Anyone Have a Morta Norse Dog from Vermont Freehand?

[azpipe]

Have been thinking about picking one up. I like the looks of them. They're Steve Norse's take on the Bo Dog, but done with morta. I don't have any mortas but it sounds like they may be good for latakia. Just curious if anyone has one and what they think of it?
Thanks.
Edited by jvnshr: Title capitalization.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"...but it sounds like they may be good for latakia."
Where did you hear that Latakia smokes particularly well in a morta pipe? I personally can't see how the material of the pipe has any bearing on how a particular leaf tastes especially after the pipe is broken in.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I personally can't see how the material of the pipe has any bearing on how a particular leaf tastes especially after the pipe is broken in.

I notice that the oaky-musty taste of the morta adds a distinctive and pleasant aroma to the latakia. I don't care for Virginias in them, but I guess it depends on how someone's palate adjusts. Briar adds a distinctive bass note to my Virginias that I love. To me the pipes adds to the flavor, very subtle, but I notice it.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

But to the OP. No, I don't have any of his pipes, but I do have a morta bulldog. I really like those designs though.

 

[azpipe]

Where did you hear that Latakia smokes particularly well in a morta pipe? I personally can't see how the material of the pipe has any bearing on how a particular leaf tastes especially after the pipe is broken in.

On the internet of course
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/morta-pipes-opinions-or-experience

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/morta-smokers-report-please

http://pipechat.one/forum/index.php?topic=209.0

 

[mawnansmiff]

Thanks for the links. While I understand a new pipe might impart some flavour but a well used one with a slight cake?
I wonder if in a blind smoke, five used briar pipes and five used morta pipes and the blend of the smoker's choice, could the difference be detected? I would wager not.
Anyway, good luck on your pipe hunt...someone is bound to come up with something.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[vermontfreehand]

FYI, all my morta pipes have a bowl coating so you should not taste anything from the wood

 

[cortezattic]

I need some education here, please. I thought morta was petrified wood, and so the organic composition has been replaced by minerals. If so, isn't morta literally a stone pipe?

 

[mawnansmiff]

Cortez, my understanding is that morta is not fully fossilized, if it were it would be coal or jet. Some morta is only a few hundred years old, far too young to have become fossilized proper. Even the stuff that is a few thousand years old may still not fully fossilized.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[cortezattic]

That fits with the VermontFreeHand site's claim that (their supply of) morta is a mere 5500-5600 yrs. old.
:lol: Practically "green" in geological terms.