Pipe smoking - the beginning

To assure the best smoking experience, your pipe needs continuous care and maintenance of the inner parts.

Bog Oak, also known as morta, is wood from trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the acidic and anaerobic bog conditions, sometimes for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Briar is a very heat resistant material, nevertheless it is still just wood, which can be damaged by heat.

Fill the tobacco chamber to the top. The first third lightly, the middle third with a bit more pressure and the last third with strong pressure. Light the tobacco with circular movements. Draw at the mouth piece softly, so the flame can advance to the low

“Meerschaum” is a German word, and literally translated it means “sea-foam”, alluding to the belief that it was the compressed whitecaps of waves.

The beginning pipe smoker we recommend a straight pipe. In a bent model condensate accumulates faster, and the pipe will goes out easier. Furthermore you need a few accessories, like a pipe tamper, cleaners and maybe filters.

‘Breaking in a pipe’ means the accumulation of a protective carbon crust, which consists of ash particles, rests of tobacco and burned natural sugars.

Briar root wood, or French ‘bruyère’ is an extremely hard and heat-resistant wood. The tree heath (Erica arborea) is a shrub up to 4 meters in height and is mostly found in the Macchia, dry evergreen shrublands.