• Is there a difference between an army mount pipe and a spigot?
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Cool Breeze Is there a difference between... 04-11-2017, 10:30 PM
Haebar I believe that a spigot is... 04-12-2017, 04:59 AM
Pipe Smoker I think "army mount" and... 04-12-2017, 12:32 PM
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    I think "army mount" and "spigot" are two separate concepts. It's said that the army mount came about when a WW I soldier mended the broken shank of his pipe by fitting a sawed-off shell casing over the shank. So an army mount pipe has a metal-clad shank. A spigot bit is one that has no shoulder. Sometimes its tenon is slightly tapered to fit into a slightly conical mortise. A spigot bit on an army mount pipe often, but not always, has metal cladding too.

    That said, nearly all army mount pipes nowadays have spigot bits.

    Edit: Here's a Dunhill with a spigot bit that isn't an army mount:

    https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/n...duct_id=214707

    And here's a Nording with a spigot bit that isn't an army mount:

    https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/e...duct_id=220863
    Last edited by Pipe Smoker; 04-14-2017 at 12:02 AM.
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