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<blockquote data-quote="KevinP" data-source="post: 148787" data-attributes="member: 1518"><p>A calabash is definitely a gourd plus a (usually) meershaum bowl. The bowl is generally no bigger than a usual briar pipe, so it's not as if you're filling the gourd with tobacco. </p><p></p><p>There are two distinguishing features in the shape. First the bowl has an overhang, similiar to the way a muffin top is larger than the rest of the muffin. Second is the curve of the gourd. One or both of these features are often imitated in briar pipes which are also referred to as calabashes. However, in these cases, it's just the name for the shape. So yes, you will see briar calabashes, but they are not actually calabash pipes, not any more than a briar billiard is a pool cue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinP, post: 148787, member: 1518"] A calabash is definitely a gourd plus a (usually) meershaum bowl. The bowl is generally no bigger than a usual briar pipe, so it's not as if you're filling the gourd with tobacco. There are two distinguishing features in the shape. First the bowl has an overhang, similiar to the way a muffin top is larger than the rest of the muffin. Second is the curve of the gourd. One or both of these features are often imitated in briar pipes which are also referred to as calabashes. However, in these cases, it's just the name for the shape. So yes, you will see briar calabashes, but they are not actually calabash pipes, not any more than a briar billiard is a pool cue. [/QUOTE]
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