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How pipes differ?

1. There are filtered and non-filtered pipes. This is perhaps the most important difference. Most pipe smokers use only one kind of pipe. Usually it depends on the first experience. If you start pipe smoking from a filtered pipe, you will probably use filters your whole life and will most likely not change your decision. If you start with a non-filter pipe, you probably will never like filters.

What are pipes made from?

Most smoking pipes are made of briar. It’s the root bowl of a tree, which grows around the Mediterranean sea. Before French craftsmen discovered briar, people had tried lots of materials to make pipes. But now that all researches are finished — briar is absolutely the best material. You can still find pipes made of other materials, but each of them has its own bad characteristics.

How Many Pipes Do You Need?

A smoking pipe has no life length. It can provide smoking pleasure for your whole life span. But you can't smoke it too often either. Briar requires at least 24 hours to dry between smokes. It's even better to smoke a particular pipe not more than 4 to 5 times per week. That's why owning one pipe is usually not enough.