Abstract: A novel and improved smoking pipe having a bowl for receiving tobacco, an extension extending from the base of the bowl, and a mouthpiece through which smoke may be drawn being carried by said extension; the improvement wherein said pipe has a flexible, shock-absorbing stem system comprising a cylinder within said extension, a piston connecting said stem to said extension, one end of said piston being received and reciprocatable from forward to rearward position within said cylinder and the other end forming a socket joint with said stem, a spring around said piston which normally biases the stem and piston to the rearward position within said piston, said stem being rotatable around said joint and said stem being advanceable toward said bowl when a force sufficient to overcome said spring bias is applied to said stem.