Straight shank, bowl leans forward slightly. A large-boweled bent stemmed pipe name for the Boer leader who smoked this variety. A cylindrical bowl and stem, without bend. A squat, rounded bowl and a stem bent near the mouthpiece. Around 40 kinds of tobacco exist.
Tobacco is graded by leaf type and quality.
There are five grades - choice, fine, good, fair, and low. These are set by the tobacco's uniformity, texture, age, oil, body, coloring, etc. The botanical name for tobacco after Jean Nicot who introduced tobacco into Europe around 1560. He popularized smoking at Queen Elizabeth's court around the mid 16th century and was believed to be the first to smoke a pipe in England. Columbus discovered it in 1498, and according to legend, named it after the shape of a Carib pipe smoked on the island.