Bo is one of the few pipe makers in the history of the craft that has been credited directly with creating not one, but two entirely new shapes. Finding a suitable block for the carving of an Elephant’s Foot is a task in and of itself. Likewise straight grain should radiate from the end of… Continue reading Smoking Pipe Shapes Guide
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Pipe shapes The pipe smoker’s guide La Pipe Rit
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… Continue reading Pipe shapes The pipe smoker’s guide La Pipe Rit