I came across another video of making clay pipes, Croatian clay pipes from Zelovo. These clay pipes are two-piece and have a wood stem in contrast to Irish ones which are single piece and made of clay completely. Also the clay type looks different than Irish clay ones, it looks like common red clay. The stem is made of mahalab cherry (
Prunus mahalab) which has a sturdy wood. Intended use of this tree is actually the seed kernels. They have a sweet and fragrant smell which really fits well on sweet-breads like traditional "çörek" or Easter breads. Small amount (~1 tablespoon) of grinded kernels add really nice flavors to the dough.
Prunus mahalab with fruits.
What they call the pipe is interesting, "lula" which actually means "bowl" in Turkish ("lüle"). The stem is also called "kamiš" which is again a loan word from Turkish, "kamış". As the crafstman indicated in the video, they have several motifs of Northern Italian style. The conflict about the region where Zelovo is now loacted, Dalmatian Coast, between Republic of Venice and Ottoman Empire in 17th century created an interesting fusion. Hand craftsmanship of Croatians, some motifs from Italy and wording from Turkish.