Purpipes
Smoking a hand pipe like a modern aborigine? No problem, because with our hand pipes you can smoke more than just the peace pipe. Browse through our pipe assortment and discover your personal favourite pipe. We offer pipes made of five different materials: Metal, Wood, Glass, Ceramic and Stone. Depending on your preferences and needs, we are sure to have the right hand whistle in stock for you!
Purpipe and hand whistle
A purpipe gives you an unadulterated hit of your favourite herb without any tobacco pollutants. Hand pipe is the generic term for all kinds of handy, small pipes. Basically, pipes are used for the consumption of tobacco and herbs and have been for centuries. They are smoking instruments in which the tobacco / herb burns in a combustion chamber and the resulting smoke is led over a bar to the mouthpiece and finally into the mouth.
Hand pipes are basically very simple in design. They consist of a combustion chamber for the material to be burned and a bar that leads to the mouthpiece. Nowadays, there are already many models in which one can Activated charcoal filter can be built in. For many connoisseurs, the most important are the pipes of the brand actiTubebrand pipes, in which activated carbon filters can be inserted, are among the absolute top products.
Functionality of a purpipe and handpipe
The use of a pipe is as simple as the construction itself. You fill the bowl with tobacco or herb. Then you light the whole mixture and smoke is produced. Inhaling draws the smoke through the stem. If there is a filter in the pipe, the smoke is cleaned of harmful substances and cooled. Finally, the smoke enters the mouth through the mouthpiece and thus, if desired, into the lungs. The mouthpiece is usually held in the mouth with the teeth while smoking. However, there are also models where you can hold the pipe with your lips as well as with your teeth.
Pipe materials in our headshop
- Metal Metal pipes are stable and practical. They have high heat resistance and are easy to clean.
- Wood Wooden pipes can be made of different types of wood such as briar, walnut, olive, rosewood or pear wood. They are pleasant on the lips and more stable than glass pipes. In addition, the taste is only slightly distorted. However, cleaning is not quite as easy as with metal pipes, for example.
- Glass The biggest advantage of glass pipes is that they give off absolutely no flavour. As with metal pipes, cleaning is easy. A special feature of glass pipes is that they can take on a wide variety of shapes and have decorations.
- Stone Pipes made of stone and crystal have a neutral taste. They are also among the more robust types of pipes. They are available in many different, sometimes individual, shapes and colours. After all, not every stone or crystal looks the same.
- Ceramic This material offers many possibilities for different designs in terms of appearance and colour. In addition, it does not give off any flavour of its own and thus lets you enjoy your mixture in full variety.
Pipe accessories
But the whistle alone is not the end of the matter. For use, you need Strainer to prevent residues and the like from getting into the stem and possibly into the mouth. In addition, the pipe should be subjected to regular Cleaning regular cleaning to ensure that it is clean and working properly the next time you use it.