Pipe Lingo/Terminology

[Nick]

Well, I was chatting with a new guy here who felt a bit overwhelmed by the lingo we use. So i thought a glossary might help. We can all add to is, as i am sure I haven't covered everything.

Bowl: this one's easy. Tobacco goes here
Button: The raised portion at the end of the stem, around which your teeth lock onto to keep the stem from slipping from your mouth
Champfering: when you bevel the sides of a circular opening
Draft hole: the airhole through which the smoke travels
Mortise: The hole that the tenon fits in
Mortise face: The flat end of the mortise through which the drafthole enters.
Sanding marks: little scratches left from incomplete sanding.
Shank: The portion of the pipe that attaches to the stem
Shank face: The flat portion of the shank to fits flush up against the stem
Slot: The opening at the end of the slem. usually a good deal loonger than it is tall - like an oval. If you could look at it from the top, the slot would form a "V", with the wide end at the very end of the stem and the narrow end meeting the draft hole.
Stem/Bit: The plastic part of a pipe
Stem face: The flat portion of the stem that fits flush up against the stummel and surrounds the tenon
Stummel: the wood part of a pipe
Tenon: The cylindrical portion of the stem that fits into the pipe
Tenon face: The flat end of the tenon that meets or comes up to the mortise face.

[StephenG]

Thank you for posting that, looking forward to the addittional terms, I plan to save this thread. Steve

[kbadkar]

I'd make a couple changes:

Well, I was chatting with a new guy here who felt a bit overwhelmed by the lingo we use. So i thought a glossary might help. We can all add to is, as i am sure I haven't covered everything.

Bowl: The wood that surrounds the chamber
Button: The raised portion at the end of the stem, around which your teeth lock onto to keep the stem from slipping from your mouth
Chamber: Tobacco goes here
Chamfering: when you bevel the sides of a circular opening
Draft hole: the airhole through which the smoke travels
Mortise: The hole that the tenon fits in
Mortise face: The flat end of the mortise through which the drafthole enters.
Sanding marks: little scratches left from incomplete sanding.
Shank: The wood portion of the pipe that attaches to the stem and surrounds the draft hole and connects to the bowl.
Shank face: The flat portion of the shank to fits flush up against the stem
Slot: The opening at the end of the stem, usually a good deal loonger than it is tall - like an oval. If you could look at it from the top, the slot would form a "V", with the wide end at the very end of the Stem and the narrow end meeting the draft hole.
Stem/Bit: The rubber/plastic part of a pipe
Stem face: The flat portion of the stem that fits flush up against the stummel and surrounds the tenon
Stummel: the wood part of a pipe
Tenon: The cylindrical portion of the stem that fits into the pipe
Tenon face: The flat end of the tenon that meets or comes up to the mortise face.

I added chamber, revised bowl and shank, added rubber as a stem material.

[Tsunami]

I would add crack and void. Both mean it is time to start over!

[T3pipes]

Cheeks--the area around where the shank and bowl meet. Remove the shank from a billiard and it would look like butt cheeks.

I believe this was Kurt's term initially

[Nick]

I got your butt cheeks right here!

[KurtHuhn]

Cheeks--the area around where the shank and bowl meet. Remove the shank from a billiard and it would look like butt cheeks.

I believe this was Kurt's term initially

Actually it was Todd's. I've just been using it a lot lately.

And wrong cheeks.

Which brings us to...

Chin: the bottom front of a bowl, opposite the cheeks.

[Nick]

plateau: briar from the outside of the burl, often with the rough bark on it;

Ebuchon: briar from the interior of the burl with not bark.