I  make  traditional clay tobacco smoking pipes (pottery pipes). Buy clay tobacco smoking pipes online. Latest additions:  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.

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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 process

 Related 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

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

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Victorian  Pipes: 'Straws' and 'Cuttys'.

Re-enactors take note

 Historical Re-enactment  supplies.

Looking for a  clay tobacco smoking pipe for re-enactment? Look closely at the next  three clay pipes. I made these clay pipes  and use them myself.

Historical information on clay  tobacco pipes

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

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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 Fish - clay  tobacco smoking pipe.
The  fish pipe is a Victorian 'fancy ' pipe found in the catalogues of the old pipe makers.
The fish pipes are short and fit nicely into the hand or pocket.
 4 inches. A 'sturdy and stubby' pipe it has great character.
also available as a  wall plaque with three other pipes.

clay pipe booklet.
Clay pipe BSIM1213
 $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

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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.

Copyright  RPL 1/10/2008


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