2022.06.17 星期五 晴
【Zenith】荷蘭陶瓷煙斗製造廠出品，陶瓷製中空防燙型彎式煙斗。
此斗為絕版全新品(斗廠已關閉)，燒窯技術精湛抽斗品質非常迷人。
燒窯技術裡紅色最難掌控，此斗是難得的成功佳作值得藏家們收藏。
斗長 : 14.0， 斗高 : 4.8， 斗寬 : 4.7， 斗口 : 2.2 公分。
屬中大斗，一斗菸草可享受50分鐘(視有無助燃網或斗主技術增減)。
中空大氣室設計於缽底，榫頭中段軍插式3mm設定，斗嘴末2mm收尾。
重量不重適合長時間叼斗，大彎斗本身叼斗就非常容易且非常舒適。
附上該品牌歷史資料，與該品牌其他斗型圖片和簡介...分享如下 :
Zenith
From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes
Zenith is a porcelain pipe brand whos origins go back to 1749 when half the population of Gouda, around 10 thousand people, were employed in pipe manufacturer.
The brand itself was created at the end of World War I and belongs to Royal Delft. The factory has always been in the same family, and Aart van der Want (eighth generation) has been its head since 1984.
The following is courtesy, Amsterdam Pipe Shop
History
The history of the Zenith factory starts in 1749 when Pieter van der Want becomes master pipe maker of the Gouda pipemakers' guild. He is the first of eight generations of pipe makers in succession from father to son. From the 1950's the Zenith company is the oldest pipe factory in the world, the firm Chacom in Saint-Claude, founded 1780, is the second oldest.
After having produced clay pipes for a period of over 150 years, the Gouda factory modernizes its techniques. Pipes were no longer pressed from stiff pipe clay in metal moulds but are shaped in plaster moulds with liquid clay, the so-called slib cast technique. The backed products are covered with a transparent glaze that gives them a smooth, shiny and delicate look. The glaze also makes them less breakable.
Due to the porosity of the ceramic, the slib casted pipes absorb all the moist which attributes Zenith pipes the quality of a cool and dry smoke. In the 1920's the product is perfectioned when the so-called "hollow bowl system" is introduced. Between the outside glazed pipe and the inner bowl an open space is created in which the smoke can circulate, where it cools down and the humidity of the smoke is absorbed by the pottery sherd. This invention makes the Zenith pipe to the ultimo dry smoker. Above that, ceramic is the best material to keep the aroma alive, without adding a taste of the pipe itself.
Characteristics
Zenith pipes are produced in a variety of designs and finishes. The ordinary pipe is single walled being mounted with a metal ferrule and a black vulcanite mouthpiece. From the moment of its introduction, circa 1900, millions were sold. After a period of smoking a picture appears on the pipe, that becomes visible when the pipe itself turns brown by the tobacco moist. These so-called mystery pipes were highly fashionable in the 1920's but are still available with more recent images.
The best known series are the "Old Mokum" pipes. The shapes were designed from the 1970's onwards by designers like Niels Keus and Dirk van der Want. Credit is that the designs are fully new and different to the common briar pipe. Pipes of the Old Mokum series are mounted with a black rubber plug that holds the vulcanite mouthpiece. The shape named Amsterdam is the larges and gives the best cooling. The smaller version is called Manhattan, having an almost time less look, modern for eternity. Especially younger smokers favour this shape. More traditional are the calabash and a heeled shape known as London.
More luxurious are the shapes from the series "Black Magic", named after foreign towns like Karachi and Bombay. They are characterized by an own design line having a bulbous bowl and a sportive stem shape. Standard production colour is black, but white and blue varieties are available as well. Next to the round version the series are produced in an octagonal version named facet. Their shape is more subtle, the price however is a bit higher.
The "Gouda classic" is the line more like the traditional briar pipes or the meerschaum pipes. Straight and bent versions are in production with the standard billiard bowl, the Dublin and a bent London. These pipes are mounted with a gilt metal band that underlines their exclusive finish.
The Amsterdam Pipe Shop selection
Amsterdam Pipe Shop is the only shop in Holland that supplies the complete assortment of Zenith. Prices go from 30 to 95 Euro for the standard shapes. Compared to briar pipes these prices are very reasonable while the Zenith pipe offers a unique smoke experience because in no other pipe the taste of the tobacco is so pure as in ceramic. The cooling system is a guarantee for a dry, cool and tasteful smoke. Starting to smoke a Zenith pipe is simple as can be, since the long and annoying period of breaking in a new pipe can be skipped.
Next to the standard white versions Amsterdam Pipe Shop also carries the coloured Zenith pipes. Among them the shapes like Bombay, Karachi, also the Duke, a comfortable bent reading pipe. Above that, also a series of Delft blue versions are available, especially popular among American smokers.
- Examples, courtesy Gerrit Jan te Sligte
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ZENITH 是家世界聞名的陶瓷煙斗廠家，
斗廠成立要追朔到1749年，可惜現今已關閉成為絕響。
此斗來自上位藏家之手(純收藏未曾使用)，
紅色系燒窯的非常成功(色澤均勻)非常難得 !
陶瓷斗抽斗品質震撼煙斗圈，
乾爽的菸氣能原味重現...(忠實傳達口感和香氣)。
中空大氣室設計功不可沒，
並可達成防燙功效...是個超優良的設計。
斗友們盛讚~~~輾壓海泡石煙斗功能 !
【二萬五千元整】頂級收藏品錯過可惜 !
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