Editing Calabash (section)

=== Tobacco smoking pipe ===
{{See also|Smoking pipe (tobacco)#Calabash}}
The gourd can be dried and used to smoke pipe [[tobacco]]. According to American consular reports from the early 20th century calabash pipes were commonly used in South Africa. Calabash was said to bestow a "special softness" of flavor that could not be duplicated by other materials. The lining was made of [[meerschaum]], though [[tin]] was used for low-grade models.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6yYoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA423|title=Daily Consular and Trade Reports|year=1906}}</ref> A typical design yielded by this squash is recognized (theatrically) as the pipe of [[Sherlock Holmes]], but the inventor of this character, [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], never mentioned Holmes using a calabash pipe. It was the preferred pipe for stage actors portraying Holmes, because they could balance this pipe better than other styles while delivering their lines.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}