClardy's. Slightly risqué in its time.
A good addition for a clay pipe collection.
12 cm long ( 4.75 inches) also available as a wall plaque with three other pipes.
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clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe Bsim1212
$11.00
Sailors pipe with ship and anchor on bowl.
Did you know? Some sailors kept their clay pipes in their pierced ear lobe when they went aloft in the rigging! Delightful small reproduction sailors pipe!
A delight to have in a clay pipe collection.
16 gms, 11cm/4.5 inches.
clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe Npp136
$12.00
Plain curved tobacco smoking pipe,green glazed tip.
14cm/5.5 inch. also available as a wall plaque with three other pipes.
clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe Npp134
$10.00
Selection of 4 half clay tobacco smoking pipes mounted on wooden plaque with wall mount fitting on the back.Clay Pipe Wall Plaques
Wall plaque 4 clay pipe selection - the Grapes and Vine pipe, Ladies leg pipe, The Fish pipe, Curved pipe with green tip.
The grape and vine pipe, grapes showing, the Fish pipe, the Ladies leg clay pipe and the curved pipe with a green tipped stem
290mm x 160mm.
Clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe plaque WPG
$40
Wall plaque clay pipe selection ( reverse side of above plaque) - the Grape Vine pipe, Ladies leg pipe, The Fish pipe, Curved pipe with green tip.
Selection of 4 half clay pipes mounted on wooden plaque with wall mount fitting on the back.
The grape vine pipe, leaf and vine showing no grapes, the Fish pipe, the Ladies leg clay pipe and the curved pipe with a green tipped stem
290mm x 160mm.
clay pipe booklet included.
Clay pipe plaque WPV
$38
Unusual clay
pipe gift
Clay Pipes are shipped with a brief history of pipe making
and make an attractive and unusual gift
Shipping policy
We will ship the goods within 14 days of placement of your order.
All clay pipes shipped International Economy rate - delivery 14 - 21 days.
Out of stock pipes
Where the pipe is out of stock we will advise you within 24 hours of receipt of your order.
We will notify you when the clay pipe will be in stock and, either accept your order or, refund your money if you desire to cancel the order.
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