Anyone Smoke Olivewood or Morta Pipes?

drac2485

Does anyone smoke olivewood or morta pipes?  How do they differ from smoking briar, are they just nice to look at and smoke the same or worse?

PipeProfessor

@drac2485 One of my first pipes was/is an olive wood. It smokes a bit hotter for sure but not by much. It also seems a bit harder to build cake in as well. However, it does stand out among the rest of my briars and I am glad I have it in my collection!

PappyJoe

A member of the New Orleans Pipe Club sells Morta pipes and they are pretty pipes and are reported to be great smokers like a meerschaum. I've always been concerned with the weight of a Morta as the one's I've picked up seem heavier than briars or meers.

rubineby

How about pipes made from pear wood ( Mr Brog brand ). Any comments ?

PappyJoe

@rubineby - started a discussion about Pear wood pipes earlier.

thesubcon

Morta is DEFINITELY on my to get list. I have a dozen pipes with a huge variety, so I know it will fit nicely in my collection!

drac2485

@rubineby  I think some one just started a discussion on that.  But so far I think the consensus is they smoke a little hotter than normal but the Mr. Brog's are good little pipes.

Here's the link http://thispipelife.com/us/tpl/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/162/pear-wood-pipes-anyone#latest 

PipeProfessor

I smoked my olive wood for the first time in months last night. Man it was a great smoke. It was cool and smooth. A great alturnative to briar.

ghostsofpompeii

I've been led to understand that the first few smokes from a Morta pipe have a distinct petroleum tarlike flavor.   

xDutchx

I don't own a Morta yet, just haven't come across one that lights my fuse. Here are a couple of my Olivewood pipes. One is a Moretti Smooth Billiard Stack, and the other is an Il Duca Sandblasted Tomato. The Olivewood makes for a unique sandblast.

drac2485

@xdutchx Those are both gorgeous pipes.  I have two olivewood pipes I can't wait to smoke but as I have gotten more into smoking and slowing down quite a bit the size of them scare me.  Both are Moretti Magnum pipes.  The first is a poker with just over a 2 inch deep bowl and the other is a 3.5 inch deep bowl that has me scared, it also weighs enough to kill someone.  If I choose to never smoke them they are both gorgeous will are happily displayed as part of my collection.

xDutchx

@drac2485, those are both gorgeous Moretti magnums, and would probably smoke Lat blends very well, with such large capacity bowls. I know that some are hesitant to buy pipes with large capacity bowls, but sometimes it never occurs to them, that it is not necessary to fill a bowl to the rim, in order for it to give a satisfactory smoke. In most cases, halfway full smokes just as well if not better.

I have been a fan of Marco's pipes for years. For the money, it is hard to beat the value of a Moretti. In Dr. Fred Hanna's book "The Perfect Smoke," he dedicates an entire chapter to discussing Marco's pipes. I believe the chapter is titled "More with Moretti."

drac2485

@xdutchx I know I always forget that you don't have to load a full bowl to smoke it.  I used to smoke so fast I preferred the biggest bowls I could find.  I love Moretti pipes and have a few others and always am looking to add to my collection.

Wolf41035

I would love to buy an Olive wood pipe, I have a Pear Wood and several Briar's, I also have Clay and Soap Stone Pipes.

glohman

I have a morta pipe, but I have yet to smoke it.

motie2

CONTEMPORARY MORTA POKER PIPE with STAINLESS STEEL CHURCHWARDEN STEM and ACRYLIC BIT
Chamber = 28.15 mm width x 54.56 mm depth
Length  = 231.33 mm
Color = Black and Gray 
Finish = Smooth
Stem = Black Acrylic with White Dot
Weight = 56.80 g

motie2

MORTA (Bog wood)

http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/nonbriar/morta.html

OLIVE

http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/nonbriar/woods.html

Woodsman

xDutchx, HS Studios has been doing a lot of Morta's on Ebay . I bought one of their briars for a darn good price for a freehand that smokes well.

tim12string

My brother made me an olive wood pipe. It is nice. I do have to re-light it a lot.