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     Kostas Gourvelos Member Username: Woodturninggr Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2009 |
Hello, I'm a new member from www.PipeClub.gr and pleased to meet more people like you! I want to ask a question to any one who may know about: Olivewood toxicity. Is there any danger smoking pipes of Olivewood? Fathermore made of other woods: maple, Ebony, Cocobolo? Thank you. | ||
| Todd Bannard Member Username: Sasquatch Post Number: 671 Registered: 05-2006 |
European Olive is far less toxic than any African wood. Cocobolo is not a wood to suck on, for example. African hardwoods tend to have a lot of poisonous resins in them (to fight off those crazy African bugs, I guess). You are far safer with olive or maple. I find olive dust a bit irritating, but as a pipe wood, it is excellent. The "danger" in smoking olive-wood pipes is no different than briar, imho. I would stay away from ebony, rosewood, cocobolo... all those oily, hard woods. |