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Sherlock Holmes and the Calabash Pipe
The image of a man smoking a pipe always gives the impression he thinks, or meditating something churning in his mind. And the longer the bowl, the more these men seem to go in their thoughts. The man who most comes to mind is Sherlock Holmes. One of the most profound thinkers of the 19th century. And even if it was the brainchild of Conan Doyle, we still can not believe that Detective is imaginary. It is so real.
Many habits are deemed to have been Sherlock rivals of his own habits of Mr. Doyle. Most illustrations of the period show the famous detective, Mr. Doyle puffing away on a long-stemmed clay pipe, his tobacco at his side, kept in an old Persian slipper. In those days, the habits of Holmes smoking cigars, cigarettes, pipes, and were not considered a vice. Holmes always described his Bohemian habits.
Why then has the Calabash pipe always been linked with the famous detective? Because at the time, it was used by actors who portrayed characters that smoked pipes. Calabash pipe can not only be seen from afar, it is also a great hand prop to provide poignant lines.
The calabash, or "gourd" is a vegetable, a type of squash. When ripe, it is used in Asia, Africa and Central America as a culinary delicacy. When ripe, or dried, it is pumpkin used as a tool Music for the transport of water or smoke tobacco.
An old style calabash pipe is made of a portion of the calabash gourd-like a horn. Inside the wide end of the bottle is inserted a removable bowl, as a bowler hat backwards. A cork gasket keeps the bowl in place. The bowl is usually made of stone meerschaum, but sometimes you can find the porcelain bowl or wood.Some briar pipes Calabash older have a silver cover, but not today. On the narrow end of the squash, a cylinder of heather is inserted, many times covered with a silver band. This is the real stem, where the tenon of the rod is inserted. This is necessary because the material of the gourd is too fragile to support so many insertions and removals from the rod when the pipe must be cleaned. The stem is usually curved, vulcanite or lucite.
About the Author
Jim Bennington has been in the pipe and cigar business for over 20 years in Boca Raton, FL . He has been writing for the benefit of the cigar and pipe smoker for over 5 years.
At www.bocabenningtons.com you will find many other articles concerning the pipe and the cigar.
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