The next pipe on the worktable is the second commissioned by pipeman Doug who lives north of Philadelphia. The Churchwarden is a unique pipe in ‘pipedom’. It is the only pipe that is given a shape name based not upon the stummel but the stem. As I understand the origins of the pipe’s name, the …

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