I want to thank whoever it was for bringing these Baki meers to my attention...I'm sorry I don't recall who, but it's just another of the wonderful things I've learned from this forum. I have 2 meers that I've had for quite a while now, and have smoked them off and on, but have never been all that impressed. Neither seem to smoke as well as almost all of my briars. I've wanted to try a higher quality meer before giving up on them, and after learning of Baki, decided to give it a try.
These seem to be very reasonably priced for the quality, and the pipe arrived just a few days after ordering, in perfect condition. It is just gorgeous and very well crafted...and smokes fantastic! They also included the pictured stand in addition to a fitted case. I loaded it up with Billy Budd (which I'm loving more and more with every bowl of it I smoke these days) and I have to say it tasted noticeably better on the first bowl than in any of the briars I've smoked it in. I fear this could be the beginning of a full conversion to Meerism for me.