Both locations offer a large walk-in humidor which is stocked with fine cigars; additionally, we carry a generous array of pipes and tobacco, as well as complete supplies for roll-your-own cigarettes, and top-quality gifts. Waterpipe tobacco has significantly higher nicotine content than cigarettes. One head of unflavoured tobacco has the nicotine equivalent of 70 cigarettes. In many parts of the world people use a waterpipe to smoke tobacco. This is particularly true in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, where waterpipes are known variously as shisha, goza, narghile, ghalyoon or hookah. To preserve the freshness and moisture of pipe tobacco cuts, pouches and tins are used.
The ash and the last bits of unburned tobacco, known as dottle, should be cleaned out with a suitable pipe tool. A soft or bristle pipe cleaner, which may be moistened with strong spirits, is then run through the airways of the stem and shank to remove any moisture, ash, and other residue before the pipe is allowed to dry. A pipe should be allowed to cool before removing the stem to avoid the possibility of warping it. Made from corncobs, these pipes are cheap and effective at absorbing heat and moisture. After being dried for two years, the cobs are hollowed out to form a bowl shape, then either dipped in a plaster-based mixture or varnished or lacquered on the outside. Shanks made from birch wood are then inserted into the bowls.
A pipe’s fundamental function is to provide a relatively safe, manipulable volume in which to incompletely combust a smokable substance. Typically this is accomplished by connecting a refractory ‘bowl’ to some sort of ‘stem’ which extends and may also cool the smoke mixture drawn through the combusting organic mass (see below). On our online store, for each pipe, we specify which filter can be used with it. To fully enjoy your tobacco, we recommend Vauen’s 9mm activated charcoal filters. If you are still wondering about the shape of your next pipe, why not try a half-bent pipe?
Some cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas smoke tobacco in ceremonial pipes, and have done so since long before the arrival of Europeans. For instance the Lakota people use a ceremonial pipe called čhaŋnúŋpa. Other cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas smoke tobacco socially.2 The tobacco plant is native to South America but spread into North America long before Europeans arrived. Tobacco was introduced to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century and spread around the world rapidly.
You will enjoy both straight pipes’ and bent pipes’ advantages. When you have questions, we at Mission Pipe Shop are at your service. Remember, anyone with patience and perseverance can enjoy the sublime pleasures of pipe smoking. Light your Filling cut tobacco pipe by passing the flame (matches or butane) in a circular motion over the entire surface of the tobacco. Then smooth and tamp down the burning tobacco with a pipe tool and relight. It is an art that, with a little patience and practice, is easily mastered.
Drop in or call us to learn about new offerings, arriving daily, and enjoy a cigar or pipe tobacco in our smoking lounge. We do not ship cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, or roll your own tobacco. We at Mission Pipe Shop feature more than 60 time tested pipe tobacco blends, our card file holds many more recipes that we have developed for the discriminating customer. Should our standard blends not prove satisfactory, we are more than happy to develop custom blends to suit particular preferences. Cake is considered undesirable in meerschaum pipes because it can easily crack the bowl or interfere with the mineral’s natural porosity. Meerschaum also softens when heated so it is recommended to allow meerschaum pipes to cool before cleaning as people have been known to push pipe cleaners through the walls of heated pipes.