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<p>[QUOTE="Miscstuff, post: 3677845, member: 1331"]I think the keys on mine are not there to clean the insides but to block or unblock the tiny hole at the top somehow regulating the amount of vapor produced. Mine would also need a cleaning key and a heater. As for thousands there are six or seven similar on eboo and they are somewhat pricey.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>cited from wikipedia</i></p><p>True opium pipes allow for the opiate to be vaporized while being heated over a special oil lamp known as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_lamp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_lamp" rel="nofollow">opium lamp</a>. It is thought that this manner of "smoking" opium began in the seventeenth century when a special pipe was developed that vaporized opium instead of burning it. The configuration of the typical opium pipe consists of a long stem, a ceramic pipe-bowl, and a metal fitting, known as the "saddle", through which the pipe-bowl plugs into the pipe-stem. The pipe-bowl must be detachable from the stem due to the necessity to remove the bowl and scrape its insides clean of opium ash after several pipes have been smoked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Miscstuff, post: 3677845, member: 1331"]I think the keys on mine are not there to clean the insides but to block or unblock the tiny hole at the top somehow regulating the amount of vapor produced. Mine would also need a cleaning key and a heater. As for thousands there are six or seven similar on eboo and they are somewhat pricey. [I]cited from wikipedia[/I] True opium pipes allow for the opiate to be vaporized while being heated over a special oil lamp known as an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_lamp']opium lamp[/URL]. It is thought that this manner of "smoking" opium began in the seventeenth century when a special pipe was developed that vaporized opium instead of burning it. The configuration of the typical opium pipe consists of a long stem, a ceramic pipe-bowl, and a metal fitting, known as the "saddle", through which the pipe-bowl plugs into the pipe-stem. The pipe-bowl must be detachable from the stem due to the necessity to remove the bowl and scrape its insides clean of opium ash after several pipes have been smoked.[/QUOTE]
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