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Post by henry on May 15, 2022 16:07:10 GMT -5
Anyone have experience with leadwood bowls? Wondering about how leadwood compares with briar and longevity.
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Post by Zach on May 15, 2022 16:16:00 GMT -5
I've honestly never even heard of leadwood, but I have 100 year old briar that smokes fine today and folks still smoke their late 1800's-1930's briars. I'll have to look up this wood I suppose.
Seems to be a hard and dense wood at the very least. Also very expensive.
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Post by trailboss on May 15, 2022 18:51:05 GMT -5
To me it sounds like a solution in search of a problem. The Pipedia entry is admittedly from an African pipe maker where leadwood comes from, so there is that. pipedia.org/wiki/LeadwoodMy opinion, for wood pipes stick with briar. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 15, 2022 23:33:11 GMT -5
I have a briar pipe that's 124 years old and still going strong. Leadwood doesn't sound healthy to me.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2022 3:44:05 GMT -5
To me it sounds like a solution in search of a problem. The Pipedia entry is admittedly from an African pipe maker where leadwood comes from, so there is that. pipedia.org/wiki/LeadwoodMy opinion, for wood pipes stick with briar. Yeah, briar is really well suited for pipe smoking. I tried morta and didn't like it. I know there is also olivewood and strawberry wood, but I stopped exploring after morta. Especially when one of the 3 I tried was smoking really wet. |
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Post by Legend Lover on May 16, 2022 4:02:37 GMT -5
I also haven't heard of leadwood let alone leadwood pipes. Are you planning to buy ready-made or fashion one yourself?
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Post by henry on May 16, 2022 13:10:18 GMT -5
I discovered some on Etsy.
According to Pipedia "Leadwood (Combretum Imberbe) is nearly as hard as Dalbergia (African Blackwood), more readily available, and definitely a whole lot cheaper to buy. This wood has a dark brown color, which can sometimes appear almost gray. It takes longer to smoke in compared to Dalbergia, which smokes even sweeter than Briar right from the start, but once it is burned in it takes willpower to put it down again!"
Pipesmagazine forum also has positive commentary on leadwood pipes.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 16, 2022 13:11:34 GMT -5
To me it sounds like a solution in search of a problem. The Pipedia entry is admittedly from an African pipe maker where leadwood comes from, so there is that. pipedia.org/wiki/LeadwoodMy opinion, for wood pipes stick with briar. Yeah, briar is really well suited for pipe smoking. I tried morta and didn't like it. I know there is also olivewood and strawberry wood, but I stopped exploring after morta. Especially when one of the 3 I tried was smoking really wet. I have 3 morta pipes that smoke fine for me. Certainly not any wetter than my briars. But 90 percent of my pipes are briar, with a few pear and cherry wood, metal and porcelain. |
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Post by urbino on May 17, 2022 3:58:52 GMT -5
I've never heard of it, either. Ironwood, yes, but not leadwood.
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Post by threecobsandafalcon on May 17, 2022 11:45:24 GMT -5
A name like leadwood suggests it's quite heavy. I'd be interested in hearing about the implications for clenching. Briar seems to be in the sweet spot between weight, heat conduction, and absorbency. But I can imagine specialty applications for certain types of tobaccos in unusual conditions.
I might just have to look it up.
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Post by henry on May 19, 2022 23:05:08 GMT -5
Yeah, briar is really well suited for pipe smoking. I tried morta and didn't like it. I know there is also olivewood and strawberry wood, but I stopped exploring after morta. Especially when one of the 3 I tried was smoking really wet. I have 3 morta pipes that smoke fine for me. Certainly not any wetter than my briars. But 90 percent of my pipes are briar, with a few pear and cherry wood, metal and porcelain. I have a morta and it smokes well but from my taste experience nothing distinguishes it from my briars. I have an olive wood and one lemon wood pipe and find that both taste subtly different than briar. The lemon wood seems to go especially well with Virginias & Baltic blends; the olive wood add a nuanced nut-like flavor to whatever is being smoked. Pipe wood is sorta like cuisine it seems. Some like to venture out and some like to stay at home. |
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